This week I worked on my new script for the Older Filmmaker’s Club, and started to explore Unreal Engine. Older Filmmaker’s Club short film script challenge I worked on my script for the Older Filmmaker’s Club short film script challenge. Last week I had written part of it as a short story. This week I… Read Article →
Posts By: James Beattie Morison
I got a little more productive in my writing this week. I completed a writing exercise, experimented with ChatGPT, and started a new short script. Writing Exercise At the script writers’ group this week we did a writing exercise based on the title “The Wisdom of the Annoyed Accountant.” I recorded it and posted it… Read Article →
There has been a lot of discussion of how Artificial Intelligence systems, like ChatGPT, will change the world. After prompting from several people, I decided to try ChatGPT. What I wanted to test was whether an AI system, like ChapGPT, could be a useful tool in my writing and movie making. I’m looking at ChatGPT… Read Article →
I rerecorded my writing exercise “The Old House and the Desperate Baroness” this week. In the older filmmaker’s club, we discussed ideas for films about issues of aging. I had not been able to come up with any ideas. Then it occurred to me that I might be able to rework my writing exercise “The… Read Article →
I’ve posted a recording of my most recent writing exercise “The Quest of the Valuable Fugitive” on SoundCloud and on my website. I wrote the story based on the randomly selected title in 30 minutes. Description: George Potter lives in fear. He goes on a short quest to seek his release. Random Title Generator I’ve… Read Article →
While attending a meeting of the Older Filmmakers Club this week, the discussion reminded me of a movie idea I had many years ago. It is not a project I feel I could undertake now, or even in the past. Still, I think it would be a good project for someone. At the meeting we… Read Article →
I finished editing my most recent writing exercise, “The Lighter Darkness” and posted it on-line. In an old, haunted house, George must overcome fear if he is to succeed. I wrote the story is based on the title “Complaining About the Jittery Phantom”. I felt a change in the title was appropriate. It has a… Read Article →
I modified my random title generators. One complaint I got from people was that too many of the titles sounded like Perry Mason stories. Background to the Random Title Generators I used a few writer’s prompts on-line. Although I found them useful, they didn’t seem to have a lot of variety. The same or similar… Read Article →
As I’ve aged, I find it harder to make movies. I don’t have the energy that I had when I was younger. I won’t let that stop me. In this post, I want to take a look at one of my first movies, “Who Shot the President,” and consider how I worked with my limitations… Read Article →