Elan Mastai's notes on getting notes

...via Alex Epstein's Complications Ensue

Screenwriting advices from William C. Martell

on his website

MAKING OF some Wes Anderson films

Wes Anderson's BOTTLE ROCKET bomb test screening

Max Landis' list of every script he's ever written...

...until now

Jeff Daniels' worst audition

Inception's BROOO...

...OOOOOOOOOOOOOO

"There's no plan B."

"I had lunch with a producer today. [...] He said, “If you really are committed to this, you have to throw away your B plan. There’s no plan B. Nothing to rely on, nothing to be able to fall back on if plan A doesn’t work. It’s plan A or it’s nothing at all. You have to go all in.”

You have to be completely focused on it and ready to put everything else to the side. If you’re not willing to do that, you’ll be competing against other writers who are willing to do that.

That goes for even the most talented of writers, because there are many extremely talented writers out here, who are ready to pay the price. So the given ‑‑ the given ‑‑ is that you have to be willing to go all in and pay the price."

(Alan Roth, via GoIntoTheStory)

creating a DCP...

...the indie way

Fincher dixit

”All shooting days are hard because whatever you’re left with you got to make the movie out of. I love actors, I love blocking, I love photography, and I love getting the band together to try and do something, but the commitment is daunting. You wake up at 6am and hours later that’s the scene. That’s what it’s going to be forever, and that makes me want to throw up a little. I hate that.”

(As the saying goes,) ”Movies aren’t finished, they’re abandoned. There are no right or wrong answers. There’s just more or less effective wardrobe or lighting.”

"When you aren’t writing, someone else is."

apud Scott Myers

Tricks to defeat procrastination

by Eric Heisserer (via GoIntoTheStory)

“Every sentence must do one of two things —

— reveal character or advance the action.” (Kurt Vonnegut, via Scott Myers' GoIntoTheStory)

Camouflaging subtext in scripts

by Eric Heisserer, via Scott Meyers

You have one day, and it is today.

”a very simple no-fuckery plan to get shit done”, according to Chuck Wendig

...equally useful to screenwriters, according to Scott Myers

David Fincher vs Alien 3

via Cinephilia and Beyond (by John H. Richardson)

No matter how good you are...

...it’s hard to get noticed in an ocean full of pretenders. (Doug Richardson)

"Not Much To See": How the Blind Enjoy Movies

an AMPAS-supported original video

The General Meeting...

...via JohnAugust.com

Has life in the age of casual magic made moviegoers numb to the amazing?

...asks Drew McWeeny

A movie begins with...

...a discussion between Noah Baumbach & the Coen brothers

”Writing becomes, in its own way, a philosophical investigation into theme.”

says Lisa Joy (via Scott Myers' GoIntoTheStory)

Tina Fey says to...

"[...] ask yourself the following question: “Is this person in between me and what I want to do?” If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you’re in charge, don’t hire the people who were jerky to you."

A young writer's story of dreams and debts

lived and described by Emily Gould

FROZEN's "Let It Go"...

...in 25-language lyrics mashup

"BETTER is the enemy of GOOD ENOUGH."

recounts Doug Richardson

Kevin Smith's weird creation of TUSK

1: http://smodcast.com/episodes/the-walrus-and-the-carpenter/

2: http://silentbobspeaks.com/?p=561

3: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kevin-smith-talks-tusk-639293

4: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kevin-smith-why-quentin-tarantino-645204

5: http://silentbobspeaks.com/?p=1001

"Write what you need to write, feed the hunger for meaning in your life."

Donald M. Murray (via Scott Myers' GoIntoTheStory)

The Pharcyde - ”DROP”

the music video, directed by Spike Jonze

the making of

“In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.”

apud Vince Lombardi (via GoIntoTheStory)
apud Cassius Longinus
apud Bruce Lee

”Don’t write a lot. Just write often.”

says Jeff Goins

Writing Mantras

via Scott Myers' GoIntoTheStory