Acceptable.TV is a portal site for amateur comedic shorts to be considered for inclusion in a 30 min VH1 show by the same name. But what caught my attention was JACK BLACK acting as a magical mentor for two wannabe filmmakers in the tutorials for the site. Check this out!
- JC Cocker
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Eli Roth is a Growing Boy!
If you have any respect for writer/director Eli Roth, or even if you don’t, I still want you to experience his energy and zest for his craft. In a recent podcast with Creative Screenwriting Magazine’s editor Jeff Goldsmith, Eli Roth discusses his writing technique and methods. You will notice that he uses some of the same techniques that I discussed in my last podcast, FMLE#2. I’m just saying that what I’m passing on to you is not just rehashed tips from stuffy old books; these techniques are alive and well in the current film world.
Eli Roth is someone I plan to watch closely. He is developing his craft right in front of our eyes, one movie at a time. You may not be a horror fan, and I’m not the biggest, but regardless Roth is growing and honing skills as a writer and as a director, and I find his progress very inspiring. Every chance you have to read or listen to an interview with him I suggest you do. It’s the opportunity to witness the growth of a storyteller that is of inspirational importance here, not necessarily his story’s subject matter.
Granted you always study the masters, but I would like you to find other up and coming filmmakers a few steps ahead of you, that you can draw inspiration from. Learn from their mistakes and successes. Watch them grow as an artist and a storyteller.
- JC Cocker
http://creativescreenwritingmagazine.blogspot.com/2007/06/hostel-2-q.html
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