by Film School | Dec 2, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #439 The Power of Finished Finishing something can make a lot of things suddenly become clear. There are revelations about our work that can literally only be gained by seeing something through and marking it as “done” in our own heads....
by Film School | Nov 18, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #437 DVD Extras Josh calls DVD Extras his film school. The interviews, commentaries, documentaries, featurettes, and other bonus material has been as valuable in his filmmaker education as any class or study. We talk about the benefits of all this extra...
by Film School | Nov 7, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #435 Strangeness Harold Bloom defined ‘strangeness’ as a mark of originality that is endemic and absolutely required for any work of literary art to be considered a masterpiece or a classic. Dan Simmons goes further to define it as a quality...
by Film School | Oct 3, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #430 Getting Older What’s it liked to get older? As Josh and Ira dip their toes into ‘middle age,’ things start to change. You’re not old yet, but you’re not young anymore. Some things improve. Some things get worse. Ya...
by Film School | Sep 26, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #428 How Many Drafts? How many drafts is the right number of drafts??? Is it okay to write the thing once and then call it done? Or do we need to write and rewrite and edit and write some more and more and more? Or…is it something in between? Josh...
by Film School | Sep 19, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #426 How Much Of Greatness Is Up To The Muse? Back in Ira’s DJing days, he put together literally hundreds of sets. An interesting pattern developed during that time: no matter how much his skill increased as he went (and it did), some sets just...
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