Monthly Archives March 2009

“Where The Wild Things Are” Script and Locations

Like almost everyone I know, I’m pretty pumped about Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are. I think this is what “they” call “buzz”. Here’s a link to the script in case you’d like a read. I’m also extra interested because a good friend of mine was pretty-much solely responsible for the production being shot in [...] Read More…

Football’s Screenwriting Lessons

Last Thursday I tried watching the opening game of the football season, but with Carlton well ahead at quarter-time I got bored and went for a shower. Between lathering my armpits and shaving my jowls I started to wonder what it was that made the game so boring? The clear answer was that is wasn’t a [...] Read More…

I’m Common for Your Money

Got an email this week to tell me that Diagnosis has been selected to tour with the Shorts Film Festival. That’s cool. They call it “Outback Shorts”. The tour takes the film up the centre of South Australia - from Adelaide all the way to Parachilna. Despite not knowing where Parachilna actually is, I like that the [...] Read More…

Setting an Ideas Net

So I’m about to hand in a first draft of this screenplay I’ve been writing for the past few months and already I’ve found myself eager to set another ideas net. For me, working on a large project is the best way to capture the dozens of little ideas/observations/incidents/accidents/whatevers that happen everyday. It’s like setting a [...] Read More…