Have you ever been to the Calgary Airport? They have my all-time favourite baggage claim in the world: a display of dinosaurs completely tearing up luggage and their contents. Now, what do dinosaurs (and this exhibit) have to do with filmmaking? It’s a story about what the general public never see: Behind-the-scenes. In story, we […]
Ciné Surfer: Basics of Script Copyright
Stephen Follows has an interesting site. Not a lot of links on the Resources page, but what’s there is worth the surf by. In particular, I enjoyed: Basics of Script Copyright https://stephenfollows.com/resource/basics-of-script-copyright/ Although copyright is handled differently in each country, the basics are here. Know the basics already? Well, there may be a nugget or […]
What a Screenwriter Needs to Know About… Production Budgets
Writing and money… am I serious? In the collaborative spirit of the film industry… yes. I’ve taken a moment (ok, 4 min and 45 sec) to highlight a few things that writers should know about production budgets, because… well… when you write a movie, the script is not not going to be the story’s final […]