Tag Archive | "scriptwriting"
The Bechdel Test for Women in Movies
The test is three-step easy: Are there two or more women who have names? Do they talk to each other? Do they talk to each other about something other than a man? Anita Sarkeesian from Feminist Frequency explains it in this video: Her bottom-line critique: “The entire industry is built upon creating films and movies [...]
Continue reading...News on Two Scriptwriting Tools
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
I received two emails today related to some scriptwriting tools I’ve written about before and thought I’d share the news. The first relates to Celtx, free scriptwriting and pre-production software, which released new writing and art add-ons. For around $5 each, the add-ons provide some extra functionality, and Celtx offers a few bundles that can [...]
Continue reading...Keeping Them in the Tree
Saturday, September 26, 2009
No Signal (and other cellular drama) (via richfofo) Modern society keeps making it more difficult to keep characters in danger. Of course, for real people, this is a good thing. For authors, it leads to this kind of silliness.
Continue reading...Trusting Others with My Content
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Yesterday, I wrote a few notes about Zhura, an online collaborative script-writing platform. Overall, I really like it. However, what makes me hesitate to work exclusively on that platform is my concern over what happens with my content. I’m not questioning the integrity of the people behind Zhura, and their terms of use are clear [...]
Continue reading...Zhura: Scripts and More
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
It’s been a few months since I’ve thought about the list of writing tools I started to put together, so, in an attempt to get back to that little project, I revisited Zhura, an online script-writing suite. I’m re-impressed by the site and its offerings. Zhura has the typical script-writing tools (easy formatting for screen, [...]
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In the Set of All Factors, Money Wins
This chart pretty clearly illustrates the correlation between student performance and socio-economic status: I have no interest in defending ineffective teachers, but we also have to talk honestly about what schools can and can’t do to help students. I don’t doubt that the effectiveness of a teacher is the single largest factor in determining a [...]
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The Impermanence of Digital
Simon Winchester, commenting on the fact that the Oxford English Dictionary won’t be reprinted and future editions will only be available in digital formats: The printed book is about to vanish at extraordinary speed … Books are about to vanish; reading is about to expand as a pastime; these are inescapable realities. In practical and environmental [...]
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It’s Popular because It’s Easy
Marion Brady presents two theories of learning and suggests that the one currently driving reform is based on the notion that learning is all about transferring information from books and teachers into the empty brains of students. No research says how much of what’s recalled at test time remains permanently in memory, nor to what [...]
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Thursday, May 20, 2010
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