Category Archives: Movie/Screenplay Stuff

A place to share thoughts on movies, storytelling, and screenplay writing.

A Link, and some final thoughts on The Gate Keeper Premier/Elden Kellar Scholarship Fundraiser

The Link:  Hope you enjoy! The Gate Keeper: The Story of a Corporate “Con” gone wrong! The Final Thoughts: 1.  THANKS:   to all who came out to the Gate Keeper Premier/Elden Kellar Scholarship fundraiser.  It was one of the … Continue reading

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The Making of “The Gate Keeper”-Part II: The Blank Page!

  Before we get to “The Blank Page” a little side note.   For those of you who follow my snippets on facebook, you know that the filming is ”In The Can”.  We finished shooting with a rather marathon day two … Continue reading

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The Making of “The Gate Keeper”,

In my continuing exploration to learn, and my acknowledgment that I learn best by doing, I have ventured into the making of my second short film.  A friend, more kind than interested, thought I should share my process on my … Continue reading

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A short film…”The Last Gift”

Random Thoughts about my first short  film, “THE LAST GIFT” For those of you patient enough and periodically check my blog, you may recall my sharing from time to time about movies, about my screenplay writing, and more recently about … Continue reading

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A Year? Really? A Whole Year?

 On July 30, 2009, I posted my first blog. In the last 365 Days: –  29 posts on topics from family, to guitars, to movies, to coaching, to just some stuff. –  92 kind folks actually were brave enough … Continue reading

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Screenwriting….”Dude with a problem”

Thank you to all who read and also those of you who responded to my note on Fathers’ Day, it just made the day for me that much more special.  How wonderful to hear from some of you that I … Continue reading

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Blind Side & Thanksgiving!!!

The Thanksgiving meal, the football games, the parades….they are almost all behind us (leftovers anyone).  But one last thought before we completely leave it behind and turn our eyes toward Christmas.   Hitting the movie theaters has become an on … Continue reading

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My Informing on “The Informant”:

I’m really not the kind of guy to have a man crush on someone, but an outside observer could probably make the case that I have one for Matt Damon. And depending on your definition of “man crush”, it might … Continue reading

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Julie & Julia….and other movie stuff.

For me, it’s been kind of a dry summer for movies.  I’m not sure if it’s my personal schedule or just not that many movies that have caught my interest.  However, on a recent Saturday afternoon, my favorite movie partner … Continue reading

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So you want to write a screenplay?

Have you ever walked out of a theater and thought, “I could write a better movie than that?”  Well, I’m going to publicly admit that I have had that thought.   I have even shared the thought with friends of mine.  … Continue reading

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