By Forris Day JR Author Marx H. Pyle assembles lots of helpful information in his book “Television on the Wild, Wild Web”. The book teaches anyone how to create a web series from concept to distribution. The book can be used by filmmakers of course, but it is also aimed […]
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JOURNALS OF HORROR: Found Footage on Paper Coming This Halloween – HORROR NEWS
In 1999, The Blair Witch Project ushered in a new sub-genre of horror called Found Footage. And while Blair Witch is credited for bringing attention to the first person POV, found footage style of film-making, there were films shot like it before 1999, going back as early to 1998’s The […]
Riding the Alligator by Pen Densham – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day JR “Riding the Alligator” by Hollywood veteran filmmaker, Pen Densham, is a very interesting book to say the least. It is a book about writing screenplays to a certain degree, but it covers so much more. Pen Densham covers many of the usual subjects such as creating […]
The Power of the Dark Side by Pamela Jaye Smith – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day Jr. “The Power of the Dark Side” by Pamela Jaye Smith is a book full of information designed to guide you in creating bad guys (or gals) for your stories. After all it is usually the bad guy that makes a story interesting. Without the conflict the […]
Inner Drives by Pamela Jaye Smith – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day Jr. Pamela Jaye Smith’s character development book called “Hidden Drives” is a really intriguing system to help you develop characters in your writing. It works with any type of storytelling where characters are involved. It is a book utterly loaded with information and insight on the types […]
“The Coffee Break Screenwriter” by Pilar Alessandra – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day Jr. You’ve heard the expression “A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step”. That is what I think of as I read Pilar Alessandra’s book “The Coffee Break Screenwriter – Writing Your Script Ten Minutes at a Time”. Screenwriting is a journey. You’ll have many […]
Riding the Bullet by Stephen King/Screenplay by Mick Garris – HORROR BOOK REVIEW
By Wayne C. Rogers Cemetery Dance Publications, 2010, 224pp Riding the Bullet is an exquisite Limited and Gift Edition that’s published in a somewhat larger book format. On the front side of the book you have Stephen King’s 48 page novella. When you turn the book over to the back […]
Breathless by Dean Koontz – HORROR BOOK REVIEW
By Wayne C. Rogers Bantam, Mass Market Paperback, $8.99, 432pp There are going to be a few spoilers in this review, so don’t read it if you don’t want to know. I have to mention certain things in order to discuss the reasons why I loved this novel; yet, certain […]
The Script Selling Game – 2nd Edition by Kathie Fong Yoneda – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day Jr. Originally published over a decade ago “The Script Selling Game” is now out in its 2nd edition. Lot’s of new information has been added. The book written by Kathy Fong Yoneda is loaded with information aimed at helping screenwriters sell their scripts. The content is presented […]
Everything I Know About Filmmaking I Learned Watching Seven Samurai by Richard D. Pepperman – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day Jr. I had never heard of the 1954 Japanese movie “Seven Samurai” until getting the opportunity to check out a pre-release edition of “Everything I Know About Filmmaking I Learned Watching Seven Samurai” by Richard D. Pepperman. I did a bit of research on the film and […]
Story Line by Jen Grisanti – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day Jr. Sometimes as a screenwriter it is difficult to come up with material. You may struggle with character development or just have a tough time coming up with a piece of story to connect two ideas together. In Jen Grisanti’s book “Story Line – Finding Gold in […]
Forensic Speak by Jennifer Dornbush – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day Jr. When I was a kid I loved the Medical/adventure TV drama “Emergency!”. Roy DeSoto (Kevin Tigh) and Johnny Gage (Randy Mantooth) were two Paramedic/Firemen who were first responders to various accident scenes. They would call Rampart General Hospital over their huge portable radio and ask what […]