by Film School | Oct 7, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #227 Art is Messy (The Evangelion Rant) Hideaki Anno has been making Evangelion for 26 years. 2021 saw the release of the final (?) film in his theatrical film re-make of the 1995 TV series. Ira . . . has become a bit obsessed with the series and...
by Film School | Sep 30, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #225 Tips To Hook Your Audience How do you grab your audience? And then once you’ve got their attention, how do you KEEP it? Josh and Ira discuss how they keep in mind their audience’s attention-span, and the tools, tips, and tricks they use...
by Film School | Sep 23, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #223 Story Grid’s 6 Core Questions We ask these questions to do our weekly film breakdowns, so it seemed like a good idea to list them out and explain what each question means and is getting at. So, here you go (courtesy of storygrid.com): 1. What...
by Film School | Sep 16, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #221 How to Keep it Fun We do our best work when we’re having a good time. When we’re enjoying ourselves, the words just roll from the pen or keyboard. But, how do you find the fun when the storytelling is hard? How do we keep creating good...
by Film School | Sep 9, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #219 Write To Market At the end of the day, we write and make movies for an audience. For money, even. That can seem so at odds with the actual creative process, which is so self-centered and so personal. So, how do we navigate that divide? How DO we...
by Film School | Sep 2, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #217 How to Beat Resistance at its Worst When resistance is CHOKING you . . . how do you deal with that? When you’re absolutely paralyzed, stuck, adrift without hope, what worked? How did you pull yourself out of it? And if you’re in that...
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