One of the first tasks in getting The Movie on its feet was picking locations. We spent about three weeks scouting — almost as long as we shot. I didn’t think I’d written a very location-driven movie, but it ended up being a bit of a monster. Part of that was budget — if we’d […]
Projects
What’s it like being the writer and director?
There’s little time or room on set for the writer in me once the director in me takes over, but he’s good to have around.
So I made a movie
My extended absence from johnaugust.com can now be explained: I’ve just finished shooting a movie, an honest-to-God feature film. A tiny film, to be certain, more likely to be seen at festivals than fourteen-plexes, but a movie nonetheless. Officially, it’s my directing debut, but it hasn’t really felt like it. As screenwriters go, I’ve always […]
Writing what can’t be shot
Movies are about what characters do and say, not who they were before the story started.