In Part 1, I discuss Quentin Tarantino’s legacy to the thinking in Indie Film. It’s hard to imagine the world without him. What he did to remix incredible ideas from …
Our Writing Method, A Novel Case Study, Part 3
When we last left our heroes, they’d just completed a multi-week 3rd draft of the outline. Using index cards instead of sticky notes, Chloe and Lawrence took what was a …
Our Writing Method, A Novel Case Study, Part 2
In a previous article, I wrote about a single day, when my trusty writer and I exercised what was more or less a loose collection of scenes for a novel …
Our Writing Method, A Novel Case Study, Part 1
It was late and Chloe was desperate. She’d been sitting on this fucking novel for the last 3 years like a goose egg, but nothing was hatching. Hell, the novel …
Open Source Filmmaking, Part 1: A Thieves Guild
Last night I watched a 2 part interview between Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. Filmed this year for the El Rey network, it’s as close as I’ve ever seen to …
Casting Calls for Build a Ship
It was late July, and I was healing nicely. The collar bone over my right shoulder looked like one side was eating the other. A couple weeks before I’d gone …
Meetup: June 6th 2014
Cinema Set Free is proud to offer a free workshop for screenwriters June 8th at the Waypost on NE Williams. We’ll be taking you through our battle-tested method that will …
Meetup: April 14th 2014
Following the warm reception of last week’s workshop on breaking down a feature screenplay and an equity- sharing model for Indie Film. We will move a step further on our …
Meetup: March 3rd 2014
Following the warm reception of last week’s workshop on breaking down a feature screenplay and an equity-sharing model for Indie Film. We will move a step further on our journey …
A Recipe for Accountability
How can we structure our post-graduate lives to facilitate the kind of artistic life we want? Any answer to how can I restructure my life would have to be complete …
The Only Benefit of Art Schools
Students work hard. Art students are no exception. They wake up early because they know they have to meet their classmates in a room. The class will happen whether they …
Why We Started Cinema Set Free
I came up with Cinema Set Free in the shower when I was 21 years old. The name came in the shower, not the whole thing. It was an amazing …