I have been involved with the Calgary Society of Independent Filmmaker’s (CSIF) Older Filmmakers Club for a few years now. (https://csif.org/clubs/) We have been talking about the issues we would like to address in our films. Of course, we do not want to focus exclusively on issues that older people face, but we do want to emphasis elder issues.
Posts Tagged: writing
I intended to talk about some of the negative and positive aspects of Artificial Intelligence in this post. However, I decided that the positives and opportunities of AI deserved a more thorough examination. I will do a separate post on those later. The focus of my post will be on the use of AI in… 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 →
Some years ago, I wrote a short story called “Billy’s Big Discovery”. Recently I thought about revising and expanding it into a longer story. It was clear right away that there were several problems I would need to overcome if I want to build the story into something longer. The Story The story is about… Read Article →
I have not been very productive with my projects the last year or so. I hope that will change this year. I feel the problem I’ve had is that I keep jumping between projects and not getting much done on any of them. I’ve run into this in the past too. I really need to… Read Article →
Recently I read Malcolm Gladwell’s new Book “Talking to Strangers”. His discussion of the effectiveness of torture reminded me to think about a story I started and abandoned years ago. His comments gave me a new angle on the issue, so I had another look at the idea. Opposition to Torture I am opposed to… Read Article →
As I contemplate some new projects, I’ve thought about how to develop characters. I’ve thought about this before, but it never hurts to revisit my approach. Character Tags I’ve found Lester Dent’s formula helped me a lot with my writing. I added his article to one of my earlier posts: https://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/the-lester-dent-master-fiction-plot-test-drive/ In his article, Lester… Read Article →
During the last part of my wife’s illness I dropped all my writing and filmmaking projects. I want to get back to them now. It isn’t just that I want to work on them; I feel that I need something to focus on now that she is gone. Retrospective One project I want to do… Read Article →
This week, besides work on “The Barrier”, and “The Disruptors”, I also thought about how I should develop the relationship back-stories for characters. “The Barrier” My rewrite of “The Barrier” has gone quite slowly, but I managed to finish 5 of the 39 scenes I plan to rewrite. Once do I get started it goes… Read Article →
