Overall Impression – A boy, a soldier, two soldiers, a girl, another soldier, another soldier, and finally back to a boy and his horse. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Joey, the horse. What’s he trying to accomplish? – Professional: Be the best darn horse ever. Personal: Stay alive. Private: Get back to… Continue reading WAR HORSE
Author: Jeffrey Alan Schechter
My Coffee Can Beat Up Your Coffee
Hey all: After a long sojourn in Toronto I’ve just returned to Los Angeles, my old, new home base. If you’ve read my book My Story Can Beat Up Your Story you’ll know that I love screenwriting and have some pretty specific ideas about what makes screenplays work and how writers can develop and maintain… Continue reading My Coffee Can Beat Up Your Coffee
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and PadWorx and You
I hope you’re not getting tired of hearing about PadWorx Digital Media because — as I’ve been going on about for the past year — the move into digital and transmedia is only continuing to heat up and those screenwriters who neglect to pay attention to this space are going to be like the movie… Continue reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and PadWorx and You
PadWorx Goes Mad for EA
My company, PadWorx Digital Media, Inc., had the honor of desiging and building the enhanced storybook app for the upcoming Electronic Arts game Alice: Madness Returns™, the sequel to the critically acclaimed game American McGee’s Alice™. Versions of the app for iOS and Android were released in May, 2011. Designed to bridge the ten year gap between American… Continue reading PadWorx Goes Mad for EA
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS
Overall Impression – Perfunctory storytelling meets lack of charisma. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto). What’s he trying to accomplish? – Professional: Kill Sebastian Shaw. Personal: Work with Charles Xavier to find and recruit fellow mutants. Private: Create the family he was deprived of as a child. Who’s trying to… Continue reading X-MEN: FIRST CLASS