A script consultant's eye

For the second year running, I had the privilege of co-chairing the Film Review Panel at Filmapalooza with @CameronMeier — the international festival of the 48 Hour Film Project, held this year in Lisbon from 25 to 28 March. The 48HFP spans more than 100 cities worldwide each year, producing short films between 4 and 7 minutes, made in 48 hours. Teams draw their genre at random — ranging from musical to silent film, taking in the food film (!), horror, utopia/dystopia,

When I started my first editing internship, I thought that removing or adding a single frame was perfectionism, even nitpicking. How could one frame — 1/24th of a second — be so important? 1/24th of a second is insignificant, right? A detail, so small. Surely you can't even see it? Well... Think again. I was shown, and...

Star Wars, E.T., Titanic, The Intouchables, Avatar,… all were expected to flop, or at best draw a modest audience. And yet! Megalopolis, Waterworld and The Marvels were all destined for triumph. And yet! And Fight Club, Blade Runner and The Big Lebowski needed time to find their audience, and success. So obviously, you can’t ;) Cinema is an industry of prototypes. You can’t