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How color timing works

January 26, 2015 Directors, Film Industry, Geek Alert

Daryn Okada offers a great look at how a cinematographer approaches color-timing a feature in this latest video from The Academy.

Screenplays on the Kindle, 2015 edition

January 16, 2015 Follow Up, Formatting, Fountain, Geek Alert, Highland, How-To, Weekend Read

A screenwriter friend just emailed me to ask how she could get one of her scripts to look good on the Kindle. You can’t. It’s the wrong tool for the job.

In praise of flat adverbs

November 10, 2014 Geek Alert, Words on the page

It’s not simply a matter of do-what-you-want. These words really are adverbs, they just look like their related adjective forms.

Critics, Characters and Business Affairs

Episode - 166

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October 14, 2014 Film Industry, Follow Up, Geek Alert, Scriptnotes, Transcribed

John and Craig were delighted to join the Slate Culture Gabfest on stage to talk about the gulf between critics and creators. We have the audio from that, and additional thoughts on the issue.

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