This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with writer/director/producer Darren Coyle. Topics include his latest comedy, Chasing Sunshine, which has a cast including Jessica Meraz, Helen Hong and Trevor Penick of the band O-Town. Darren Coyle also talks about shooting moving car scenes with a process trailer and pro tips for submitting to film festivals. You... Continue Reading →
Screenwriter Alan Trezza Talks WE SUMMON THE DARKNESS
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with screenwriter Alan Trezza. He talks about his latest credit, the horror/comedy We Summon The Darkness (2019). The cast includes Alexandra Daddario and Maddie Hasson. Alan also goes into detail about casting Alexandra Daddario (Baywatch, San Andres) and working with her on his prior movie Burying The Ex (2014).... Continue Reading →
Filmmaker Brandon Rhiness on Making HOT BOX
by Ashley Scott Meyers This week I talk with Canadian filmmaker Brandon Rhiness. Topics include how Brandon gets movies made thanks to coming up with stories that only need a few locations. The most recent example of this is the contained comedy called Hot Box, which he wrote and directed. You can listen to the... Continue Reading →
Chad Ridgely On His Latest Horror Film, Massacre on Aisle 12
by Ashley Scott Meyers In this week's episode of the podcast I interview screenwriter, actor, and producer Chad Ridgely about his two new horror/comedy features, Massacre on Aisle 12 and 6:66 P.M. We also talk about his move from the east coast, his first few years in LA, and how he sold a pilot script.... Continue Reading →
3 Highlights from Greg DePaul’s New Comedy Writing Book, Bring the Funny
by Angela Bourassa Greg DePaul (@GregDePaul) isn’t what I’d call a traditional screenwriting teacher. In his new comedy screenwriting book, Bring the Funny, you won’t find detailed descriptions of how to format your script or an in-depth breakdown of proper three act structure. (For those, you can and should turn to Robert McKee’s Story and... Continue Reading →
The Secrets of Comedy: Steve Kaplan on the Hardest Genre
by John Bucher (@johnkbucher) [Editor's Note: Steve Kaplan has a Comedy Intensive coming up at the end of January in Los Angeles. Learn more and sign up here!] A scientific study once found that 96% of people think they have an above average or average sense of humor. I think we can all agree that a significant... Continue Reading →
Quote of the Day: Harold Ramis
It's hard for winners to do comedy. Comedy is inherently subversive. We represent the underdog as comedy usually speaks for the lower classes. We attack the winners.
Quote of the Day: Charlie Chaplin
All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.
Quote of the Day: James Thurber
The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it.
Quote of the Day: Joss Whedon
I love fantasy. I love horror. I love musicals. Whatever doesn’t really happen in life is what I’m interested in. As a way of commenting on everything that does happen in life, because ultimately the only thing I’m really interested in is people.