Deadline’s Strike Talk Podcast Episode 13: Billy Ray has a “conversation” with AI in which AI uses the voices of famous actors in their “chat.”
Writing Tip: The Writer as Psychologist “It is our responsibility to understand each of characters to the core of their emotional, spiritual, and psychological being.”
On Writing “The choice to train to be an artist of any kind is a risky one. Art’s a vocation, and often pays little for years and years — or never…
Hollywood Actors and Writers vs. the Studios: 1933 vs. 2023 A Depression-era standoff between newly formed unions and studio moguls pivoted around a new technology: talkies! Some lessons for the age…
Interview: Christopher Nolan The writer-director of the surprise box office hit Oppenheimer in a 20+ minute conversation about the movie.
Page One: “The Good Nurse” (2022) Screenplay by Krysty Wilson-Cairns, based on a book by Charles Graeber
Studios, Theaters Brace for Tentpole Havoc If Strikes Linger Into Fall Cinema owners are scrambling to figure out whether the major Hollywood studios will make drastic changes to their upcoming release…
Script To Screen: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” As a salute to Halloween, how about a cut from the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Interview: Greta Gerwig The co-writer and director of the smash hit Barbie has a half-hour conversation with the hosts of the ReelBlend podcast.
“AI” Hype as Pretext for Labor Misclassification Beware the risks of using shiny “AI” sleight-of-hand to simply re-define labor and pay it less.
Script Analysis: “Babylon” — Part 5: Dialogue A week-long analysis of the screenplay for the Oscar nominated movie.
Script To Screen: “Rushmore” The revenge sequence from Rushmore written by Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson.
Something is Better Than Nothing “No matter what you write, good or bad, it’s an improvement to a blank page.”
Script Analysis: “Babylon” — Part 4: Themes A week-long analysis of the screenplay for the Oscar nominated movie.
Story Summaries: From Loglines to Beat Sheets Learn six different types of story summaries and how to use them to develop your scripted projects. My one-week online class starts Monday…
How to Write While Holding Down a Job Some practical advice to engender productivity even while working full-time.
Page One: “Glengarry Glen Ross” (1992) Screenplay by David Mamet, based on a stage play by David Mamet
The ‘Barbenheimer’ effect should scare the studios into ending the strike “The business may have changed, but two simple facts remain: If you want to make money in the movie business, you need to make movies. And…
