We haven’t even made it through the submissions sent in for the early bird deadline and I have watched the same movie four times. Not because they were the same film submitted multiple times, but four films that each had nearly identical plots: a group of dysfunctional people must travel back to their hometown to…Read more
Student Resources
Advice for writing students, specifically those attending Full Sail University’s Creative Writing for Entertainment program
Lessons from the film festival 3: always put narrative over aesthetics
We live in a very visual world. People these days have been raised on a diet of visual content since birth, and we have an almost instinctual understanding of how visual compositions and editing is supposed to fit together. But we also live in a world with a rich history of different visual traditions, from…Read more
Lessons from the film festival 2: audio and sound design
True story time, buddies, circle up. Fun fact about myself, I do not handle ASMR-style audio well. The close-to-the-mic whispers, the tapping, plastic crinkles… no likey. It makes the underside of my skin itchy in a very real and very uncomfortable way. So, with that, let me set the scene: I am watching a festival…Read more
Lesson from the film festival 1: finish your movie
This should be obvious, right? Right? You should finish the thing before putting it out there. Who would do such a thing? Well… If I had a dollar for every time I had to get my heart broken by a compelling film that got interrupted by a card that said something along the lines of…Read more
Lessons I’ve learned from the film festival
For the last couple of years I’ve been an associate programmer for the Florida Film Festival. It is a great gift, because I get to study a wide array of films from all over the world. And while every film made is a miracle, every film is also a lesson. For the last three years…Read more
Watch “Nothing But Trouble is a Very Weird Movie” on YouTube
Watch “The True History That Created Folk Horror (Part 1)” on YouTube
Watch “How The Gays Stole Cinema” on YouTube
This is a wonderful breakdown of camp in the movies. 10/10, no notes.
YouTube Channels to Watch: Cinema Cartography
Cinema Cartography is a YouTube Channel that takes a beautiful and immersive look at aspect of storytelling and filmmaking. The channel was founded in 2014 and while it might not have an enormous library compared to other channels that have been around that long, it is definitely one that has consistently put out a staggeringly…Read more
The Night Mind Index
I am a huge fan of the YouTube channel Night Mind. I would never be one of those people that would go all “I was following these guys before they were cool,” I’ve been a follower for a long time. I love to see the care and that they put into their videos and analysis….Read more