Are you a fan of LaLaLand? This TVWriter™ minion isn’t. But I do love the great old Hollywood musicals that have disappeared from view. This video by the ever-delightful and wise Lindsay Ellis, tells us what happened…and why:
Category: Opinion
Have ‘Game of Thrones’ Fans been Betrayed by the “Rush to Finish” the Series?
Boy, talk about a tough audience:
by Ben Lindbergh
The showrunners said they didn’t need full, 10-episode installments for seasons 7 and 8, but the breakneck pace ‘Thrones’ has taken is a clear departure from years past and comes with disheartening side effects
American or British Comedy – Which is Better?
Yeppers, kids, there it is, right above this sentence, the most used image from Seinfeld ever. %@#!ing thing is all over the interwebs, including this delightful discussion of “American Comedy vs. British.”
Plenty of food for thought here, so devour away:
Do You Know the Dif Between Story & Plot?
Story and plot are the same thing, see, except when they aren’t. Hmm, sounds like somebody needs to clarify that, so why not the maker of this little video, i.e., “Frustrated Jacob” hisself?
The “3-Minute Rule” and The Neuroscience Behind Screenwriting
nofilmschool.com brings us what should be a no-brainer but isn’t because writers. Thanks, doods!
by Jo Light
Scholar Dr. Connie Shears and writer Paul Joseph Gulino believe so, and have created a Chapman University class around this subject, as well as an accompanying book, The Science of Screenwriting: The Neuroscience Behind Storytelling Strategies. The book took five years to write.