by Trevor Mayes | Jun 29, 2012 | Diversions, Humor |
God bless the twisted sense of humor of Matthew Inman and his website, The Oatmeal.com. This particularly hilarious comic, and argument for an improved movie theater layout, was recently brought to my attention (click image for larger version at TheOatmeal.com): Click...
by Trevor Mayes | Jun 15, 2012 | Diversions, Humor, Links |
Because it’s Friday Here are the videos that have been haunting my dreams this past week. Burning Love Have you seen this parody of The Bachelor yet? It’s one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while. Thanks to Yahoo throwing some money behind it,...
by Trevor Mayes | Jan 5, 2012 | Concept, Humor, Industry Terms, Reader Questions |
Reader Questions: Tentpole vs. High Concept I received some good questions from Lauren the other day: What is the difference between a ten-pole [sic] movie and a high concept movie? Or do they always work together? Is there a minimum budget or max budget? A...
by Trevor Mayes | Jan 2, 2012 | Diversions, Humor, Videos |
Not Where You Saw John Ramsey and his brother have created a hilarious commentary track for one of their crappy home movies. They critique the footage in that stilted self-congratulatory, pseudo-intellectual style that we’re so used to hearing. “Not Where...
by Trevor Mayes | Dec 26, 2011 | Diversions, Humor, Television, Videos |
Modern Family – Horror Movie Trailer Here’s a little something to balance out all that holiday cheer. If you watch ABC’s hilarious Modern Family, you’ll know that Alex Dunphy is just a check box or two away from being an evil genius. So I...
by Trevor Mayes | Oct 19, 2011 | Diversions, Humor, Villains |
Crafting an Authentic Villain Gone are the days of the mustache-twirling villain who is just evil for evil’s sake. These days to make your villain engaging and believable he or she must be authentic. So to craft your realistic villain, it’s critical that...