The right kind of rewriting
Some years ago, I listened to a talk on screenwriting given by the British screenwriter and novelist Frank Cottrell Boyce at the British...
Screenplay adaptations
Should novelists adapt their books to the screen? I've performed numerous adaptations. In my experience the person who wrote the book...
Does it come in black?
Consider: how much better than the line 'So you're fast' would 'I knew it' be @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIHH5-HVS9o Why? 'So...
With great power comes great responsibility
‘Feature films are the most powerful and insidious shapers of public perception, because they fly under the radar of conscious...
All is not lost
I recently watched ALL IS LOST (2013). I had low expectations. Why? The title of a film can tell you a lot about the minds behind it (or...
The view from the front row
Essential to the failure – or shortcomings – of so many films is the quality of the film director or producer's influence on the film...
