Last Thursday I met with young Nathan Airey, to see if we clicked in person like we’d been clicking via email. We’d been swapping emails ever since I posted to Reddit asking for places to look for Directors of Photography …
Category: My Writing
Header category for all the stuff I write.
The Dominatrix Was Blue
For a number of months now I’ve been itching to write a follow-on work to The Dominatrix Wore Red, a murder mystery and my first completed screenplay. Whilst on vacation for three weeks, I wrote the first draft. Though …
TreasHu Principal Roles
As I’ve asked for help on Reddit to find a place to ask for actors, I figured I’d list the descriptions I’ve worked up for the principal roles. My budget for “Treasure Hunt” now allows me to pay …
Editing Myself
This is really an extension of an earlier post on editing.
I’ve been rereading what I feel is becoming my bible on directing, “Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics” by Michael Rabiger and Mick Hurbis-Cherrier, and this morning started …
RedDom Coverage Reports
Because of my doubts regarding my “Treasure Hunt” screenplay, even after getting positive feedback from one of my screenplay editors, I scheduled script coverage reports for “The Dominatrix Wore Red” from two professional script readers. …
RomCom?
I just got the response back from one of my script editors and she was very positive. The main thing I took from her feedback was her characterization of Treasure Hunt as a romantic comedy, something I hadn’t considered.
I …
Feeling Blue
Something different this week: published early, rather than late (my goal is once per week). The last one was something I’d written a while ago, just hadn’t got around to posting, as I’ve been rethinking this whole movie making idea, …
Economics of Indie
I’m being persuaded that I should cut out or rewrite a couple of scenes in my screenplay. On the one hand, I think the way I’ve written it is more visually interesting and tells the story better. On the …
Architectural Vision
In a discussion with someone who I hope will become an avid collaborator in the future, I characterized how I hope to work with cast and crew thus…
I view my role as the writer/director as an architect with a …
Reel, Beer and Pizza
So I have my first draft done for Treasure Hunt and struggling with building up my ego to start trying to find a Director of Photography, an Editor and a Sound Guy. I’ve read in a number of locations that …