I have to admit, I am no big fangirl of Christopher Vogler’s “Hero’s Journey“. At least as long as someone tries to fit his or her idea into this theorie, no matter what – but that will not work with any other screenwriting theory as well. I find it very strange that many diagrams on the Hero’s Journey simply convert …
The Art Of Title Sequences
While series like LOST and GLEE do not have a real title sequence apart from the name of the show shown on screen, other series and films have really great and often artistic opening sequences, like DEXTER, TRUE BLOOD and MAD MEN. Here is the great title sequence from TRUE BLOOD. I have seen it so many times now, and …
Ken Burns On Story
I have to admit that I did not know why the Ken Burns effect in iMovie is called “Ken Burns effect”. Now I learned that there is a filmmaker called Ken Burns who was the first to use this effect frequently in his movies. Alright. Now here he is, talking about how to tell great stories. So what makes a …
Recommendation: WRITE, WRITE, WRITE
Today I want to point you to the great blog by screenwriter Daniel Martin Eckhart. We worked together on WOLFSFÄHRTE, a tv movie based on the novel BROTHERS GRIMM by Craig Russell, written by Daniel (and directed by Urs Egger)*. I really like Daniel’s attitude – determined, creative and very skilled. And he shares his insights in lengthy articles in …
Trailerwatch: THE GREAT GATSBY
I am really looking forward to the new Buz Luhrman extravaganza. Music, colours, costumes galore! Triple-yay!
Trailerwatch: THE MASTER
P. T. Anderson is back. Joaquin Phoenix is back. Yay.
Inspiration
14 months without an update is not what you expect from writing a blog. I really want to try to post more regularly in the future, I promise. I am starting with a little bit of inspiration. Thanks to witer Daniel Martin Eckhart, who shared this photo on Facebook. After some research I found the original image by Joel Robinson. …
How To Pitch A Movie
This is making the rounds on the internet at the moment, and indeed it is hilarious. Nobody ever pitched a movie to me like that. Did you try this yourself once?
Welcome!
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