The 22 Step Guide To Pixar’s Story Structure Formula December 4, 2023 Daniel Rennie Off Home, Screenwriting, Pixar revolutionized animation. And it also revolutionized how animated stories were told. With titles like Toy...
What is a Writers’ Room And Who Works In Them? September 9, 2023 Daniel Rennie Off Home, Writing, A writer's room is the creative nexus of a television show. The golden age of...
‘Casino Royale’: How To Reveal Character Through Action Just Like 007 August 25, 2023 Daniel Rennie Off Character, Character, Featured, Screenwriting, Stunt Work, Writing, After 24 films, the James Bond franchise knows how to devise exciting new ways to...
Short Round’s Machine Gun Battle With Biplanes Was Cut From ‘Temple of Doom’ February 18, 2023 Daniel Rennie Off Home, Screenwriting, Short Round, Indy's precocious 12-year-old aide in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, was...
Inside Superman Returns’ Canceled Sequel Featuring Darkseid? Brainiac? A New Krypton? And Why It Never Happened? February 15, 2023 Daniel Rennie Off DC, Home, Screenwriting, In 2006, Superman returned to the big screen after a two-decade hiatus. The film could...
Three Former Lawyers Join Writer’s Room on ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ January 25, 2023 Daniel Rennie Off Screenwriting, Writing, Netflix's Daredevil set the bar high for Disney+'s follow-up series, Daredevil: Born Again. Fans were a bit disappointed when...
Power of Myth: Watch Joseph Campbell’s Six-Part Interview With Bill Moyers (1988) August 26, 2022 Daniel Rennie Off Character, DC, Director's Chair, Filmmaking, Marvel, Star Wars, Writing, The Hero's Journey is the backbone of most myth-based stories in Hollywood. Mythic storylines, according...
Philip Kaufman: The Filmmaker Behind Indy’s Pursuit of the Lost Ark October 29, 2021 Daniel Rennie Off Character, Franchises, Indiana Jones, Writing, The official story behind Indiana Jones's first big-screen adventure, Raiders of the Lost Ark, has...
Joker Origins: The Two Characters in ‘The Man Who Laughs’ Who Influenced The Clown Prince of Crime July 26, 2021 Daniel Rennie Off Character, Character, DC, Home, Puppetry and Make-up, Court jesters, carnival sideshow freaks, circus clowns -- the creepy, malevolent, clown has an uncomfortable...
Brainstorming Indy: Inside the 1978 ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ Story Conference February 19, 2021 Daniel Rennie Off Character, Franchises, Home, Indiana Jones, Screenwriting, Writing, Would you like to see genius at work? Would you like to see how one...