Month: April 2007

My post on Stop Making Sense got me thinking of music in films. I am not talking about musicals like Singin’ in the Rain, or documentaries like Woodstock, but movies where musical performances push the story forward and show us

It was strange walking through the halls at school yesterday. In my mind I kept wondering what it would have been like to be at Virginia Tech. Fortunately for me my imagination is not good enough to conjure up those

I am taking the day off from blogging to honor the students, faculty and family who lost loved ones at Virginia Tech University. Peace. PeterH,

Students often talk about not knowing what to write about. There are several stock answers- write about what you know, create a character first, then have your story spin out of that. In one of the best screenwriting classes I

It wouldn’t be all that hard to convert this blog into a small TV show. A DV camera, Final Cut Pro, Quick Time and I would be in business. And if enough of you click on those ads at the

It wouldn’t be all that hard to convert this blog into a small TV show. A DV camera, Final Cut Pro, Quick Time and I would be in business. And if enough of you click on those ads at the

I get asked all the time what is my favorite film and I never have an answer. One day it’s The Graduate, another day Blow Up, and the next maybe Animal Crackers. It is always differnt, but I can tell

All of the news around Don Imus and the remarks he made has me thinking about race in film. Race, which I feel is the single most important issue in American politics, defines America, so it should be no surprise

I am a big fan of the public radio show This American Life. Each week the program chooses a theme and shares a series of stories on that theme. Usually, I listen while driving and often find myself at my

Things are changing. Good, Fast, Cheap-pick two is becoming Good, Fast, Cheap- pick three, or worse Cheap and Fast- no good. It hasn’t changed in the week since my earlier pick two post, but it has been slowly coming for