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Photos from Malawi

July 17, 2007 General

I have all my photos from my visit to Mulanje, Malawi up on Flickr for the world to see. You can check them out here. You may want to use the “View as slideshow” link. If you do, you’ll notice a floating lower-case “i” over the center of the main photo. (You may need to […]

The Hollywood Standard

January 14, 2007 Formatting, General, Resources, So-Called Experts

All you need to know about formatting a screenplay, right here (for sale anyway). Second opinions included.

Josh posted

January 3, 2007 General

Josh Friedman stepped away from his duties at Skynet to shake the dust of his blog.Yes, I meant, “shake the dust off his blog.” But, in its way, his blog has lain fallow long enough that one could argue it’s become dust itself. (Yes, it’s a stretch.) But in that case, the metaphorically correct phrase […]

How do I break into Hollywood?

May 15, 2006 General

Short answer: You don’t. Slightly longer answer: The question is meaningless. I recently co-hosted a series of panel discussions for the USC School of Cinema-Television aimed at helping current students and recent graduates think about the first years out in the real world. “How do I break in” was the unspoken question in almost every […]

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