Category Archives: solothink
Over-texted
Subtext lets cinema imply without explaining.
Yesterday I found myself over-texted, covered in text, wrapped in credits.
The snap was by the visual artist Norman Kulkin.
The magic of a reveal
A forgotten station emerges from under NYC, a metaphor for the magic power of reveals. We discover what was hidden and the range of our familiar spaces and sources expands. Read more on the blog that posted the story first, the cool travelettes.
This station is with us now, like a secret in a story revealed from the deep. Meaning is best not told, but discovered.
The making-of good actors is a show of its own – take a look.
Take a good look at these two young actors in training at the MEISNER TRAINED teaching series in S.Francisco.
The scene work is lead by Meisner protege’ and Cinemahead friend Jimmy Jarrett. Click the blue link to view the short session.
http://www.themeisnertechniquestudio.com/meisner-trained-video/?vid_id=9883&sh=y
BACK IN L.A. WITH THE WORKSHOP AGAIN
I am back in Los Angeles at the Directors Playhouse, with a special run of “Story Different” my script development workshop that keeps helping writers and filmmakers win festival awards.
There are new dates upcoming in August.
http://cinemahead.com/workshop-2/sd/
If you're in town, take a look at the calendar or just stop by.
You can always grab a podcast from the resource page
http://cinemahead.com/resources/podcasts/
Seen “GOD’s HAND” lately?
I started talking to Adolf El Assal when he was posting his funny feature film “Les Fameux Gars”. “God’s Hand” is his earlier short, with some of the same actors.
the story:
An Argentinean immigrant living illegally for nearly half his life in Luxembourg must struggle daily for survival. Inspired partly by a quote from the late American auteur Orson Welles, the film depicts a loner who must fight his way out of the illusion that no one else exists around him.
MANO DE DIOS is an award-winning short film written, produced & directed by Luxembourg filmmaker Adolf EL ASSAL. Born in Egypt in 1981, El Assal grew up in Dubai, London and Luxembourg, where he set up his company, Independent Spirit Productions. After over 60 music videos and mini-docs, he began to make “no-budget” guerilla films.
you can see the whole film for .99c on Vimeo, which I have never done myself, but supporting awesome makers like Adolf is rarely a bad idea.
Play the game, get out of the office.
What makes a good game or a strong screenplay?
Both should be simple, engaging, and offer irresistible rewards.
Play this fresh original classic by the Mat Teubert. Hurry, before the work buries you and summer is lost.
http://pixelbreakfast.com/outbox
For more on story development stop by www.cinemahead.com
Steven Soderbergh’s Talk on the death of Cinema
The Cosmunaut goes furthur
What if the real Harry Potter solved our Energy need?
What would happen if a teenage science genius invented a simple and cheap way to alleviate (or solve) earth’s energy needs? Could it affect climate changes?
What story do you see? An action film about the powerful who own and protect the sources of power and profit? Celebration of ingenuity and youth genius with optimism?
Or an ego-driven idea/dream/fraud that could never see deployment, let alone commercial standing?
PREMISE: what if a young scientist discovers a useful and safe nuclear power-source but is antagonised, challenged, and threatened by those in power to the point that, in order to survive, he must give up his altruistic ideas.
Come to the Cinemahead forum and contribute to this story in the making.
Is there enough conflict for a script here?
Is the kid hero interesting?
Does he have the will it takes?
Are the stakes high enough for crowds to care?
Does what happens with glocal nuclear energy matter?
to the core!
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