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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

John August Q&A

A screenwriter at the top of the game talks shop.




From his Blog: Johnaugust.com

Monday, April 27, 2009

How to Write

A great primer on writing prose from David Foster Wallace, Author of "Infinite Jest."

Here's the link: Growing Sentences with David Foster Wallace

Via Kottke.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

On Cinematography - Valentina Caniglia

Links to my friend, and very talented cinematographer, Valentina Caniglia, talking about her work.

Some people are good, and some people are artists. Valentina is and artist.

On Cinematography - Valentina Caniglia

Valentina Caniglia on female DP’s

Happy Accident - Valentina Caniglia

Scott McCloud on Comics.

Technology has changed storytelling methods in the past. How will internet technology change comics? Here's Scott McCloud's take.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Matt Zoller Steitz on Wes Anderson

Interesting set of articles and videos at Moving Image Source on Wes Anderson's cinematic influences.

http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/the-substance-of-style-pt-1-20090330#

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

John August: A ton of useful information about screenwriting.


A terrific video on screenwriting by John August.
He's also got a blog with, you guess it, a ton of useful information about screenwriting: http://johnaugust.com/

Monday, April 20, 2009

Chris Cunningham

Chris Cunningham made some of the most interesting music videos in recent times.
Here's a haunting ad he made for Gucci.
Does the voice artist at the end sound like a jaded 15 year old?