Filmmaking Articles and Advice from Film Consultant Peter D. Marshall
Posted in Screenwriting Tips on Jul 22nd, 2009
“Generally, Art cannot afford the luxury of vague, unreconstructed fear. This is not to say that fear is ever completely absent from the creative process, but it must never be permitted to intrude on the work in such as way as to warrant or validate stupidity. The essence of Art is, indeed, the absence of [...]
Posted in Screenwriting Tips on Jun 17th, 2009
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Posted in Screenwriting Tips on Mar 22nd, 2009
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Posted in Screenwriting Tips on Mar 18th, 2009
This article is from BBC World Service.
“If you’re interested in screenwriting then the first thing you have to come terms with is that film history is littered with good manuscripts that never got made. The director fell out with the producer. The star got pneumonia. The distribution company got cold feet.
It’s [...]
Posted in Screenwriting Tips on Mar 10th, 2009
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Posted in Screenwriting Tips on Feb 16th, 2009
This article is from NoBudgetFilmmakingInfo.com
“The script is quintessentially the most important piece of no budget filmmaking. It is the blueprint for your film. If the blueprint is not designed properly, your film will crumble like a poorly constructed building.
Every good movie is produced around a well-written script, and it doesn’t matter how big the budget [...]
Posted in Screenwriting Tips on Jan 7th, 2009
This article is from the blog Bartlett’s Screenwriting Tips.
21 QUESTIONS TO KEEP YOU ON TRACK
It’s pretty simple, if you can’t clearly answer ALL 21 of these questions then you’re not ready to start writing. A builder doesn’t start a home without a set of blueprints. These questions will help you create your blueprints. I originally [...]
Posted in Film Making Resources, Screenwriting Tips on Dec 4th, 2008
Have you read a newspaper or magazine lately?
Seen the news on TV?
Everywhere we turn, we hear about doom-and-gloom: “the largest world financial crisis in 100 years” and “the new world recession.” And believe me, this “world crisis” will continue for many months and eventually affect all of us.
But despite what is happening now, (wars, recession, [...]
Posted in Screenwriting Tips on Jun 20th, 2008
Michael Bruce Adams is a screenwriter and a friend of mine. I interviewed Michael for my “Art and Craft of the Director Audio Seminar” and I have included a portion of that interview here. Part One (Monday) was about how to research; Part Two (Wednesday) was about the search for truth; and Part Three (today) [...]
Posted in Screenwriting Tips on Jun 17th, 2008
Michael Bruce Adams is a screenwriter and a friend of mine. I interviewed Michael for my “Art and Craft of the Director Audio Seminar” and I have included a portion of that interview here. Part One (Monday) was about how to research; Part Two (today) is about the search for truth; and Part Three (Friday) [...]
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