Posts tagged filmmaking
Stormblog
Chock-full-of-info blog for screenwriting consultants and script coverage service Coverage, Ink, who just announced the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place winners in their 2011 Writers on the Storm Screenwriting Contest.
Okay, so you’re too late for this go-around. But if you’ve got that next great screenplay in you, or if that last draft is in various stages of creative disrepair and abandonment in your real or virtual desk drawer, maybe it’s time to dust it off and work it into fighting shape for WOTS 2012, which is around the corner.
In the meantime, consider submitting that or any script to CI for analysis. Reasonable, competitive rates, as well as insightful, constructive commentary… if I do say so myself. [Full disclosure: I’m one of their analysts— so request JT if you’re so inclined].
All right, enough shilling. We now return you to your regularly scheduled procrastination…
The other sci-fi film of any import in 1980 (the first being a little movie called The Empire Strikes Back). If anything, its psyche-bending, peyote and pure science mashup heightened the genre.
This and Tommy were my fledgling filmmaking mind’s intro to visually idiosyncratic director Ken Russell, who passed on to the great sensory deprivation tank in the sky last week.
LIBERATOR
A Kickstarter link to a short film/presentation pilot currently in post-production in LA, starring Lou (The Only Incredible Hulk) Ferrigno as a “disgraced, washed-up, ex superhero whose secret black ops past catches up with him — just as he’s trying to put his life back together.”
The piece also stars Peta Wilson (La Femme Nikita), Michael Dorn (Star Trek: The Next Generation), and Ed Asner as The President of the United States.
If it sounds like I’m shilling, well, I am…
The Exec Producer/Co-Writer and Director/Co-Writer are friends of mine, and I’d read the script during the development process. The film’s going to be a hoot, but they need cash to bring it on home. So, chip in a buck and be a “backer.” Chip in more. Or “Like” LIBERATOR on Facebook. Spread the word.
Tell me you don’t want to see Ferrigno back on the big (or small) screen kicking bad guy ass. And if you’re at Comic-Con 2011 this weekend, visit Lou at his booth, where he’ll be promoting the film and squeezing your head like a grape.
LIBERATOR Promotional Poster by Jesse D’Angelo
“The Ray Harryhausen Creature List” - The Ray Harryhausen Creature List (via)
Pretty much covers my Saturday afternoon and late-night TV viewing favorites as a kid. Sword-wielding skeletons… giant crabs…? I mean, c’mon, that’s stop-motion monster awesome from the true master of the form… and inspiration to those of us with modeling clay, plastic army men and a Super 8 camera.
And to be clear… Four decades before Cowboys & Aliens, there were cowboys and dinosaurs, in The Valley of Gwangi (1969).
A Short History Of American Cinematography
An in-focus and properly exposed filmmaking tech geekout.
Art Of Foley
Since the 1930s, the work of the Foley Artist has been an important part of film and television soundtracks. Capturing every audible nuance of an actor’s movements, we toil to recreate reality and make it sound better!
The Art of Foley is a short tutorial designed to educate and inspire those interested in the craft of film sound effects.
Hollywood sausage being made, and well-presented here. Brought back fond memories of producing live radio drama over my college radio station’s airwaves.
This site reminded me of a functional “Toolkit To Design Impact Sounds” art project from London-based designer, Chiara Onida, via. Probably could’ve use this way back when. Luckily, last-minute air time improvisation desperation led to some fairly winning aural recreations.
Toolkit to Design Impact Sounds, by Chiara Onida (Image © Chiara Onida)
Official “Fright Night” Remake Trailer
I asked “Why?” back in 2009, when word came over the industry wires this was in the works. So here it comes…
There are certain films that encapsulate the studio’s genre sensibilities of a certain era, and the original 1985 film is the complete package. Just the right mix of gloss, state-of-the-art (at the time) horror effects, chills and fun. Pure popcorn entertainment… and a crush-worthy girl-next-door Amanda Bearse.
This new iteration feels too tense and dark, and somehow lacks the original’s innocence. And it seems, at least from the trailer, that the producers have seriously downplayed David Tennant’s “Peter Vincent” participation. Yeah, the effects will be slick. Technically, the film will look great. But I’m not getting the “fun” vibe.
“Fright Night (1985) Theatrical Trailer”
“Oh, you’re so cool, Brewster.”
Movies I’ll Watch Whenever They’re On TV #8
Recent awareness of the L.A. River’s other virtues brought one of my favorite crime thrillers rushing back to the mental fore.
Sure, Friedkin went back to “The French Connection” case file, but L.A. needed to break free of its slow-burn noir reputation.
“To Live and Die in L.A.” (1985)
And yes, the Wang Chung soundtrack is still good.
NYT: Paddy Chayefsky's Notes For "Network"
It’s not often we get a peek at Hollywood screenwriting sausage being made, especially from a master craftsman. One of my all-time faves.
Howard Beale’s iconic line from Chayefsky’s brilliant screenplay.
Writers On The Storm Screenplay Competition
Fancy yourself a screenwriter? You know you do. Who doesn’t?
Still have that unfinished script in the bottom desk drawer? Dust it off. Give it a polish, and give this contest a go.
Sure, there are a lot of competitions out there, and more than a few of them are wastes of money and effort for the contestants, but these folks are top notch and industry-connected… and (full disclosure) friends of mine.
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