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Wow - that's a tough one. I think there are probably many different ways of addressing what you've mentioned, so I'll give you a few of my own personal thoughts with the caveat that what works for one writer may not work for another... Getting the material 'out of your brain to construct it...

I've been there - If you're not in to the project, then you're not doing anyone any favors by sticking around. Get out and let them keep the project if they're still into it. The chances of you ending up with something you're happy with are very, very slim at this point.

Personally, I think of act 2 as being the equivalent of 2 distinct acts, both of roughly equal length, so instead of having say, a 30 page act 1, 60 page act 2, and a 30 page act 3, my screenplays have 4 acts of roughly equal lengths. I've been using this approach for many years now and it's...

I haven't seen Russian Ark, but I'm definitely a fan of My Dinner With Andre. Seeing a film that is really good, not because it only has a couple of characters or one location, etc. but just because it's really damn good and also only has a couple of characters, etc. is really impressive in my...

With a play, every night is a second take!! It's true, you don't get a re-do. If you mess up in front of the audience you just have to soldier on (I know this having been in many plays). If anything that would make it more in the spirit of a 'single take' not less in my view. Besides, looking...

Well I don't know about The Circle as I haven't seen it, but I wouldn't think that is necessarily true. You could consider quite a few plays as 'one continuous shot' and I don't think people enjoy those because of any gimmick. However I do agree that the chances of it being done well are very...

Yeah, I seem to recall they'd spent a lot of time planning everything to where the camera would move in to one of those shots just as the reel was about to run out.

I haven't seen Rope in probably ten years, but my recollection is that it wasn't exactly shot in one take. He would shoot until his reel was about to run out and then right before it did he would focus the camera on a particular inanimate object (I seem to recall the camera moving down into a...

Ha! You own Coven - well done!;)

I was guessing video for that exact reason (unless they 'cheated' it like Hitchcock did with Rope). I've often thought of doing something unconventional like this to allow me to shoot a feature-length film with very few resources. Another idea that intrigues me is doing what I've usually...

Cool! I looked this up on IMDB and it sounds very intriguing - I'll have to check it out. I love films that work within limitations like this - like doing the whole thing in one take. It strikes me that if you put some real planning into the pre-production phase this could allow you to...

I did this exact same thing once - the cut w/ preliminary sound was very poorly received, but once the audio was done, the exact same cut made an entirely different (and much better) impression. Hell, even when I show my girlfriend 'deleted scenes' on DVDs that don't have the audio processing /...

I don't make big-budget films, but in pre-production on my stuff I find it's important to talk about strategies for capturing audio (booms, lavs, etc.) and also to make sure that the locations I've chosen will work for the person recording sound. There have been a couple of times that I've...

I completely agree with you Bob. I think one of the reasons that so many indie filmmakers do not understand how important audio is to their productions is a lack of experience. I had to make several films with bad audio before I finally "got it." It was a progression, starting with using an...

Thanks for the advice! -Luke

Hi all, I've been a filmmaker my whole life. As a kid I shot on 8mm, then Super 8 and eventually VHS. As an adult I shot one thing in 16mm, then a lot in mini-DV and for the last few years I've been shooting in HD (well, HDV) often using a 35mm adapter. Anyway, I'm going to be shooting a...