I'm sure having the highest grossing movie in history squashes imposter syndrome pretty well, but I still don't know if I'd spend $400 million thinking: "Ehh, I'll find it in post!"
Phoenix Black
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On Top 25 Screenwriters To Watch list (NetworkISA), single foster mom, former aid worker, based in Sydney. Known for feature screenplays: Keanu Reeves Is My Muse, My Son Is A Dragon and Father Trinity.
Watched In The Mood For Love (2000) dir by Wong Kar-wai. Every frame is a visual feast. The clothes, the sets, the light, the framing! And the music! Bliss! youtu.be/m8GuedsQnWQ?...
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE | Official Trailer | 20th Anniversary Restoration
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Promo reel for FATHER TRINITY: Three lives spiral behind the scenes of a martial arts horror TV show. MAGNOLIA meets MULHOLLAND DRIVE in a story of masculinity, loss and the demons we create.
Re: Writers bring asked to hand the producers a budget. Um, isn’t that the producer’s job? Doesn’t the same script in the hands of Steven Spielberg or Curry Barker have a completely different budget? A script, pitch deck, budget, proof of concept -all unpaid- to get a read?🤦🏽♀️
Alexis Rose: Math Ain't Mathing
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My favourite word was ‘fecund’ (fertile) from Tess of the d’Urbervilles. As a teen I thought it was the sexiest word ever! It rolled my mouth like a kiss. Fe(r)CUNd. Well, it’s FeKNd which isn’t sexy at all.
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 5d agomacabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
Just watched SOMETHING VERY BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN. Very original Twin Peaks vibes. A modern gothic joy!
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Thanks @goldenscriptnet BLOOD DRIVE When an abused single mom marries a small town doctor she uncovers vampires embedded in his pediatric unit - and within her new family - forcing her to become the monster-hunter her past prepared her to be. THE INVISIBLE MAN x READY OR NOT.
16yo kidlet: “Hear me out, how are you going to get an XRay if I’m not here to help you? I can go to school tomorrow.” Nice try buddy. Nice try.
Phoenix Black@phoenixblack.bsky.social · last wk.Winning the award for lamest injury: My foot went to sleep so I stood on it to wake it up and fell down. In the middle of a cafe. Now in crutches. Fracture to be determined. Stupid stupid stupid! BUT 16yo kidlet has been amazing! #fostercare
Promo reel for FATHER TRINITY: Three lives spiral behind the scenes of a martial arts horror TV show. MAGNOLIA meets MULHOLLAND DRIVE in a story of masculinity, loss and the demons we create.
We instituted a new guideline this season. A writer gets two cracks at beat sheet and if we’re still struggling with foundational questions at that point, we pull the plug. The idea is to put a story out of its misery before we sink so much time into it that we feel like we can’t bail on it. 🧵9
I’m back to work and spent this week trying to break an idea germ (that my bosses responded to) into a story. It didn’t go well. The more I dug in, the worse I felt about the idea. So this week’s #Scriptsky #Screenwriting thread is about WHEN TO CUT BAIT AND PIVOT TO A NEW STORY. 🧵1
Bestie’s husband was talking to 16yo kidlet about critical thinking and asked him to give him positives for Trump. Pleased to say that he couldn’t come up with a single one, describing him as a psychopath.
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Yo, I'm Nick Coffman, comedy writer from St. Louis. 1st & Goal from his first writers' room. My pilot about the Grim Reaper running a Blockbuster led to me meeting my rep. I am also the Editor at satire site @hwoodtimes.com. Being in the room for President Curtis would be the bomb!
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Winning the award for lamest injury: My foot went to sleep so I stood on it to wake it up and fell down. In the middle of a cafe. Now in crutches. Fracture to be determined. Stupid stupid stupid! BUT 16yo kidlet has been amazing! #fostercare
The Lord Is Testing Me
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What could two weeks in Italy do for your writing? The PageCraft/Grey List Fellowship sends one writer to the 2027 Orvieto Screenwriting Lab, with the Lab, lodging AND a travel subsidy covered!! Open to writers of ALL ages. Learn more + apply: LINK IN COMMENTS #scriptsky #filmsky
Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people
Pleased to get into QF of Golden Script comp for BLOOD DRIVE When an abused single mom marries a small town doctor, she uncovers a ring of vampires embedded in his pediatric unit - and within her new family - forcing her to become the monster-hunter her past prepared her to be.
Reading over the docs I compiled over years re my sister’s psychological control over my mother and crying for mum. People understand domestic control of husband over wife but not how close that is to the control a manipulative adult can exert over an elderly parent 💔
Anyone else get frustrated that their best script gets nowhere and their lesser scripts make strides? Why won't you love my babyyyyyy?! #screenwriting
Baby Yoda: Love Me, You Will - Star Wars
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"The Matrix" was supposed to be a cautionary tale...
SkynetAndChill.com@druce.ai · 2w agoSingapore's National University switches on a computing rack powered by living human neurons, viable for up to six months
NEW! On Patreon today, I'm discussing the Making Of FAIRY DUST and sharing my production journal and photos from our first day of shooting. Join me to hear about the disaster that nearly derailed the film before we even had a chance to roles cameras! patreon.com/chadmichaelward #fantasy #filmsky
Suprised is an understatement but definitely pleased! Big thanks to collaborators Brayden Black & Chanelle Stroud #filmmaking #screenwriting
Never forget: “Back to the Future” was rejected 40 times before it became one of the most iconic trilogies in cinematic history. #WritingCommunity #Screenwriting #ScriptSky #Writer
Canada, we’re sorry. Please don’t blame the hostages
Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2w agoThe whole world needs to stand up to this out-of-control, corrupt, narcissistic bully and criminal, who literally doesn’t care that he’s imploding the US economy, hurting countless families and businesses, and dragging the entire global economy down with him. It actually may be his specific intent.
Okay, who has written their Oscar acceptance speech? 🙋🏽♀️
