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Creativity The Scorsese-Marvel thing Wherein I add absolutely nothing to the debate and ultimately fail to pick a side.
Stuff Aaron Sorkin's open letter to Mark Zuckerberg I'm not usually a fan of the open letter, as it just feels kind of performative to me, but this one is very good. I left Facebook a few months ago and, as this whole political ad thing plays out, I'm happy to file that as one of my better decisions.
Inspiration Robert Richardson Robert Richardson's work on Oliver Stone's movies and on Scorsese's films represents the pinnacle of the cinematographer's art. Latterly he's been doing amazing things with Tarantino and here he is talking to Deadline about "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood".
Inspiration A piece on Lovecraft I'd completely forgotten being interviewed for this piece and so I didn't think to look for it until today.
Writing Interview with Kurt Sutter This is a really interesting piece, from Deadline, with some insights into the studio process and showrunner politics.
Creativity On walking This, from the peerless Brain Pickings: https://www.brainpickings.org/2018/01/10/kenneth-grahame-the-fellow-that-goes-alone/
Creativity "Creative freedom" in UK broadcasting Although I've worked plenty for British broadcasters in the past, I haven't done anything for a UK company (with the exception of a podcast series we make for BBC Sounds) since around 2015.
Creativity Seven Days Walking - Box Set This has been the soundtrack to all my writing this year. Now Ludovico Einaudi's SEVEN DAYS WALKING project is complete (it was originally released over seven months). The download is
Stuff A way to beat jetlag? Saw this today and it seems like a throughly good idea. Tired of Jet Lag? This App Will Help Reset Your ClockTimeshifter cribs NASA-backed science to help you recalibrate your
Getting Started Some thoughts on first drafts... I'm writing a couple of movies right now that are both one-step deals, which means that I'm being paid to deliver one draft with no re-writes. Writing in my journal this morning, I stumbled across the following thought:
Inspiration Hotel Okura Monocle made this 5-minute film about the Hotel Okura in Tokyo. The whole thing is a wonder of 60s Japanese design. https://monocle.com/film/design/end-of-an-era/
Creativity A New Font Created From the Silhouettes of Gerrymandered Electoral Districts Here's fun, via Colossal: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/08/gerry-font/
Inspiration Is Social Media Over? That's a stupidly broad question, to which the answer is very obviously "no". But I can't be the only person who has grown to loathe the circular conversations and pointless
Inspiration Incredible picture of the Russian volcano eruption, taken from the ISS Sharing this from Colossal: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/07/raikoke-eruption/
Inspiration Suzanne Moxhay Suzanne Moxhay is an artist working with photographs, which is to say that she has an incredibly intricate process, inspired by the matte painting technique movies used to use.
Photography A do-over on some older photos Try as I might with colour, I'm never as happy with the results as I am with a good monochrome image.
Writing NOS4A2 Interview with Joe Hill I really loved this book and I've excited for the TV show. Joe Hill has some interesting stuff to say here about the nature of horror and of adaptations. http:
Photography Suffolk Landscapes At the end of last week, I spent a couple of days up on the Suffolk coast, on a research/inspiration trip for the second series of our Mystery Machine podcast. I also found some time to experiment with some landscape photography.
Photography Some Amsterdam images An impromptu evening visit to the NDSM wharf; an old dockyard being transformed into a cultural enclave and artists' colony. Pictures taken last year on a Fuji X-E3 with a
Creativity Welcome to a new-look INFODUMP Not only has INFODUMP changed its look, it's also moved location. And these two things are part and parcel...
Writing An Updated Work-Flow This is an addendum to a previous post from 2018 “A Working Guide To Screenwriting Software”. Much of what was written there still stands but experience and various updates and changes have affected how much I use these apps and what I use them for.
Inspiration These images are incredible Tennis Balls and Swim Caps Crowd the Frame in New Time-Lapse Compositions by Pelle Cass More to be seen at COLOSSAL
