It was a biz-ay summer! (Yes, that is the way talk, so shove it if ya’ll don’t like it – did I mention I’m from Ohio?) The summer was filled with chance little rainbows and unicorns, and as a Producer – that makes my job just a bit more magical. I am thrilled that a…
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The Grand Experiment: Experience from the FiLMLaB
2014 FiLMLaB: Special Thanks
Are you recovered from the Willamette Writers Conference? Recovered is not the right word, at least not for attendees. Attendees usually finish the three day conference, tired, but elated, full of creative energy and invigorating possibility. If you are a conference organizer or volunteer, recovered is exactly the right word. This year was a particular…
The ‘Guests’ of FiLMLaB’s “Unwelcome Guests”
This is it. The final few days before the FiLMLaB premier of 2014’s winning short, Unwelcome Guests, at the Willamette Writers Conference. If you weren’t aware, the conference has moved this year, from our long time post at the Airport Sheraton, to the Lloyd Center Doubletree Hotel. WW President, Jenny Schrader gave me the grand…
The Benefits of Being A Ghost: A Writer On Set At FiLMLaB
Being the screenwriter on set is fun as long as you know what you’re in for. If this was a Mozart symphony production, the screenwriter would be the composer and the director would be the conductor. It’s up to the conductor to translate Mozart’s scribbles on paper into music for the ears, music created by…
Quiet on the Set!
I was on the set yesterday of FiLMLaB’s “Unwelcome Guests” by Jon Dragt. It was my first FiLMLaB film set—actually, my first film set ever, and it was amazing. Fantastic. Fun! Quite honestly? I loved it. Granted, I wasn’t hauling any equipment, dealing with the drastic changes in sunlight, the rain, stressing over prop malfunctions…