This is a good moment to comment on the cottage industry that has sprung up around "How To" ... Screenwriting manuals. I think of this because Towne`s script (Chinatown) is often cited as a great template (which it is) but, invariably, with no understanding or acknowledgment of the role film editing has in shaping a finished work. So any discussion that omits this issue shows a palpable lack of experience in the actual making of films on the part of the scriptwriting teacher/author.
- Steven SoderberghI work out the other bits, too, but I need to know what I look like, very early on. And then it`s like a template; I`ll fill that person out. If I get that out of the way, then I`m all right.
- Judi DenchIf you write a post and put it on a blog, that`s a historical document. If you change your template, then that entry looks completely different. It`s the same words, but not the same meaning. This all depends on what historical questions that people will be asking and we can`t know what they will want.
- Josh GreenbergI don`t think I`ll ever go back to writing songs based on my record collection. Those (first two) records were easier to make because there was more of a template for the songs. They were dictated by what kind of music I was listening to.
- Andrew Bird