How To Write A Vampire Mystery Thriller Movie - Geoff Ryan

Jul 25, 2021

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Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zs-Jvl5l_Q 0:00 - Earliest Memories Of Being An Artist 2:39 - Location Symbolism And Environment Matters When Making A Movie 9:19 - A War Movie That Shows The Real Effects Of PTSD 29:00 - Most Important Directing Lessons Learned Over The Years 33:54 - You Can't Make A Good Movie For $20,000 45:08 - A Vampire Film Like You've Never Seen Before 58:17 - Your Movie Will Never Compete With Hollywood 1:05:41 - A Distributor Told Me What Movie To Make Next 1:17:44 - Most Organic Writing Process 1:23:05 - How A Film I Made At 17 Years Old Changed My Life 1:27:27 - Every Movie Has It's Own Visual Language 1:30:40 - How To Fix A Cookie Cutter Character 1:36:26 - Writing Strong Female Characters 1:40:54 - An Unconventional Way To Create Character Arcs 1:44:29 - Some Screenplays Take More Than A Decade To Figure Out 1:49:10 - Worst Mistake I Made On My First Screenplay 1:55:28 - How To Direct Actors And Work With Non-Actors 2:04:23 - Why Filmmakers Need A Production Bible 2:12:47 - Advice To Filmmakers On Filming In Bad Weather 2:15:35 - Writing A Dialogue Scene That You Can Finally Be Proud Of 2:19:35 - Lessons From Distributing A Movie That No One Wanted 2:32:07 - 5 Best Movies To Watch To Learn Filmmaking Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blood_from_stone WATCH 'BLOOD FROM STONE' ON AMAZON https://amzn.to/32YMhRj WATCH ‘BLOOD FROM STONE’ TRAILER https://youtu.be/HpZcw_NCUps WATCH THE BEHIND THE SCENES OF BLOOD FROM STONE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SfOmgk0MdA CONNECT WITH GEOFF RYAN http://www.bloodfromstonemovie.com http://www.fraymovie.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3033138 https://www.youtube.com/user/SPORKvideos https://twitter.com/geophrian CONNECT WITH BLOOD FROM STONE http://www.bloodfromstonemovie.com https://www.instagram.com/bloodfromstone_movie https://www.facebook.com/bloodfromstone https://twitter.com/bfs_movie SUPPORT FILM COURAGE BY BECOMING A MEMBER https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8o1mdWAfefJkdBg632_tg/join CONNECT WITH FILM COURAGE http://www.FilmCourage.com http://twitter.com/#!/FilmCourage https://www.facebook.com/filmcourage http://filmcourage.tumblr.com http://pinterest.com/filmcourage SUBSCRIBE TO THE FILM COURAGE YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://bit.ly/18DPN37 Stuff we use: CAMERA - This is the camera we have used to film 90+% of our interviews (over 200 interviews and counting) It continues to be our workhorse - http://amzn.to/2u66V1J LENS - Most people ask us what camera we use, no one ever asks about the lens which filmmakers always tell us is more important. This lens was a big investment for us and one we wish we could have made sooner. Started using this lens at the end of 2013 - http://amzn.to/2tbtmOq AUDIO Rode VideoMic Pro - The Rode mic helps us capture our backup audio. It also helps us sync up our audio in post http://amzn.to/2t1n2hx Audio Recorder - If we had to do it all over again, this is probably the first item we would have bought - http://amzn.to/2tbFlM9 LIGHTS - Although we like to use as much natural light as we can, we often enhance the lighting with this small portable light. We have two of them and they have saved us a number of times - http://amzn.to/2u5UnHv COMPUTER - Our favorite computer, we each have one and have used various models since 2010 - http://amzn.to/2t1M67Z EDITING - We upgraded our editing suite this year and we’re glad we did! This has improved our workflow and the quality of our work. Having new software also helps when we have a problem, it’s easy to search and find a solution - https://goo.gl/56LnpM *These are affiliate links, by using them you can help support this channel. Please subscribe to our Youtube channel. You can show additional support via our Youtube sponsor tab by going here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8o1mdWAfefJkdBg632_tg/join or through Patreon here - http://www.patreon.com/filmcourage.