Alright, boys and girls. So it’s difficult to say whether it’s any good, but here it is! If you’re curious, click the link below for a PDF of the script. We’ll post longer thoughts on the whole thing tomorrow, but right now we’re going to bed. Off the Record
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Film 1: Cabiria
Cabiria (1914) dir. Giovanni Pastrone. Italy. [As we work our way through our film history docket, we'll post (very) short write-ups of each movie, along with a piece of insight.] "The movie feels old, and by that I mean older than 1914. It feels like a view of ancient times, or at least of those … Continue reading Film 1: Cabiria
Film History Docket
Here it is! 365 films for 365 days. These are all significant movies that we haven't seen, taken (largely) from one of three lists. First, the 2012 Sight & Sound Best Films list, as voted on by prominent critics and directors. We combined the critics list and the directors list, eliminated duplicates, and eliminated films … Continue reading Film History Docket
Post Mortem Video Q&A
We sat down to do a little one-on-one interview with one another, to go over our thoughts and takeaways from the project. If you're looking for 13 minutes of two people talking about a script they wrote, look no further.
Our Previous Film Docket
This idea of making a docket of films as a sort of informal film history crash course isn't a new one. We did it a couple of years ago, albeit on a smaller scale, before we moved to LA. The movies on our first docket were pretty arbitrary. We basically sat down and said, "What … Continue reading Our Previous Film Docket
More Movies in a Weekend?
I'm taking lunch work, so this will be brief. A more in depth post-mortem to follow this evening. So - This screenplay actually worked out, but so many things went right for us! Can we recreate the experiement? I am tired, but exhilarated. So much so that we've decided we should do a Movie in … Continue reading More Movies in a Weekend?
Thoughts on the Weekend
So -- we've slept (a little) and now we're back to real life. Abigail's at work and I'm...looking for work. (The life of a freelancer.) We're both pretty exhausted, but while it's still fresh in our minds we're each trying to type up a post-mortem post. Just a look at how the whole thing went, … Continue reading Thoughts on the Weekend
Our script!
Alright, boys and girls. So it's difficult to say whether it's any good, but here it is! If you're curious, click the link below for a PDF of the script. We'll post longer thoughts on the whole thing tomorrow, but right now we're going to bed. Off the Record
Doooone!
We did it! Here's us doing our 3am happy dance. Will upload the script in a minute.
Finished Draft One!
Lots of work still to be done, but we have now technically written a movie in a weekend! ...Let the revisions begin!
Movie in a Weekend 