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I Heart Thelma
“Mutiny Company’s Jamie Stuart attends the 2010 EditFest NY and buttonholes Alan Heim and Thelma Schoonmaker to discuss the art of editing.” via Filmmaker Magazine
Thanks to the Academy…
Luke Matheny in “God of Love” Two classmates of mine took home big prizes this past weekend in the Student Academy Awards. Luke Matheny took the top prize (gold) for his film “God of Love”: “A love-struck, dart throwing lounge singer finds his prayers answered when he receives a mysterious box.” And Kim Spurlock took [...]
Gone Goodbye
Soooo…. Obviously, I’ve been busy. I won’t bore you with too many details: writing, editing, wrapping up my teaching at NYU… blah, blah… Along with work the truth is as far as blogging goes I’m enjoying the speedy posts on my tumblr site: curiousdays.com. Most of my daily musings are split between there and twitter. [...]
Wasting Your Time
Some wise and true (and ironic) words from The Artful Writer: I’m talking to you, the aspiring screenwriter. You haven’t sold anything, or maybe one thing a few years ago. Been a while since you cashed a real check for writing; maybe you never have. But you know what you do have? A community. You [...]
Bloom City Trailer
A trailer I cut for my good friend and filmmaker Christina Voros. Please visit www.bloomcitymovie.com for more information about her wonderful documentary and also take a peek at curiousedit.com to see my other editing work.
The Mystery Box
Writer/Director J.J. Abrams (Lost, Star Trek) shares the inspiration behind his creative process and explains his storytelling obsessions: what you don’t see/show is so much more important that what you do. (and I agree)
EditFestNY Returns
Last year (thanks to Spike Lee and Sam Pollard) I attended EditFestNY and loved it. This year it returns to NYC on June 11-12. Whether you’re an editor, director or producer it’s a choice event to find out how editors contribute to the filmmaking process. Over the course of the weekend, EditFestNY will present some [...]
“Sugar” the Script
Funny thing about writing a feature script is time: you never have enough. I should be watching a few films a week (just to expand my film grammar) but with teaching, working and writing, I just don’t. So when I do and especially when I come across something I really enjoy I’d like to share [...]
Power of Images
In this TED talks video Jonathan Klein who runs Getty Images speaks eloquently about the power of images.
Notes from the Future
This past week I got a response from the Sundance Feature Film labs about “The American People”, the feature script I’m developing with their mentorship. They (as do I) feel like the latest draft is a step forward but still needs development. Suffice it to say I won’t be attending the Director’s Labs this year. [...]
Mamet Says
This note from writer/director David Mamet has been making the rounds. This little missive was addressed to the writer’s of the television show “The Unit” before it was canceled. I wish I would’ve read it about a week ago before I submitted the draft to Sundance… I’m posting it and hoping you can use it. [...]
Change is Good
I’ve decided to make a few changes around here. Well, not really just here but rather what I choose to post here and elsewhere. As I emerge from my “writing cocoon” I’ve begun thinking this site needs to be strictly for my professional work or industry related conversations. If you’ve been reading here you know [...]
You don’t call, you don’t write…
It’s been a while, huh? I took a few weeks to finish up my feature script. I had a deadline from the Sundance Labs and was able to get it in (albeit just a bit late). I’m happy with the draft. It’s not completely done but I believe I solved a few of the act [...]
The Tiny City
Here’s a beautiful tilt-shift video of NYC in miniture via Sam O’Hare called “The Sandpit”.
Re: Stacks
This is Bon Iver’s song “Re: Stacks” from the album “For Emma, Forever Ago”. It was written and recorded in a cabin in the north woods of Wisconsin.
Lynch Directs Star Wars
Funny little animated account of filmmaker David Lynch (Twin Peaks, Mulholland Dr.) turning down George Lucas‘ offer to direct Return of the Jedi. Via Roger Ebert
Che’s Revolution
With all of the continued talk about where this whole indie revolution is going… I found this video of Steven Soderberg and his use of the RED ONE simple and liberating.
Becoming Mars Blackmon
Transmedia storytelling, as defined by Henry Jenkins in his 2006 book Convergence Culture, is storytelling across multiple forms of media with each element making distinctive contributions to a viewer/user/player’s understanding of the story world. Talk about transmedia… For many of us (and that includes all of you) Spike emerges as one of the first and [...]
EditQuette
Editquette Rule #12 If you’re going to suggest moving something a specific number of frames or ticks or percentages… have a knowledge of what it is your actually asking.
From My Tribe
I was at Grayden Carter’s office once, looking at his stuff on the wall, the designers had some spreads up there and they’re pretty nice looking, and I’m kibitzing, saying things like, ‘Gee, maybe you do that or do that,’ and they’re all excited saying, ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah, wow. That’s terrific.’ Then Grayden comes along, [...]