If you don’t have script you don’t have a movie, because it’s the starting point for any story that you want to bring to life on the screen. You don’t strive to write more eloquent and poetic scene description. Between those written words within a screenplay lies the dialogue. And yes, the dialogue is what screenwriters […]
Music in film have been together from the beginning, yes silent movies, a pianist and sometimes a full orchestra would be hired to add music, to enhance the drama on the screen. For about the first thirty years of cinema’s existence, virtually all films were accompanied by musicians. Eventually, films were distributed with published cue […]
A movie extra is someone who appears in a minor role, usually in the background of the primary action going on in a particular scene, they will usually only appear for short periods, often a matter of seconds, and are not recognized in the movie credits. Movie extras serve to create the illusion of a […]
Before you start anything you need a concept or an idea, that can get you started. I keep a note book where I can write down ideas, sometimes when I start writing, the story just seems flow, and my first idea’s are usually the best ones. I currently have four screenplays in varying stages of […]
I’m a fulltime musician, music teacher and songwriter, which brings me in contact with lots of incredibly talented people, young and old and I’ll give you one or two examples of this. In the previous blog, I mentioned Darren, he’s my technician, sound man for live gigs, plumber, joiner, electrician and a general all rounder, […]
As per usual this blog is based on my own experience, so I can only tell you what I’ve learned to date, and the information may well be updated in a later blog. If you have read some of my other blog, you will know that I’ve had very little formal education and I nearly […]
Okay this is what I do in my practice sessions, please, please! alter this according to your personal circumstances. Tuesday: 1 Hour Session I.. warm up for about 5 minutes, I always do this to music, it just makes it more interesting. 2.. I take notes from my Monday night class, on what I need […]
As a musician I understand how important it is to practice and as a music teacher, this is the most difficult rule to pass onto students without sounding like a sergeant major in the army. If you read my blog regularly you will remember that I nearly always comment from personal experience rather than from […]
I doesn’t matter what style of dance you choose, you will need to listen to the music, I can hear shouting!! But I do listen to the music all the time, yes so do I, but now you need to listen as a dancer. This is a simple break-down of what the band plays. Drums […]
Your inner critic is your negative self, that keeps telling you, that you just aren’t good enough, to old, to young, to fat, to thin, I just can’t remember the steps, everybody is better than me. You get the idea, our biggest critic is ourselves, but if you are reading this blog, you must be, […]
