Daybreakers: What went wrong?
Last night some friends and I went to see the new movie Daybreakers. Honestly, I’m a little sick of vampires, but I wanted to see what they did with it.
Daybreakers is the vision of the Spierig brothers. With the 1940s style costuming and vampire friendly environment you feel like you’re seeing [...]
Categories: Reviews, art, film
Tagged: movies, screenwriting
- Published:
- January 9, 2010 – 12:44 pm
- Author:
- By ShawnScarber
OK, so technically, it’s probably not considered a Christmas movie, but I put it in my catalog of fun things to watch around Christmas time.
Here’s the original trailer:
Here’s some making of clips about the film’s birth:
Part 2
An excellent interview with the screenwriter Caroline Thompson:
http://library.creativecow.net/articles/olague_robert/caroline_thompson.php
I couldn’t find the original script, but I did find a [...]
Categories: film, screenwriting
Tagged: edward scissorhands, movies, screenwriting
- Published:
- December 8, 2009 – 2:43 pm
- Author:
- By ShawnScarber
I finished reading the second out of nine research books last night. Research is probably one of my favorite parts of writing. I’ve written two other novels and I have to be honest and say that the research on those works was minimal. I know not every story requires research. I’m [...]
Categories: film, research, writing
- Published:
- August 5, 2008 – 8:45 am
- Author:
- By ShawnScarber