“Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don’t shoot their husbands, they just don’t.” – Elle Woods (Legally Blonde, 2001) With a quote like that, Elle kinda makes you want to exercise, no? After the excess of the holiday season, I bet a lot of us are thinking about exercise this […]
Diving Into The Three Wells at Tea & Ink Writing Club
I was requested to mentor again at the Tea & Ink Writing Club and happily agreed. To do something a little different, this time I brought Matthew Kalil’s book “The Three Wells of Screenwriting” (a wonderful new MWP book on my bookshelf). It’s a book to get the inspiration juices flowing. From the book, I […]
Date Stamping A Movie Scene… Creatively
So you want to suggest what time of year it is in a movie scene? Sure, there are the standards: blossoming flowers = spring green leaves on trees = summer coloured leaves in piles = fall snow = winter Beyond location weather, you can – of course – use clothing to signify weather and time […]
Inspiration at the Movies: Earth: One Amazing Day
This past weekend, I went to the closing night of the R2R Family Film Festival. It’s great to see family-friendly films from around the world on the big screen… but I digress. Sometimes in a movie there’s a line that really rings true and you know you’re going to remember it for, well, probably for […]
Film Lighting: Is a Hallway Just a Hallway?
So, you’re filming in a hallway. Kind of a dull location, isn’t it? Flat, painted colour. No photos or art on the walls. Thinking of just throwing up a light and getting on with it? Well… consider what time of day it is in the script. Might there be filtered light from a nearby window […]
Are You A Filmie? What Do You See…
You’re a Film Buff if you see a movie light and a coffee. You’re a Film Buff Who’s Particular if you see a studio light and a Starbucks coffee. However… You’re a True Filmie if you see two Blondes. Cheers & a good shoot to you, Deb ——————– Deborah (Deb) Patz is the author […]
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