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This blog has gotten over 20,000 "unique visits". I have no idea who must read it. I know I don't. ;-)From Joshua James, the Mahler script beat calculator. (Symphony 1, The Titan.*)Mozz is playing with the calculator in writing his latest screenplay for us.--Maduka has about 27 minutes of Alien ...
46%
I have a 46% chance of taking out a velociraptor with a crowbar.46%My fear, however, isn't velociraptors. It's aliens. Lots of people have irrational fear of zombies. I'm not one of those silly people. Zombies = easy to kill. Aliens with acid blood = a royal pain in the ass. Cats ...
Cats and Dogs
Continuing to look at Saving the Cat by Blake Snyder. The most important thing is getting the logline right.But the core of the book is:The Blake Snyder Beat Sheet 1. Opening Image (1) 2. Theme Stated (5) 3. Set-up (1-10) 4. Catalyst (12) 5. Debate (12-25) 6. Break into Two (25) 7. B Story (30) 8. Fun and Games (30-55) 9. Midpoint (55) 10. ...
Party
We had a fun little cast/wrap party. We all watched a compilation reel of material which Maduka (completely unbeknownst to me) had put together.Laura made a cake for Jang Don Kim and Amelia Randolph Campbell (Jang's birthday was today, Amelia's is on Halloween.) The cake is a double-layer Rice Crispy ...
Saving Cats
It's raining out. It's not really rain of biblical proportions, more like the proportions of a pamphlet or a short-run two-color magazine. Still, it's very wet.-----Today is our wrap party for Alien Uprising. I hope you're coming. Before you say "I wasn't invited" let me explain that I wasn't invited. I'm ...
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Ten signs of intellectual dishonesty.What cats do when looking inside the toilet.Niger is a totally different country from Nigeria. Via Kung Fu Monkey: the books and software Save the Cat.Ato Essandoh is in Streamers on Broadway.
Voyage of Discovery
Take this fun learning map quiz thing with the countries of the Middle East and Northern Africa. I actually took a half year in my social studies class in the 8th grade learning about African geography. I basically remember none of it. Plus, of course, half the countries have different names ...
Quantum of Solace
I'm so happy they're releasing the next James Bond picture, Quantum of Solace. As my friend Mac said "When I saw that about a year ago I thought 'Yeah, that's the working title, but when it comes out it'll be called something like Kiss of Murder.'"Now I can name my ...
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Rendezvous with Rama from Aaron Ross on Vimeo.Here's a little sci-fi short based on Arthur C. Clark's Rendezvous With Rama.Did you know that Sally Forth was also a Armed Forces pinup comic from the late '60's and early '70's?Wokka.Bill Cunningham on the Weinstein's greenlighting 18 direct-to-video ...