Tag Archives: short stories

Location, location, location

It’s exciting, we’re moving along quite quickly in this project and I’m starting to feel that we’re beginning to get on top of things….We were slow to get started to be honest, largely due to our indecisiveness as a group … Continue reading

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Actors….It’s IMPORTANT TO:

A few extra things continuing on from my previous post about actor direction. When working with actors, it’s very important to remember to: – Ask them what they think: How do they see the character? How would they act this … Continue reading

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Lenny shoot and edit exercise…

I thought that this was a great exercise for our group for a number of reasons. Firstly, because we had a time limit where we were forced to work under pressure to get the scene done – so there was … Continue reading

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Korsakow Project: ‘BRIGHT LINES’ and Essay response.

‘BRIGHT LINES’: A Korsakow Project by Lincoln MacKinnon Essay Response: This multi-linear driven Korsakow project, aptly named ‘Bright Lines’, has a number of key concepts, created through technical and stylistic devices, which form its flexible ‘structure’. The meanings created are … Continue reading

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Script, round 2.

New developments in the script are coming along well. After some good suggestions from Robin on our first draft in our script, we have made some changes that I think will work out really well. Rather than just having the … Continue reading

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Video installment #5 – Reflecting ME!

It’s all Me from Lincoln MacKinnon on Vimeo. This was a really interesting exercise, not being able to include yourself in the film definitely made it a challenge – but also worked as a great creative restriction. For this particular … Continue reading

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Character Profile #2 – Military strongman

Still keeping the Vietnam war veteran from Heaths idea…..I think it would be really entertaining to have a military guy in a wheelchair (who doesn’t actually need to be in a wheelchair). This character is obsessed with war movies (Full … Continue reading

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Character profiles…Romantic commedy obsessed

Romantic comedy obsession. One of the characters could be obsessed with a romantic movie/romantic commedy or even a tv series. So much so that they have invested their life into following the lives of characters on screen and their relationships. … Continue reading

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Creeping mask wearing man….or woman……

I had an idea that could work well in the movie therapy setting… Wouldn’t it be funny and creepy if we have one character who just sits in the therapy session wearing a black gown and a mask (the kind … Continue reading

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New ‘Video therapy’ Synopsis idea…

Below is the synopsis idea for the short film (provided by Caitlin….Thanks!) It is late at night, when vandalized, broken down store little store turns on a single light. Next to the door hangs a notice: Movie Addicts Anonymous. The … Continue reading

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