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Review Checklist pt 3 – Story
The second area with the sliding scale (1-10) on Talentville is Story. There’s definitely a lot here: Did you just read a story or a collection of scenes? Big difference. While I don’t…
June 23, 2015 -
Review Checklist pt 2 – Concept
One of the areas you mark a script at Talentville is on Concept. I assembled the following list of prompts to help the reviewer (usually me) delve into whether the concept (the…
June 22, 2015 -
Reviewing Scripts at Talentville pt 1
I’m not currently terribly active, but I’m a top reviewer over at Talentville, a community for screenwriters developed by Final Draft creator Ben Cahan. Last May, I got tired of seeing exceedingly…
June 22, 2015 -
Hook’em When They’re Young
McDonald’s knows all about that one. In my case, though, it’s all about Tim Horton’s. Back in the seventies, when I was but a wee lad, my parents had a train set…
April 5, 2015 -
Marvel Entertainment – Excitingly In-Stride
I must admit, as a long term Marvel fan, this is an exciting time. The Avengers has just done boffo box-office, sequels to Iron Man and Thor are due in 2013, Avengers…
October 9, 2012 -
How Concept Art’s Affected the Script
They produce a lot of concept art in entertainment media, specifically movies and games. I have a lot of “The Art of…” books in both arenas; they’ve been very inspirational from an aspirational…
October 2, 2012 -
“ATLANTIC” – Scriptapalooza Quarterfinalist
Wow! Very cool. I just got the email from Scriptapalooza – Quarterfinalists have been announced. I amble over to the site (I was sitting down, so I didn’t have to amble far),…
August 1, 2012 -
So… you want to write a screenplay!
If you’re here on my site, chances are you’ve figured out by now that I’m a graphic designer/illustrator by trade who writes screenplays in his off-time and is currently turning his latest…
July 8, 2012 -
Branding “Atlantic”
Before even starting the graphic novel, there is still so much prep work to be done. You’ve already had the opportunity to see some of the concept art as it’s developed. Well,…
June 11, 2012 -
Storyboarding – Roughing In The Pages
So… how does one go about this? I decided that I was ready to start blocking in the story. I’m still using SketchUp to work out the 3D layout of the story…
June 1, 2012
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