“Screenwriting involves an often un-personal process. Co-writers, directors, producers, everyone has a say in what you put on a page, and stories are constantly changing according to budget, actors, and commercial needs. Films are a collaborative process and are also inherently narrative and structured, so you are always working within very tight parameters. Short fiction unleashes a more intimate voice and a passion for language. I believe short narratives can have the same amount of danger and drama as any action film.” NeedsBelieveStoriesActionFilmPassionActorsLanguageI BelieveProcessVoiceFictionDangerAmountDramaDirectorsPagesProducersNarrativeBudgetsIntimateScreenwritingParametersAction FilmsAlways Working Author:Chiara Barzini
“If you read a part that you want to play, and you already know you have actors you want to work with but it's not on the page, it's not going to be on the screen. So that is the most difficult thing to do for a producer, is to get a script that attracts this kind of talent.” IfsKnowsWantKindPlayActorsDifficultTalentPagesScriptsScreensProducersThings To DoDifficult Things Author:Jerry Bruckheimer
“Julian Fellowes doesn't come to the set, except maybe once every six weeks, for whatever reason. He's not a producer, in that sense. But if you write him a one-line question, he'll write you a three-page answer.” IfsWritingReasonThreeLinesAnswersWeekSixPagesProducersOne Line Author:Hugh Bonneville
“The acting background helped a lot when I started writing. I was training for it. In acting class they teach you about the stakes in a scene (and) what motivates characters. When you bring a scene to class - as an actor with your scene partner - you have to do everything. There's no producer, set decorator or anything like that. You and you partner have to do everything and that's kind of like facing the blank page as a writer.” WritingKindCharacterActorsActingClassTeachScenePagesTrainingPartnersBackgroundsProducersStakesBlankActing ClassesBlank PagesDecorators Author:Carol Higgins Clark
“Jimmy Page is an excellent producer. Led Zeppelin I and II are classics. As a player he's very good in the studio, but I've never seen him play well live. He's sloppy. He plays like he's got a broken hand and he's two years old. If you put out a good album and play like a two year old, what's the purpose?” IfsYearsWellsTwoPlayHandsPurposePlayerBrokenPagesVery GoodAlbumsStudiosProducersExcellentTwo YearsJimmySloppyZeppelinsTwo Year Olds Author:Eddie Van Halen
“Director and producers have to take all the risks they can. We developed this film with the possibility to create departing from a blank page and to discover things as the process went along and as we understood the things that at first we couldn't understand in words.” FirstsFilmProcessRiskPossibilityDirectorsPagesUnderstoodProducersBlankBlank PagesDeparting Author:Alex Abreu
“In my head, the 5 issues of A Spoon Too Short comprise one novel: a 100 page graphic novel sequel to Douglas' two Dirk books, taking some of the ideas he was working on before he died, and a whole bunch of new stuff from me and a little from Max Landis (who is the Executive Producer on the book as well as writing the forthcoming TV series).” WritingWellsLittlesTwoBookIdeasWholeStuffNovelIssuesTvsPagesDiedSeriesBunchProducersExecutivesToo ShortGraphicMaxSpoonsSequelsTv SeriesGraphic NovelsNew StuffForthcomingLandi Author:Arvind Ethan David
“I think that what kind of is making this different is the creative group of us that has come together and we're all kind of on the same page working towards the same goal. So it is a real collaborative effort of our hearts more than it is oh you have the writer, you have the director, the producer, whatever.” ThinkingHeartKindDifferentRealTogetherGoalEffortCreativeGroupsDirectorsPagesProducersAll KindsCollaborative Effort Author:Boti Bliss