Interview with director Deborah Kampmeier on shot planning
Groundbreaking director, Deborah Kampmeier, is currently in prep for a Star Trek episode that she’ll be directing. Deborah had taken my Directing the Camera course twice when I taught it in person, and she
Movies about sisters: review of frozen
I’m proud of the fact that I’m an easy crier. I cried through a good lot of Frozen as I kept thinking about my own sisters while watching the film.
My homemade elections campaign ad
I always did want to add a spec commercial to my reel. Glad to have found a reason to make one 🙂
No Floors, a poem for writers
That’s my nephew Naim. I thought he was a roaring t-rex but no. He’s a screaming rabbit. NO FLOORS A poem for writersby Ela Thier We write becauseWe see no
Poems for Evan
I wrote poems this week, on our 11th anniversary: SWIMMING When the rosy fog of our honeymoon lifted with the clouds When our minds got hijacked and we couldn’t remember
Script coverage, script doctors, script consultants: which, when, who, and how much
NO SCRIPT DOCTOR OR CONSULTANT KNOWS YOUR SCRIPT BETTER THAN YOu I’ll explain below the differences between script coverage, a script doctor, and a script consultant, and will offer my