Kyle McCachen, DGC, BFA

writer, director, snowboarder and general legend

[Kyle McCachen, DGC, BFA @stokeshow]

@aakashgupta Your anaylasis is not even close to all the elements done in post. Sound, editing (a ton of re-edits), dialogue, SPFX, music licensing, reversions for different aspect ratios, and tonnes of creative discussions about marketing materials. Some films don’t even have VFx.

[Kyle McCachen, DGC, BFA @stokeshow]

You’re fine. Block, light, rehearse, shoot. Easy. Just don’t screw up.

[Tom Hartig @wthartig]

Film shoot this weekend starts tomorrow! Call sheets have gone out! Nervous but excited!

[Kyle McCachen, DGC, BFA @stokeshow]

I changed the way I direct actors after this conversation with Sarah Dugdale (Virgin River, In the Shadow of the Moon)
https://t.co/Sr6FEIigYg

[Zak Wojnar 🇺🇦 @ZakWojnar]

@RhettReese That looks like shit, though.

[kevin l. lee @Klee_FilmReview]

Watch that AI fight choreography video. Now go rewatch the bathroom fight scene in Mission Impossible Fallout. We'll be okay.

[Kyle McCachen, DGC, BFA @stokeshow]

@RhettReese given your status maybe you’re a good leader to help humanity and art survive with AI… instead of giving up. Hero’s don’t give up. Act accordingly.

[Melissa Chen @MsMelChen]

> Skiers are usually type A personalities hyped on ambition and precision and perhaps a bump or two of the white stuff (not the snow, mind you).

> Boarders are nomadic potheads in oversized pants, shredding the gnar and letting the vibes flow as they drift through the slopes.

Society only functions if there is Pareto distribution of skiers to snowboarders: 80%-20%

Any more than 20% of boarders means civilization collapses

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Thinking about the Jurassic Park (1993) stop motion test where velociraptors hunt Barbie and Ken in the kitchen. Somehow scarier than the actual movie.

[Tom Vaughan @storyandplot]

After 29 years of writing screenplays professionally, here is my rewrite process for every action line.

1. What emotion do I want to evoke from the reader?
2. Does the line evoke it?
3. If not, rewrite it until it does.
4. If no emotion is intended, is it as succinct as possible?
5. If not, rewrite it until it is.
6. If the line is not emotionally or visually needed, cut it.

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹: clarity of intent and emotional truth. Never sacrifice either one.

[Kyle McCachen, DGC, BFA @stokeshow]

@Tablesalt13 @dsimieritsch Just search the guidelines for any Canadian film or TV grant and you’ll be shocked by how much DEI is required for Canadians to get the grants. They require your sexual orientation, submission to dei training etc etc. it’s astonishing. And they manage $ billions

[Kyle McCachen, DGC, BFA @stokeshow]

@EricRStPierre I never understood it. I’m Canadian but dad is American raised and I always thought USA was like a partner. My fellow Canadians baffle me

[Tom Vaughan @storyandplot]

The inciting incident isn't just about the plot. And it's certainly not just about the page count.

Design an ordinary world that is uniquely disrupted by this event. What did the protagonist expect they would get, and how does the inciting incident give them something else?

Make sure it leads us to the dramatic question.

Most of all, make it emotional. Evoke in us the same emotion the protagonist feels.

Do it right, and it goes beyond plot; it's a trampoline bounce of dramatic momentum and emotional pull that launches us into the story.

[Tom Vaughan @storyandplot]

It's the story that matters. Know what it is. Define it.

Whether you're writing a horror film, a comedy, action or suspense, make it personal.

Make it emotional.

Ideas are great. But don't get trapped in them. We don't need more intellectual ideas.

We need more humanity.

[Kyle McCachen, DGC, BFA @stokeshow]

@ShaunRickard67 wondering if there is hope? I honestly can’t believe how many people are happy to cozy up to communist CCP. What’s your thoughts on Alberta?

[Kyle McCachen, DGC, BFA @stokeshow]

Prep is invisible when it works.

[Tom Vaughan @storyandplot]

You don't want the audience waiting for what happens next.

You want them in anticipation of it.

They know a result is coming. They need to know it; they just don't know what it will be.

This means controlling the narrative momentum, stakes, and tension.

It's your job to keep them engaged.

Don't ask for their patience. Very few of them will give it.

[Tom Vaughan @storyandplot]

Characters sounding the same in your screenwriting is less about how they speak and more about how you've defined them.

Give each character a clear WANT.
Give them a distinct POV.
Let them react truthfully.

Do this, and the problem of sounding the same takes care of itself.

[Kyle McCachen, DGC, BFA @stokeshow]

Cassandra Naud has nothing but good words for Emily Tennant. Both stars of INFLUENCERS airing in two days on @AMC+ and @Shudder

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This girlie-pop INFLUENCER now on Netflix

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I’m so proud of this little indy film with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Watch the original on Netflix today and the sequel drops in 3 days