Why Don't You Write A Play?
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in India, which inspired much of his work. He wrote one of my favorite poems about vanity.
Olaf de Fleur
The Courtroom of Your Creativity
When we want to produce a creative piece of art, a story, a film, it's easy to talk ourselves out of it.
Crocodiles in India
The ground inside the home was made out of uneven stacks of mud. The family that had invited me in didn’t have anything but offered me what they had. The offering was some kind of food, but it was impossible to know what it was made out of.
The Power of Save The Cat, the Book that Demystifyed Screenwriting
Blake gave us all a tool. Like the child in H.C. Andersen's story, Blake pointed to the Emperor to tell us that he didn't need to act all that fancy. Save the Cat didn't only demystify scriptwriting, it allowed us to see with childlike eyes so we could all go deeper into the magic world.
Applications for Documentary Projects open in October - Catapult Film Fund
The Catapult Research Grant is the newest expansion of Catapult Film Fund’s on going commitment to support nonfiction films and filmmakers.
The Train, The Cargo
I have a sound recorder in my hand and I’m pointing it into empty space close to
a train track. This space will be filled with thunder within a few moments. I
maintain my posture like a statue waiting to be woken up. Noise creeps up from a
horizon,
Being too self-conscious & Alan Alda
This obstacle of being self-concious serves an obvious purpose, it's intention is to stop you from putting out bad stuff into the world. This is of course a layered obstacle, it is a realm of elements, because we are not talking about perfectionism.