This Savage Art

I just upgraded to the new version and things might be running a little out of wack for a while especially with some of the plugins not upgraded for 2.5. Not all of them are 2.5 compliant like the Print This Post plugin for example.

I’m pretty impressed with this upgrade and I know a lot of work went into it to make it load faster with a lot of other built in enhancements. Thanks to the WordPress team and all the developers for creating an excellent publishing platform.

Feel free to contact me if something isn’t working correctly.

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This is a big one so read up before installing or maybe just do the prudent thing and wait a week or two. The hell with that, install now.

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The Armond White saga continues here[2] and here[3] at Big Media Vandalism .

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A good nuts and bolts filmmaking blog from San Francisco digital filmmaker and friend of Stu “Red Giant” Maschwitz, Eric Escobar. [via Making The Movie]

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Yeah, I have been sucked into the social network vortex. Damn you Edward Copeland.

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Edward Copeland asks the blogosphere and they respond.

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I’m trying to figure out a feed problem I’m having with the blog. I want to offer an easy subscription via a RSS feed on the sidebar with FeedBurner but it doesn’t seem to be cooperating. Hopefully I’ll figure it out soon.

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7.13.07 Update: The feeds are live. Just click the RSS “chicklets” on the sidebar to subscribe.

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One of my recent favorite stops on the interweb has been Mystery Man On Film. I like the fresh perspective that he brings to the table. A self-proclaimed student of screenwriting, Mystery Man is a forward thinker, looking for a better understanding of storytelling without drowning in the sea of books on the subject. Even though he does reference the works of Robert McKee and others he recognizes that story is about seeing a bigger picture. He makes a statement in this meme that I think sums up what film bloggers have probably subconsciously known for a while:

I believe that aspiring screenwriters could learn more from film scholars (aka “film bloggers”) then they would from most screenwriting gurus.

Analysis, reviews, food for thought and the invaluable script breakdowns via Miriam, this site recognizes the importance of balancing a well-rounded, fully developed screenplay with a good understanding of visual storytelling. It represents why I think the blogosphere serves a filmmaker’s need to explore the multi-disciplined craft of filmmaking but at the same time doesn’t just drink the Kool-Aid served up by the “gurus.”

Thanks Mystery Man, whoever you are.

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I’ve been meme double-tagged by pachego and Edward Copeland to offer up 8 facts/habits about myself you don’t know. Hopefully one entry will suffice.

The Rules

1. We have to post these rules before we give you the facts.
2. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
3. People who are tagged write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

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1. I cannot function without my prerequisite two cups of coffee in the morning.
2. I’m a mediocre guitar player.
3. I didn’t buy an iPhone but…
4. After years of fighting the urge for fear that my productivity would be lost, I did get an XBOX 360 for my 40th birthday. So far I’ve kept myself in check.
5. My first movie going experience was The Towering Inferno.
6. I feel naked without a watch.
7. I probably say the word fuck (or some variation like mother fucker, fuckstick, dickfuck) way too much in my daily life. It’s been a problem since I was a child, well, if you consider it a problem.
8. I’m currently reading Don DeLillo.

I’ll cross the great divide and include filmmakers, editors, film journalists and the like. I’ve chosen the following to cough up 8 facts/habits about themselves:

Steven at Big Media Vandalism

J.J. at j.j. murphy on independent cinema

J. at Making The Movie

Christopher at Deep Structure

Erich at Acidemic-Film

Chris at The Rec Show

Paul at Paul Hackett

Noel at Critic After Dark

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Two things happened yesterday; I reluctantly turned 40 (like how I crowbarred that in?) and The Ambitious Failure Blog-a-thon came to an end on Sunday (I’m still anticipating a couple of stragglers.) It turned out to be a great success with many thought-provoking and compelling arguments, check them out if you haven’t already. These blog-a-thons can fail miserably without contributors so I would like to thank all who did take the time to submit and to those who brought attention to [This Savage Art.]

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