HEROIC HOLLYWOOD UPDATE
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It's said that Bertrand Russell was so exhausted by the intellectual effort he expended on his philosophical masterwork Principia Mathematica, that he lay bedridden for several months after its completion, unable to speak or write, and in such a deteriorated mental state that the great thinker could only communicate with his caretakers using a combination of facial ticks and the humming of popular showtunes.
I know how he felt.
For many long weeks now, I've been working feverishly on the new videos to accompany my Heroic Hollywood screenwriting posts on Big Hollywood.
I wish I could say I'm nearing completion of my work, but finishing the first batch of videos is still a long ways off. In the meantime, here's an advance look at some of the sophisticated analysis I hope to reveal in my first video lesson on screenwriting.
It took many hours of focused thought and several highballs of scotch and soda to create this graph, which automatically calculates the precise page and paragraph position of key plot points of any Hollywood screenplay by analyzing the mathematical relationships of storyline variables and applying them across a matrix of quantum mechanical forces, Higgs transformations and single-malt scotch. I'll provide a full explanation of its use in my first video, which is tentatively titled An Introduction to the Ethical Principles and Moral Theory of Hollywood Hack Writing.
Writing for Hollywood ain't rocket science...
...it's much harder!
Read my screenplay Global Village Idiot here for free!
It's said that Bertrand Russell was so exhausted by the intellectual effort he expended on his philosophical masterwork Principia Mathematica, that he lay bedridden for several months after its completion, unable to speak or write, and in such a deteriorated mental state that the great thinker could only communicate with his caretakers using a combination of facial ticks and the humming of popular showtunes.
I know how he felt.
For many long weeks now, I've been working feverishly on the new videos to accompany my Heroic Hollywood screenwriting posts on Big Hollywood.
I wish I could say I'm nearing completion of my work, but finishing the first batch of videos is still a long ways off. In the meantime, here's an advance look at some of the sophisticated analysis I hope to reveal in my first video lesson on screenwriting.
It took many hours of focused thought and several highballs of scotch and soda to create this graph, which automatically calculates the precise page and paragraph position of key plot points of any Hollywood screenplay by analyzing the mathematical relationships of storyline variables and applying them across a matrix of quantum mechanical forces, Higgs transformations and single-malt scotch. I'll provide a full explanation of its use in my first video, which is tentatively titled An Introduction to the Ethical Principles and Moral Theory of Hollywood Hack Writing.
Writing for Hollywood ain't rocket science...
...it's much harder!
Posted by Henry Halloway at 3/3/2010 8:54 PM 
Categories: Heroic Hollywood,Big Hollywood,Me Myself and I,Screenwriting
Categories: Heroic Hollywood,Big Hollywood,Me Myself and I,Screenwriting
Oh boy, all my math skills I learnt in high school just flew right out the window.
I'm looking forward to seeing the videos!
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Russ, please email - I want to talk to you about "Rock and Roll Hotel" - there has been an interesting development in my research for a story.
Dale
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That graph analysis sure must have taken long of hours of deliberation and deep thinking to be put into paper! This must be a novel concept as I have never heard or anything like that before! Once seen with the videos with proper explanation it will make better sense and really bring out how it works!! It's amazing how you can work out the precise page and paragraph position of key plot points of any screenplay by analyzing the mathematical relationship of storyline variables and applying them across a matrix of quantum mechanical forces! Awesome!!
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