The Highly-Illustrated Screenplay Narrative

 People talk a good talk about protecting the environment; they don’t talk so about the single largest institutional petroleum consumer on the planet: the US Department of Defense. From 1975 to 2018, Pentagon emissions exceeded 3.6 billion metric tons of CO₂. That’s not a typo. Simultaneously, other nations are also significantly increasing their military capabilities — and therefore, their emissions. The War on Smog 2, with intro https://youtu.be/t8q3jt2DwyQ

   The Camera Gear Trap Camera gear videos dominate YouTube for a reason: they promise clarity in a confusing field. What to buy, what to upgrade, what will make your work “better.” But there’s a quiet assumption underneath all this: that better tools lead directly to better films, and that’s only partially true since many filmmakers (especially those working on personal documentaries or experimental forms) the obsession with gear can become a form of avoiding the difficult task of focusing on craft.  #filmmaking #cameragear #indiefilm #creativeprocess #gearacquisitionsyndrome

   Novels and story collections published by Cdn houses tend to hew to a narrow scope of themes. Does it have to be that way? CanLit and Genre Fiction: Are We Conceptually Self-Limiting? https://youtu.be/IM6ANhJ872M