Saturdays with The Story Dude

If you are an aspiring director or filmmaker, and you aren't getting the performances that you need from your cast, all you need is a couple of strategies like the ones that I discuss here.

Meet Auntie Nora. One of those characters you wish would be in your family as a relative such as a grandma or your own Auntie.

Red flags are unavoidable when you're dealing with Hollywood and other mainstream cinema criticisms of a creative professional's work - be it a screenplay or a movie they've produced. I point out the…

I share how I go about writing first drafts of any screenplay. I'd encourage you to try them out.

They have great expectations that only the most expensive equipment can produce the best image quality needed for professional filmmaking. My classmates from film schools fell for this trap. They als…

May be you don't see it just yet, but Hollywood has had a practice of sidelining creatives who make bold choice and excuse their own flaws. They don't criticality look at their own missteps and refle…

On top of the secret I have revealed that Hollywood doesn't want the average Joe to know about, there are other more sinister ones that they don't want us to know either. I discuss this.

Mainstream cinema is set in its own ways. It is still stewing in the 1950s or in the early 20th century. I understand the need for making money from having the widest possible audience having access …

If you've had enough with the boy meets girl love stories and are wondering what's up with that? The answer is simple but it may be a hard pill to swallow or change for some.

Pseudonyms are used by creative professionals like film directors and screenwriters alike to distance themselves from projects that have been completely changed beyond recognition or for another reas…

Quality criticism is super hard to come by. If there were requirements to hire or find a quality critic to objectively critique your work, certain criteria need to be met. Destructive criticism is no…

The predictability and the non risk taking of holiday themed movies. Why I won't be engaging in them. There are however, a few good ones out there, but most are garbage right from the get go.

My objective analysis of the TV show franchise Degrassi: The Next Generation and The Next Class.

If you were to ask anyone this exact question, you'll probably get a few reasons that could be unrelated to the topic at hand, but I will be giving you what I believe to the reasons why.

I finally made it to Ireland as part of my bucket list. I also review the TV series with the most obvious and insufferable cliches on the planet and advice you filmmakers and TV show runners to avoid…