The Rewatch That Changes With You I watched Titanic again recently for the first time since high school. Like most people my age, I remembered exactly what I was supposed to remember: the romance, the lines everyone jokes about, the sweeping emotions that felt overwhelming when I was younger and slightly embarrassing later. I went…
Why Most Screenwriting Advice and Script Notes Miss the Point Every screenwriter has had this moment. You write something that feels right.A scene that breathes.A moment that lingers.A line of dialogue that doesn’t “advance the plot” but somehow makes the whole thing feel more alive. Then the notes come back. “Tighten this.”“This could be cut.”“We…
I. A Car That Changed How I Think About Stories This may seem odd for an opening, but bare with me… I needed a new car. Prices were ridiculous. New cars were expensive, but so were the used ones — absurdly so. Everything was inflated, and the numbers didn’t add up. Then I noticed something…
Filmmaking in the Age of Algorithms: Get Your Own Damn Golf Cart If you’re an independent filmmaker like us, you’ve probably felt the ground shift. In our production company, we write, shoot, edit, and distribute our own films — usually on tight budgets, with a tight-knit team (like, less than a starting-five-sized team). And as…