Last night, I had the pleasure of hosting a Q&A with Alfonso Cuarón for Film Independent. I looked at it as an opportunity to get all my questions answered from a longtime talent crush. In particular, I wanted to know about Cuarón’s lengthy, technically-sophisticated shots.
Education
Time Travel with Richard Kelly
Episode - 118
John and Craig wind back the clock with writer-director Richard Kelly to look at the origins of Donnie Darko, and how a recent film-school grad gets a movie made.
Anatomy of a script
Robin Schiff and Winnie Holzman’s great discussion series “Anatomy of a Script” is starting up again in March, and highly recommended for film and TV writers wanting to learn more about the craft.
From thesis script to feature film
Jamie Jensen recently wrote and co-directed her first feature with Nadia Munla. I asked her to talk about her experience taking a project from graduate school thesis script to finished film. ——- In 2007, I moved from New York City to Los Angeles to pursue a screenwriting career. I did it by way of the […]
The Good Boy Syndrome, and whether film school is worth it
John and Craig discuss why screenwriters want to please people — and how it often hurts them and the movie they’re writing — before a lengthy discussion of the pros and cons of going to film school.
From Greenlight back to page one
Today’s First Person demonstrates an important point: you can’t pick the single moment at which you’ve “made it.”