I first began to be more aware of listening as a skill when I learned about a technique known as Active Listening. I have found this technique useful, but it does have its dangers. Over the years, many people have developed techniques to help them listen better. One technique I learned at work is Active… Read Article →
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A while back, I came across a program called Xtranormal (www.xtranormal.com) that allows you to create animated videos by just typing in dialog. I’ve seen a lot of short videos on YouTube that used the program. This week I decided to try it out. I converted my short story Book Review: Sharkbiter – The Secret… Read Article →
My story The Crying Woman is what I call a “conversation story”. I plan to do what I’ve done with my transportation planning stories and write a series of articles and blog posts to explore that concept more thoroughly. Other than write The Crying Woman and set up the conversational stories webpage, I haven’t produced… Read Article →
A couple of years ago I started to keep a notebook of the ideas I had for my films and writing. It isn’t an original idea. In several writing courses I took, they suggested I do that. The other day I pulled it out to look up some notes I wrote last week for an… Read Article →
I invite you to read my new short story The Crying Woman. https://www.dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/stories/the-crying-woman/ A woman whose life has just been turned upside down tries to run away from her problems. When she has a chance meeting with a man on an elevator, she is drawn into a conversation by the empathy he shows toward her…. Read Article →
The concept of no budget filmmaking appeals to me. Largely because I can’t see that I’ll ever get the money for even a low budget movie. The other day I followed a link someone posted on Twitter to the article The Rights and Wrongs of No-Budget Filmmaking http://www.huffingtonpost.com/abe-schwartz/the-rights-and-wrongs-of-_b_940438.html I encourage you to have a look… Read Article →
My memory of that time is rather vague, but one incident does stick in my mind. Back when I was young I spent a couple weeks in the summer at “Art in the Park.” It was a program at Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg. We would go to different parts of the park and paint what… Read Article →
A problem I run into all the time is that I spread myself too thin over many different projects. I find myself jumping back and forth between each project. In the end, I never finish any of them. It is only when I take a step back; consider each of my projects, and then make… Read Article →
I made progress on several of my projects this week. $100 Film Festival Film I got the test roll for my new $100 Film Festival Film (HDFFF2012). I was happy with how good it looked. I had been worried that the film was too old and wouldn’t work. I need to plan out what to… Read Article →
The Crying Woman I got back to The Crying Woman this week. I got about 850 words done Thursday. The next day I couldn’t write if my life depended on it. I find this is a very hard story to write. I’m about 80 per cent through the story now. I hope to get the… Read Article →