Want to see something depressing? Look at this… Biography for Paul Peditto at IMDbPro » Trivia His play, “Never Come Morning” at the Prop Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 1995 Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for New Work. His adaptation of “1,001 Afternoons in Chicago,” at the Live Bait Theater and Prop Theatre Group was […]
Being Professor Pauly, I see a lot of student films. The filmmakers change but, even as some succeed because of vision and originality, others die the death in absolutely painful fashion, because the makers of these films fell victim to a few booby traps that you’d think would be easy to avoid, yet can blow […]
Long story short: Between the years of 18 and 22 I wrote a million words. It was the beginning of my life as a scribbler, a journal that covered my last years in Westchester County, my college years in Ithaca, New York, and London circa ’79 to ’81. The million words was written on long […]
Write in camera angles, your script won’t get read past page 1 by any professional reader. This is kindergarten stuff. Even my freshman at Columbia know enough not to do it. You don’t tell the director how to direct. Period. So why the confusion around parentheticals? When you write a parenthetical, you’re telling the actor […]
Name ten silent film stars from the year 1912 or before. Don’t Google it. I’ll wait…. Done? Having trouble? Ok, let’s make it easier: Name any ten movies from 1912 or before. No Googling… No luck? Ok, let’s make this easy: Name any 10 film stars from the entire Silent era. Those of you who […]
