Creativity

Truth and fiction in "The Whisperer In Darkness"

A few things it seemed useful to mention that might be of interest to listeners...

Movies

Black Widow teaser

All in for this on May 1st:

Creativity

The Evil Has Landed...

We finally have something for you to listen to; the first three episodes of The Whisperer In Darkness are available via BBC Sounds and on your podcast app of choice. There will be further installments over the next couple of Mondays.

Creativity

A longer trail - Episode 0

Ahead of the first batch of THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS going live tomorrow, BBC Sounds have released a longer trail, in the form of Episode Zero.

Creativity

The Whisperer In Darkness

The first trailer for the sequel podcast to THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD has just landed. Series available on December 2nd...

Stuff

Happy Monday

Here's a cheerful little piece to start the week..

Journal

INFODUMP 33 is now live...

It'll be in your inbox if you subscribe (or your junk mail folder if you're smart) or you can see it HERE [https://mailchi.mp/e20164f9f8ba/3tvbt58cwu-2331393?e=c45bcdb407]. If you're new to it and you like it, there's a subscribe box

Creativity

The Scorsese-Marvel thing

Wherein I add absolutely nothing to the debate and ultimately fail to pick a side.

Stuff

Aaron Sorkin's open letter to Mark Zuckerberg

I'm not usually a fan of the open letter, as it just feels kind of performative to me, but this one is very good. I left Facebook a few months ago and, as this whole political ad thing plays out, I'm happy to file that as one of my better decisions.

Journal

Robert Richardson

Robert Richardson's work on Oliver Stone's movies and on Scorsese's films represents the pinnacle of the cinematographer's art. Latterly he's been doing amazing things with Tarantino and here he is talking to Deadline about "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood".

Journal

A piece on Lovecraft

I'd completely forgotten being interviewed for this piece and so I didn't think to look for it until today.

Writing

Interview with Kurt Sutter

This is a really interesting piece, from Deadline, with some insights into the studio process and showrunner politics.

Journal

On walking

This, from the peerless Brain Pickings: https://www.brainpickings.org/2018/01/10/kenneth-grahame-the-fellow-that-goes-alone/

Creativity

"Creative freedom" in UK broadcasting

Although I've worked plenty for British broadcasters in the past, I haven't done anything for a UK company (with the exception of a podcast series we make for BBC Sounds) since around 2015.

Journal

Seven Days Walking - Box Set

This has been the soundtrack to all my writing this year. Now Ludovico Einaudi's SEVEN DAYS WALKING project is complete (it was originally released over seven months). The download is around now, but the CD box set is available from November 1st. This is perfect Autumn music, perfect

Stuff

A way to beat jetlag?

Saw this today and it seems like a throughly good idea. Tired of Jet Lag? This App Will Help Reset Your ClockTimeshifter cribs NASA-backed science to help you recalibrate your biorhythms after switching time zones.WIREDCondé Nast [https://www.wired.com/story/timeshifter-jet-lag-app/]

Getting Started Featured

Some thoughts on first drafts...

I'm writing a couple of movies right now that are both one-step deals, which means that I'm being paid to deliver one draft with no re-writes. Writing in my journal this morning, I stumbled across the following thought:

Journal

Hotel Okura

Monocle made this 5-minute film about the Hotel Okura in Tokyo. The whole thing is a wonder of 60s Japanese design. https://monocle.com/film/design/end-of-an-era/

Creativity

A New Font Created From the Silhouettes of Gerrymandered Electoral Districts

Here's fun, via Colossal: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/08/gerry-font/

Journal

Is Social Media Over?

That's a stupidly broad question, to which the answer is very obviously "no". But I can't be the only person who has grown to loathe the circular conversations and pointless fights on Twitter and Facebook and who has started avoiding Instagram because it just

Journal

Incredible picture of the Russian volcano eruption, taken from the ISS

Sharing this from Colossal: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/07/raikoke-eruption/

Journal Featured

Research material

Some research material for the second season of the podcast...

Journal Featured

Suzanne Moxhay

Suzanne Moxhay is an artist working with photographs, which is to say that she has an incredibly intricate process, inspired by the matte painting technique movies used to use.

Photography Featured

A do-over on some older photos

Try as I might with colour, I'm never as happy with the results as I am with a good monochrome image.

Writing

NOS4A2 Interview with Joe Hill

I really loved this book and I've excited for the TV show. Joe Hill has some interesting stuff to say here about the nature of horror and of adaptations. http://collider.com/nos4a2-joe-hill-interview/#charlie-manx