Stacey Jones: NOTHING BUT SPOILERS (Because That’s How You Learn) #4

EDITOR’S ALERT: This is the fourth in Stacey Jones’ ongoing discussion of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and its place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Ergo, like it says in the title of this post, a world of SPOILERS awaits below the thin red line. Oh and also an assumption that you’re familiar with the MCU!

THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER
S1:E4 The Whole World is Watching
by Stacey Jones

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Cartoon: Hopscotch’

TVWriter™’s all-time favorite artist/philosopher, Grant Snider, goes right to the heart of things with this brilliant depiction of a game that could easily have been called “Life.”

See more of Grant Snider’s extraordinary perceptions of human creativity at Incidental Comics, HERE read article

Larry Brody’s TV Writing Tips & Tricks #22 – Energy Sells

by Larry Brody

Looking for more detailed info on TV Writing? Then this is for you!

In an era where screenwriting courses are rampant, available at your local adult school, junior college, university, vocational school, you-name-it, it’s easy to throw yourself into the study of format and technique.

TV Writer.Com, for example, is bombarded daily with questions about the “best” way to show scene transitions, the “most effective” way to write an action scene, and the “most subtle” way to “imply” rather than “state” a new shot. read article

Last Week’s Most Important Cord Cutting Developments – 4/27/2021

Cord Cutters News gives us the latest on the cord cutting front. This time around:the new Apple TV 4K, Roku’s new name for original content, Hulu adding NFL content, and more!

Cord Cutters Video Channel: https://twitter.com/CordCuttersNews
Cord Cutters Web Site: http://cordcuttersnews.com read article

Larry Brody: Yes, the 2021 Oscar Ceremony was Last Night…

(LB’S NOTE: Yep, the numbers are in. Here’s the headline on Indiewire.Com. “Oscars Ratings: 2021 Telecast Loses More Than Half Last Year’s Audience.” Someone on the Oscar show said that movies were what kept Americans going last year. But the facts seem to differ. We weren’t going to the movies. Hell, we couldn’t. We all were watching TV.)

…And you can read about the winners just about anywhere on the web. There’s a mighty fine full list here: read article