I’m doing a podcast!

After all these years of listening to screenwriting podcasts, I decided to make one of my own.  It basically serves as my own post-graduate screenwriting program, one that I’m doing myself by making the podcast.  So what’s it about? If you want to know...

So you want to make a movie…

I occasionally come across someone who wants to make a movie but has never done it. Here’s my advice. Know your goals. People can have many goals, but I’ve seen the following two. You want to make the best movie you can.  So you need to recruit the best...

Plot sequencing

There’s some spoilers here for the last film I worked on, “Pangs.” I’d recommend you watch the film before reading this. You can do so here. I had an interesting moment working as editor on the film “Pangs.” This is the first time I’ve edited a 48 Hour Film...

The Snowzilla Diary

Julie and I went for a walk on Friday, January 22, just as the first flakes of winter storm Jonas started to fall. It was expected to be historic, and the Washington Post had already dubbed it “Snowzilla.” We were contemplating how to spend a snowed-in...

Playing with key and fill

I spent some time today running a set of experiments for lighting.  Before I dive into describing them, here’s a few terms for those who haven’t spent much time on photographic or cinematographic lighting. The key light is the primary light used to light a...