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Capitalizing God, Mom and Dad
When do you capitalize god, mom and dad? Based on the frequency with which I encounter these capitalization mistakes while proofreading scripts, there seems to be a lot of confusion surrounding this question. Luckily, there's a really easy trick to remember when to...
PROMISES – TeaDance Film Festival Finalist
The Finals! So, this is cool. My script PROMISES just made the finals of the 2016 TeaDance Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. I'm blessed to have many female friends in the LGBTQ community. As such, we often talk about lesbian movies. Most conversations are variations on:...
Script vs. Movie: THE SHALLOWS
Here's another edition of Script vs. Movie, where I take a look at an early version of a script and compare it to the resulting movie. Today’s Battle: THE SHALLOWS SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! This article only discusses the differences between the...
July 4th Sale – All Services 10% Off!
Happy 4th of July! Time to celebrate Independence Day with a sale. All of my services are now 10% off through July 11th. That means: - Proofreading is only $134.99! - Script Notes start at just $89.99! Don't quite have your script ready? No problem. Place an order for...
Are You Overusing LATER?
LATER Hater After reading a few client scripts recently where LATER is actually used more often than DAY or NIGHT in scene headings, I figured it was time to address this issue. If you're fond of using LATER in your scene headings, then what I'm about to tell...
Interruptions Revisited
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 frequency, I'll...
Valentine’s Day Sneak Peek of TRIPLE TIMe
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 from about the midpoint of the film....
The Making of a VFX Shot
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 the actual short film, the time...
TRIPLE TIMe Crowdfunding Campaign Now Live!
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 physicist,...
The One Page Challenge
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 12!" you might...
Commas in Scene Headings?
Comma Chameleon Commas are great. I'm a fan. Without them, misunderstandings abound... But why are so many commas turning up in scene headings these days? Did I miss the memo? Let's clarify what I'm talking about. It's the use of commas in place of hyphens for...
Script Notes – July Sale!
A July 4th sale is good, but a month-long July sale is even better. So that's what I'm cooking up this month -- a discount on script notes! Whether you'd like an insightful written critique of your script, or a more interactive verbal critique (or both), you'll get...