As you may know I recently participated in CBC’s filmmaker’s challenge. It was an interesting experience for me since as a director I am much more comfortable being behind the camera. My stint on the show involved showing my film, talking about my work and then recieving an intense critique “American Idol” style from [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Script writing'
I’m waiting for drops of blood to form on my forehead…
June 21st, 2009 · Comments Off
I’m referencing a quote by Gene Fowler “Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.” I read this in the first screenwriting book I ever bought and now I know it’s not an exaggeration.
When I write with Dominique it’s fun, [...]
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We have to write first thing in the morning or it doesn’t happen.
June 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Hey everyone. It’s been a while since my last post. We are back in the saddle and back from next media. Smita and I are working on our third script which I am happy to announce contains a musical number and a scene where our herione shoots a stork. How can you go wrong [...]
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Our Contribution, By Smita
May 5th, 2009 · Comments Off
Winning an award for Screenwriting and being congratulated by my peers made for a pretty excellent weekend. Unfortunately I allowed that joy to be quashed Monday morning when I had a particularly bad time at my day job.
But I’ve picked myself up, brushed myself off (with the help of great friends) and focused on the [...]
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Smita won an AMPIA Award-By Dominique
May 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off
Smita won a Rosie (Alberta Motion Picture Industry Award) for best screenwriter under 30 minutes. Looks like I’ll have to sharpen my pencil, I’m working with a real pro now!
Other big winners include the NFB with Cam Christiansen’s The Real Place and of course Mitch Barany’s (my man!) and the Summerlad’s City of Noise
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Real+Place+wins+annual+Rosies/1558399/story.html
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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life: Anne Lamott: Amazon.ca: Books
April 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off
Smita and I did two hours of writing this morning and it was great. Why is it that something so rewarding is so tough to begin each time? I can’t wait to post our Storkie Man script for you to check out.
I read a great book the other day called Bird by Bird, it [...]
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Gloria, Gloria, Gloria
April 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
I was trying to think about our main Character Gloria and what kind of woman she is. I kept thinking about this cool pair of jeans I have from free people. So I visited their website and there is this beautiful woman on the front page and she looks just like the Gloria I had [...]
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It’s Your Turn
March 6th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Okay folks, it’s your chance to have a say on the characters for this series (see our Character page). Is Gloria someone you like? Does she remind you of yourself or one of your girlfriends? What do you think of Jay? Would you have a baby with this guy? What do you like? What don’t you [...]
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