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Interviews
& Articles with/by producers:
Interview with Niki Marvin, producer of THE
SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. "Frank Darabont and I met and worked
together on a film called Nightmare on Elm Street 3. We became friends. He was
a huge Stephen King fan. Had already made a short film of one of his
stories..."by Catherine
Tudor
Interview
with Tom Craig, the Senior
Exec. VP at Universal Studios responsible for such pictures as SHAKESPEARE IN
LOVE. by Catherine
Tudor
Making
your own film:
Make a no-budget feature
Part 1: By Glenn
Andreievev
Make a no-budget feature
Part 2:
By Glenn
Andreiev
How to get your movie made
Pt.1: By
Glenn
Andreiev
Filmmaker Glenn
Andreiev is back after a total dearth of indie film making in New York
City, a consequence of 9/11. Check out his latest exploits.
Screenwriting
tips:
The Validation
Tango. Face it. They really are out to get you.
So,
you are sitting in front of that monitor and the
script is not exactly writing itself. You're kinda
beginning to wonder whether you need all this abuse?
Check out Victor Infante's new article,
he's been there!
To write or not to
write?
I think--and please, correct me if I’m wrong--it was
Truman Capote who wrote that the “art of writing is the art of attaching the
seat of one’s pants to the seat of one’s chair.” I was reminded of this last
night while speaking to an old friend of mine, who was “going back to writing.”
So you finally think you
finished your screenplay. Now what!?
Le nouveau article by Victor D.
Infante. Share in his paranoia. Guess what, you are not the only one tearing
his/her hair out!
So where the hell do I
set my screenplay!?:
In filmmaking, or any genre of fiction, a sense
of place can evoke a litany of reactions in the viewer or reader. When used
correctly, the setting for a story can do more than add texture and vivacity to
a story. It can be a character in and of itself...
Why do you
write?:
Writings from
the real world. Victor D. Infante explores the drive that makes you have to
write. In his case it's...
Writing for or against
Hollywood: By
Alex Ross
Creating great
heroes: By Victor D. Infante
Creating cool bad guys:
By Victor D. Infante
The
fundamentals of screenwriting: by Lawrence
Gray. The
screenwriter obsesses over The Idea because without it, we cannot sell our work.
It is this more than anything else that allows us to break through the layers of
industrial machinery to get our scripts onto the desks of people who may or may
not want to make them into movies.
Truth stranger than
fiction? By Victor D. Infante
Dear Agent...
By Victor D. Infante
Television:
Exclusive Interview with
Tim Minear #1
Showrunner for ANGEL &
FIREFLY. Take a
look at the hectic world of the man who also wrote for LOIS & CLARK and X-FILES.
Victor
Infante's interview #2 with mega showrunner Tim Minear. About FIREFLY's
weird death and potential rebirth...
Buffy the vampire slayer and revolutionary:
"We saved the world. I say we
party."
—Buffy Summers. Article by Victor D. Infante
Misc.
Music to my
ears, Music and screenwriting, the two shall never meet? Asset or
liability? By Victor D.
Infante.
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