Today I will suggest how our feature film stories could – at last! – start having substance as well. In my last essay I explained how Australian feature film stories could be made more original. by Steven Fernandez Lack of substance in our stories is something I
In my Hero’s Journey classes I explain how in great movies, any form of movement is full of meaning. Too many writers don’t understand how to handle movement. And really, if you don’t write movement, you’re not writing a movie. by Karel Segers A chase is never
I had prepared another travel update, then realized that you guys are probably craving
I haven’t blogged in a while but now I feel I have to. My first international lecturing trip in 15 months, to a country I had never been to. And I love traveling. Welcome to The Philippines. by Karel Segers Leaving Sydney airport is a high in
You might be a little crazy to move to a country with a notoriously bad health care system the same day you were diagnosed with a chronic illness. You certainly would have to be out of your mind to move there to pursue a dream of making
Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner) and Franc Roddam (Quadraphenia) were two directors
“The Tourist has always had incredible supporters and incredible detractors. Right from the beginning
Every once in a while I feel the need to open up this can of worms, this time because of an article I recently read. The irony? People know me as Structure Man, though most of the time I talk about character. The Dept Revisited – A
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