No shake

Of late I am searching for a decent Gimbal for my DSLR. Here is a DIY website: http://www.diygimbals.com/category/gimbals/ and here is a parts seller with some fundamentals: http://www.axisgimbal.com/direct-drive-brushless-motor/
Let me know if you have successfully built a Gimbal yourself and share the instructions so that we can try building one ourselves.

Wireless Monitor for your Indi Shoots

If your camera is capable of a PTP connector then I believe you can use a TP-LINK TL-MR3040 N150 Portable Battery-Powered 3G/4G Wireless Router and an Android tablet  running the app DslrDashboard to get yourself a wireless monitor. Here, check out the details: 
http://nofilmschool.com/2014/01/dirt-cheap-wireless-monitor-hacked-tp-link-mr3040-router-will-help

Kick Ass really kicks arse!!

I don't know how I missed to watch this movie until now!! Superb! Don't miss it.

You can read the scrispt at http://www.scifiscripts.com/scripts/Kickass.pdf

Hello again...

I know I have been very quiet for a while... I finished a script a couple of months ago and tried to shoot it but couldn't :( 

Will start again on shooting if soon but in the mean while I flipped through my notes and decided to write another script!!

By the way check out this site: http://gointothestory.blcklst.com

Plot Points and Hero's Journey Revisited

Today I found this excellent diagram showing the plot points - I like this because Daniel has plotted the internal journey along the Hero's journey. This would be useful for any screen writer.

See bigger image.

Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling

I didn't know about this until a few days ago a screen writer friend told about this:
http://nofilmschool.com/2013/12/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling-free-ebook/

And then I found these:

http://aerogrammestudio.com/2013/03/22/the-story-spine-pixars-4th-rule-of-storytelling/

More Writing Resources

I found some nice resources that can help any writer. Check out the following - they seem interesting:

• http://writingwhilethericeboils.blogspot.com/2011/11/writing-roulette-all-generators-youd.html
• http://writingwhilethericeboils.blogspot.com/2011/11/writing-roulette-all-generators-youd_22.html

While that blog post collects various generators some links seem to be broken. I have managed to list a few links here for convenience:

• Plot suggestions
• Sticky situations generator
• Random Story Generator - for some reason this didn't work for me; probably I have to enable AxtiveX controls 
• Character's physical characteristics generator
• Motive generator
• Character quirk generator
• Name generator
• City map generator

• All generators in one
• Another collection of generators
• Yet another generator
• Some more generators

Now for some links that are very different from the above:

• http://writetodone.com/usebrain-science-to-hook-readers-and-reel-them-in/
• http://wiredforstory.com/8-random-writing-tips/
• http://wiredforstory.com/wired-for-story-2/