barrington99@gmail.com Lovers In Their Right Mind has begun its social media campaign. Janice has done more than the lion’s share of the work—setting up various accounts like (Tumblr, Instagram, Twitter) and finding, creating and feeding them the constant flow of “content” we’ve been told is required to ultimately break through the white noise of people’s lives. … Read more
Some things are coming to a close! Yesterday, I finished a “send-out” draft of Pole Cats. That means that a script I first conceptualized in 2010, started researching in 2011, and started writing in 2012, is finally at an “end.” I feel good about it, but I don’t feel a LOT about it. Maybe because … Read more
Ohmigod friends, I think I’ve actually finished something. By “I” I mean, “we”–my co-writer on Lovers In Their Right Mind and me. Two years ago last month, we finished the first outline, and since then we’ve been writing and re-writing, re-carding and doing a lot of “my draft,” “your draft,” “my draft.” For the last … Read more
Last weekend I took a trip to Chicago, which was great. Nothing purely touristy, but I got to see all the new places old friends are now living–which was perfect. I was very pleased to see folks doing well and pursuing projects. My brother even took me to his job, working for a foundation called … Read more
June 11, 2015 Number 4 Bus The bus, running west on Santa Monica Boulevard as dusk gives way to night, is fullish, with people standing in the aisles despite an empty seat here or there–there’s reticence to ask a stranger for access, or to sit adjacent to someone who has an air of inebriation, or … Read more
Two weekends ago was a “writing cave” weekend—basically an 11-hour day and a 13-hour day of polishing a draft and application materials of Lovers in Their Right Mind to submit to the the Film Independent Screenwriters Lab. Wish us luck! Last weekend was more fun because my next deadline–for Pole Cats–is not until May 1st, which … Read more
(Note: This is copied from The Daily B – another blog that existed during this time) How you can tell you’re old #472…you say shit like “how is it already (insert unit of time)? How is it already April 9? March was like a m**f** whirlwind. I think. I already don’t even remember it. Basically, I remember … Read more
Another interesting concept from my directing class is the idea that when you compose a shot, you can usually find within it a triangle. And the point of the triangle that draws your focus is the APEX of the triangle. When the idea was introduced in class, I was intrigued–but wondered, beyond aesthetic benefits, what … Read more
Have I mentioned that I’m taking a directing class? Maybe not, because I spent the first three weeks thinking I might drop out before I officially added it. I’m a little fearful that I won’t make some of my deadlines lately, and one might think that adding this new weekly activity, that meets at a … Read more
Everybody wants in. How can you tell? They opened the submission gates this morning, and the portal, WithoutaBox, is completely overwhelmed. I have the submit page open in two browsers and the windows are blank, trying to load, on both. Paul is texting our friend Nikki, and the situation is the same all around. The … Read more