Written by Eric Silvera & Sean Kenealy These two filmmakers took their time making their first indie feature, and it paid off. In January 2014, Sean Kenealy and I sat in a pizza joint near Union Square in Manhattan. We’d been writing together for a couple of years, and after a couple of garbage efforts, we completed a fun action screenplay, and the partnership was cemented. It was time to brainstorm ideas for our next project. Sean pitched, “I want to make a feature-length action movie that takes place in one room with two people sitting in chairs talking to each other for $5,000.” I said, “I don’t know what that means.” “We can use fast-paced dialogue, and descriptions of what’s happening, and quick cutting to make it feel like it’s action-packed, even though it’s just us sitting in chairs. We’ll call it How To Write and Star in Your Own Action Movie." Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 25 May, 2021