by Trevor Mayes | May 17, 2016 | Dialogue, Formatting, Proofreading, Writing |
The Problem In a previous post, I discussed the difference between using dashes (hyphens) and dots (ellipses) at the end of a sentence — a common source of confusion. Recently, I’ve discovered a new and erroneous trend with hyphens. With increasing...
by Trevor Mayes | Feb 16, 2016 | Shorts |
Time for a montage… Last year, I wrote and directed a little time travel short film called TRIPLE TIMe. It’s due out in a few months, but since it was Valentine’s Day, I figured I’d release a fun little “falling in love” montage...
by Trevor Mayes | Mar 19, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, My Experiences, TRIPLE TIMe, Videos |
A lotta work for a few seconds of screen time Thought I’d share a behind the scenes “making of” video for a VFX shot we couldn’t fit into the TRIPLE TIMe pitch video. Speaking of TRIPLE TIMe, if you’d like to contribute to the making of...
by Trevor Mayes | Mar 1, 2015 | My Experiences, Shorts, TRIPLE TIMe |
What is TRIPLE TIMe? TRIPLE TIMe is the next short film I’ll be writing/directing (and doing the visual effects for) with filming slated to begin at the end of March. It’s a sci-fi, time travel extravaganza that tells the story of Tim, a theoretical...
by Trevor Mayes | Nov 25, 2014 | Feedback, Script Notes |
First Impressions Most people who read scripts for a living (producers, agents, managers, etc.) will agree — they can usually tell whether or not a script is any good by the end of the first page. “What?! But my script really gets going around page...
