Essays About Filmmaking

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Five Miscellaneous Things

Poetry, filmmaking, graphic novels and visual storytelling - take your pick!

• 6 minute read

Planned Improv

Notes on the balance between preparation and improv in the creative process, while shooting a film for The New York Times.

• 4 minute read

Practicing Scales

Some practical advice on how filmmakers can build a daily practice habit that improves their craft.

• 6 minute read

Outsider's Luck

Do people who aren’t trying so hard have some kind of outsider’s advantage?

• 2 minute read

Three Thoughts on Visual Storytelling

On Spiderman Into The Spider-Verse, the nature of juxtaposition and writing screenplay dialogue.

• 4 minute read

Five Days

A day-by-day account of writing and designing a film for The New York Times.

• 5 minute read

Haiku

A great example of The Third Something at work — in words, not pictures!

• 4 minute read