Writing Darkness Hunting and How the Story Came to Be
What's the best kind of place to visit and research before you write your screenplay about a notoriously haunted location? Well, a notoriously haunted location, of course. After the long…
Those Pesky Ideas and All That I Know About Them
Why did I decide to write about ideas and everything that I know about them, even though this extremely ambiguous subject terrifies me? Because a whole lot of people, including…
The Pre-Production Process and How I Go About Doing It: Part 1
What is the most important part of the filmmaking process? Hands down and without question, it would have to be pre-production. There are three main parts to filmmaking: pre-production, production,…
Why I Made The Devil’s Instrument and How the Story Came to Be
Why does a filmmaker reflect upon the processes that went into creating the story for a film that he has made? Because people ask him certain questions about it. I’ve…