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Powertool Cheerleaders vs the Boyband of the Screeching Dead is out NOW in US/UK!
The release day of a film is always a little strange for me. The first time I ever experienced this was back in 2006, when a lack of product in the marketplace and the difficulties of digital filmmaking at that time meant that my homegrown midnight movie TrashHouse somehow got a wide DVD release across…
Write When You Can
I was sat in the car on Saturday morning, waiting to pick a family member up. I had half an hour to kill. I opened the screenwriting app on my phone, opened my current work-in-progress and somehow tapped out a character moment that I absolutely love. It’s one of my favorite things I’ve written all…
The Promise (Your First Scene)
When I run Write a Movie in 30 Days, which is my travelling screenwriting seminar/workshop, I encourage writers to break their fledgling ideas down into 40 ‘Bits of Business’. I hesitate to use the word ‘scenes’ since people tend to take that very literally, and a bit of business might be three or four very…
The Changing Face of Filmmaking
So, while I’m buried in the development for Chainsaw Fairytale (aka Fairytale Princesses vs the Horror Genre – I just CANNOT seem to decide between the two titles), the whole AI thing keeps rearing its head. Obviously. Let’s talk about the Virtual Filmmaking thing first. As Chainsaw Fairytale largely takes place in a fairytale/fantasy landscape…
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Hi, I’m Pat Higgins. I’m the founder of Jinx Media, and this section of the site is my blog. I’ll be predominantly talking about filmmaking and screenwriting, but I might stray off topic from time to time.
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