actor/writer/filmmaker: Alex Stone in Major Payne, Grace & Grit, Lymelife, Louis, @SundanceOrg Labs alumnus, stream my new film BitterSweet click link in bio👇
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We made BitterSweet with no budget, no studio, no AI. Just years of long nights, raw emotions, and a tiny crew determined to tell a human story. It’s finally streaming July 11. Watch the trailer & help us make noise in the algorithm. Pre-order link in bio/reply. Every one counts.
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Editing feature films, you refine, refine, refine as long as the schedule and budget allow. The editing ends when the time or money runs out.
Nothing better than finishing draft 3, knowing how much better it is than draft 2, and feeling even better that I never sent out draft 1.
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Consumption of an art form doesn’t make you an expert of it. Studying it does. Practicing it does. Executing it does. Watching a lot of movies doesn’t make you a filmmaker. Listening to a lot of music doesn’t make you an artist/record exec. I’m not a chef cuz I eat a lot of food
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Now on Tubi also
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The Jerk isn't just one of the greatest comedies of all time. It even might be the purest, most unapologetically stupid masterpiece ever put on film maybe next to Airplane!. It's a straightforward rags-to-riches story where literally every scene is constructed for no other reason than to land a joke. The principle of laughter first, logic never. There's "so stupid it just might work," and then there is "it's so dumb it's genius." That is The Jerk.
The Jerk (1979) | Carl Reiner
Screenwriters which line do we like better?
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Hollywood is full of people who want to make movies. There are far fewer people who actually make them. At some point, the ability to finish something becomes more valuable than the ability to talk about how great it could be. In fact, there is probably no better quality you can have as a writer or filmmaker than being someone who does what they say they’re going to do.
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Exactly!! This is why Nintendo will long outlive everyone else, cause they get it.
Institutional Knowledge is so critically important to game development, game devs have been telling me this consistently in interviews for years.
Sony & Microsoft take note.
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“Making it“ in filmmaking is not a real thing. Regardless of any success you’ll always be chasing the next one, and it’s incredibly difficult no matter who you are. And that’s just part of it. The sooner you learn that, the better off you’ll be.
Revisiting my childhood in Kokiri Forest this morning. This Zelda game has such a cinematic and emotional opening—a perfect introduction to the weird & magical kingdom of Hyrule.
And of course, we begin with that tried-and-true trope: our boy Link waking up from a dream.
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The original Zelda Ocarina of Time came out in 1998 while I started writing my first screenplay and making my first indie film. I always remember young Link having the perfect 1st act. The 2nd act is such an emotional turn that screenwriters intuitively learn from. There's no going back. Or is there...?
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If I didn’t have people encouraging me to make movies when I was just starting out, I never would have made any.
Study craft, learn production, start small, grow slowly, and just do it already.
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For me, one of the key things I've really clicked with was a note by @storyandplot that basically asks "What is the most important relationship in your story?". Once I answer that, I start making a lot of discoveries.
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Was doing a rewrite on a studio film about to go into production (I'm not credited on the movie so I won't say which one) and Amy Pascal told me to rewrite the lead character's dialogue as if Steve McQueen was playing the role (spare and direct). True stars need fewer words.
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Two important questions. Who is your audience? Who is your buyer? I think way more about marketing now before beginning any project.
