http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting The latest news brought to you by MySpace! Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:25:53 GMT http://newscdn.myspace.com/web.2.24/content/springwidget/screenwriting.xml http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19053032 Lisa Hunter blogs intelligently and wittily about the art market. Victoria Lucas is one of the rare development people who understand how scripts really work, and can show you how to make yours structurally better. Things They Won't Tell You In Film School: Complications Ensue Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:27:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19053032 http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19054827 ~ Ken Jennings, author of Brainiac Serenity Found: More Unauthorized Essays on Joss Whedon's Firefly Universe, edited by Jane Espenson Flirting with Pride and Prejudice: Fresh Perspectives on the Original Chick-Lit Masterpiece, edited by Jennifer Crusie and Jane Espenson Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:22:04 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19054827 http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19050414 The first half is sort of a comedy/superhero/drama, and is pretty much the movie they are selling in the commercials. But then in the middle, when they basically resolve the first-half storyline and need to take the story in another direction, there's really a huge tone shift. They introduce an Alligators in a Helicopter Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:57:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19050414 http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19048502 HERE IS ME and Kate Taylor on Q , about halfway through --after the Jonas Brothers piece. -for updates and to continue the discussion in comments, please go directly to http://heywriterboy.… Dead Things on Sticks Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:26:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19048502 http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19044246 I hope you enjoyed fireworks last night without blowing your hand off. I never quite got the attraction of holding lit sticks with small explosives made in unknown countries by craftsmen who earn nineteen cents a month. I saw a lovely fireworks display last night at the Hollywood Bowl. Being a By Kevin Levine Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:49:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19044246 http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19049792 Lisa Hunter blogs intelligently and wittily about the art market. Victoria Lucas is one of the rare development people who understand how scripts really work, and can show you how to make yours structurally better. Things They Won't Tell You In Film School: She chucked a promising career as a Complications Ensue Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:04:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19049792 http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19034438 Hitchcock, in interviews, said that he felt that the portrayal of hypnosis did not work on film, and that films that attempted this portrayal, in Hitchcock's opinion, turned out poorly. Some sources, including Steven DeRosa (see website below) say that Mystery Man on Film Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:01:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19034438 http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/18968210 Drug Arrests Were Real; the Badge Was Fake Arrests began. To some, like Mayor Otis Schulte, who considers the county around Gerald, population 1,171, “a meth capital of the United States,” the drug scourge seemed to be fading at last. Sergeant Bill, it turned out, was no federal agent, Kung Fu Monkey Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:35:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/18968210 http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/18987615 Head over to the Old Time Radio page and check out scripts and transcripts from classics such as, Superman vs. You must do a deep dive on these excellent OTR (Old Time Radio) sites like Generic Radio, Quietly Yours, Those Were The Days and Kingrr’s Home Simply Scripts Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:07:10 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/18987615 http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/18949351 BA-BOOM BA-DOOM BAM BAMFF BANG BAP BASH BE-BAP BIFF BLAM BLASH BLOOF BOFF BOINK BONG BONK BOOM BOOT BOP BUDOW CHOKK CLANK CLAP CLAP-CLAP CLOMP CLUNK CRASH CREEE-UNCHH CRUNCH DOINK FA-WUMP FACK FAP FLUMP FOMP FONK FOOP FRACK FUMP FWAK FWAP FWOP FWUMP GLOMP JAB The Unknown Screenwriter Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:01:52 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/18949351 http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19023663 How about a screenwriting wiki? If you don’t know what a wiki is, think wikipedia. It is a generation beyond blogging; no ego at the helm. The content is provided by the community of users. The more passionate and interested the community, the more complete and useful the wiki. Sound like the The Thinking Writer Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:37:36 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19023663 http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/18986677 ~ Ken Jennings, author of Brainiac Serenity Found: More Unauthorized Essays on Joss Whedon's Firefly Universe, edited by Jane Espenson Flirting with Pride and Prejudice: Fresh Perspectives on the Original Chick-Lit Masterpiece, edited by Jennifer Crusie and including Jane Espenson's short story, Jane Espenson Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:38:51 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/18986677 http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19036872 It went like this: "Canadians don't want to watch Canadian shows." It's the reason why, in 1999, the broadcasters successfully got the CRTC to relax Canadian Content regulations on homegrown comedy and drama. Actually, what they did was allow networks to Dead Things on Sticks Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:00:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19036872 http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19033219 You had this theme with Claudette in which a conversation with Marcel gives us a discussion about her being too obsessed about her work and how she needs to live life (which is so very tired and cliched nowadays). More impressive craftsmanship would be creating a conflict rooted in the Mystery Man on Film Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:00:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19033219 http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19032824 Nice long holiday weekend. I also plan to see some movies this weekend --I'm falling behind. This actually opened on Wednesday (Tuesday night in some theaters) and it's doing pretty well, despite the fact that occording to a lot of critics the movie takes a weird twist halfway through that's not Alligators in a Helicopter Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:52:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19032824 http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19023001 A few school marching bands all playing Stars & Stripes Forever and Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, girls twirling batons (which proved to be more dangerous to crowds than today’s maple bats), local dignitaries (“Hey, there’s Mr. Neider from Neider’s By Kevin Levine Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:04:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19023001 http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/18921666 b.) The press, all aswoon over McCain's manliness -- many of whom obsess over this because they're still working out their Boomer man-issues -- claimed that General Clark was somehow "attacking" Senator McCain or even more hallucinegenically "swift-boating" Kung Fu Monkey Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:30:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/18921666 http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19038714 Apparently I was on Q again today with Globe & Mail entertainment writer Kate Taylor, talking "reality teevee that makes you feel dirty." And there was this nice mention of a show I wrote in NOW Magazine's roundup of 20 years of Toronto Fringe Moments. THE MUSICAL (2002) Writer Denis McGrath Dead Things on Sticks Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:27:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19038714 http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19033218 Here’s my favorite Alfred Hitchcock quote: “In many of the films now being made, there is very little cinema: they are mostly what I call ‘photographs of people talking.’ When we tell a story in cinema, we should resort to dialog only when it’s impossible to do Mystery Man on Film Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:01:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19033218 http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19031884 Lisa Hunter blogs intelligently and wittily about the art market. Victoria Lucas is one of the rare development people who understand how scripts really work, and can show you how to make yours structurally better. Things They Won't Tell You In Film School: She chucked a promising career as a Complications Ensue Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:49:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/screenwriting/item/19031884