This is a great piece by Moviefone. What are your worst of the worst 25 Rom Coms? When the Moviefone staff started trying to name the worst romantic comedies of all time, the discussion quickly got heated. Is ‘The Sweetest Thing’ a crass, tasteless mess or an underrated gem? What’s worse, ‘Swept Away’ or ‘Who’s… Continue reading Terrible Romantic Comedies
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Guest Post by Paul Chitlik
A UCLA Screenwriting Professor colleague sent me this description of his workshop in Spain. Interesting possibilities to rework your script.
Two Oscar Contenders – Up In The Air and The Hurt Locker
Two of the most talked about characters in Oscar-nominated pictures this year are emotionally damaged men deployed to handle bombs in people’s lives. Their approaches to this assignment are very different.
Beyond Lemonade – Logo Proposal Meetings
We all know a great logo when we see one. Creating one is a different story entirely. It has take me several month to go through the logo process and come out with something I am very excited about in the end.
Beyond Lemonade – Daily Bruin Article
Daily Bruin article about “Beyond Lemonade” and the opportunities online.
Free Writing Research Site
Great free service to research that next script or arcane topic of interest.
Beyond Lemonade – Keys to Pitching
It’s rare for a creative person to be on the other side of the desk— evaluating pitches instead of doing the pitching. I had that opportunity this week when we were hiring people for some creative elements for my online series. Here are six lessons I learned sitting on the other side of the desk.
The Actor’s Gym
The Actors Gym is an ongoing workshop for working writers and actors that meets on Monday nights at the Asylum Theatre in Hollywood, CA
Romantic Comedy Pitfalls – Recent Films
The three highest grossing Romantic Comedies in 2009 were The Proposal (Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds) It’s Complicated (Meryl Streep & Alec Baldwin) and The Ugly Truth (Katherin Heigl & Gerard Butler). Despite some terrific performances each movie manages to stumble into more than one of the RomCom Pitfalls.
Supermarket To Offer Original Films
It’s not too unusual these days to find DVDs for sale in supermarket chains. But how about a supermarket chain that actually creates and produces its own movies that are available only at its respective stores?