by Trevor Mayes | Feb 22, 2021 | Behind the Scenes, Concept, Industry Advice
Last year, I posted an article asking, “What’s more important: script idea or execution?” My answer was that the script idea is more important. But for those of you who have been following my blog for years know, I’m not interested in any...
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 | Dec 22, 2013 | Behind the Scenes, Movie Reviews, My Experiences
Liked the movie. Hated the high frame rate. In select IMAX theaters they’re showing the The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug with the higher frame rate (48 frames per second vs. the standard 24 frames per second). Having never seen a movie with this controversial...
by Trevor Mayes | Jun 25, 2012 | Behind the Scenes, Industry Advice, Interviews, Rhet Reese
A few weeks back I went to the Great American PitchFest and had a blast. I posted my overall impressions here. And also discussed a couple of free classes I attended, here and here. Today I’m writing about the third free class I attended — an interview...
by Trevor Mayes | Feb 19, 2010 | Behind the Scenes
Author Robert Pagliarani discusses the eight rules that allowed Paranormal Activity writer/director Oren Peli to turn $11,558 into $100 Million: No excuses. There are always a million and one reasons why now is not the right time. The truth is it will NEVER be the...
