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Featured Alumni: The Sheffield Institute for the Recording Arts

Back in 2002 I was studying to be an audio engineer at The Sheffield Institute for the Recording Arts. I reasoned that since I fancied myself a musician, it was an important step to learn how to produce my own music.
I further studied and later re-directed my focus on production and post-production for film. It [...]

Roberta Munroe’s “Best Short Film Workshop Ever” – Twitter Transcripts

This past Saturday, I was a special guest of Roberta Munroe’s “Best Short Film Workshop Ever” — It was a great event, and despite also being a speaker, I took some time to live tweet the event for all those who couldn’t make it.
Here is a twitter transcript of the event. Look for a full [...]

The Best Short Film Workshop Ever with Roberta Munroe [NYC Sept 26th]

Good news folks! I’ve been invited as a special guest to Roberta Munroe’s Best Short Film Workshop Ever, this weekend September 26th in NYC. I will be speaking with Roberta about short film script structure, things like how to creating characters that are immediately engaging.
You may recall Roberta put on a great workshop at DCTV [...]

Script Reading and Analysis: Why?

I’ve been asked a couple of times through email about what exactly I do as a script reader, and what the rewards for doing such work are. I’ve formulated my emails into a more comprehensive post for your reading enjoyment.

Why do I read scripts?
Script reading is great as a vehicle to help cultivate your own [...]

Speaking at New York Film Academy

I’m excited this week because I’ll be speaking as a guest to an Advanced Screenwriting class at the New York Film Academy.  I was invited by my former screenwriting teacher Peter J. Hobbs at Elyria Pictures and I’ll be speaking about my experience as a script reader.
For a while now I’ve been reading and evaluating [...]

Full Steam Ahead

Apologies for the lack of updates the past two weeks. Things have been busy, but I finally broke free.

So! What’s going on?
Script Writing
I recently finished a four month intensive screenplay workshop at the New York Film Academy. The endeavor proved fruitful. In February, I finished my the first draft of my still unnamed feature script. [...]

Here’s my Card

Keeping in line with the aesthetic of my site, I made up some business cards. Like my splash page, I conjured up my graphic design prowess and hand drew the design.

Purdy, eh? I tested the waters with them over at the IFP Script to Screen conference last week. They were a hit.
So, what’s going on [...]