will bryan

director/writer HISTORICAL FILM (see pinned) co-founder

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My first feature film—which will be at festivals next year—was recently announced via @DEADLINE, thanks @WhittockTweets for the coverage.

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This is what happens when you use LIGHTING to do the job of editing…

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When a cinematographer literally hacks the flashlights...

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@brennan_nnn this one knocked me sideways. i’m a writer-director (deeply inspired by early wes) and my dad was the guy who designed Mt Atlanticus in Myrtle Beach

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@OctavionX thanks man!!

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@kylascan This is so insightful, and I love TSL. I think another consequence of the instant gratification-ification of culture is that lasting benefits are literally engineered OUT of things, since the time-horizon (to click, buy, get a dopamine hit) simply doesn’t see or select for them

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Read my short essay about this stuff, and subscribe and/or repost if you can. This thing is a side project and every follow helps!

https://t.co/s7GhxK13tG

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Kids need ownership of their culture. And these pockets of internet activity are where tomorrow's cultural trends, norms, and politics are being formed.

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@zoomertea Definitely agree. Coziness is a silent killer of passion in a long term committed relationship. Lose a sense of otherness and you’ve lost the mystery

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@HNLGuy 3. Emphasize protagonist’s DESPERATION; psychic as a last resort?

Desperate to rescue his kidnapped wife, a tech titan turns away from the police in favor of a dubious psychic whose visions send him on an odyssey of revenge and the discovery of his wife’s darkest secrets.

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@HNLGuy 1. Since there’s no traditional antagonist, I like framing the his RELATIONSHIP as an arena for conflict;

2. Psychic will be a stronger if their authority is QUESTIONABLE and ambiguous, creating suspense for your protagonist who cannot (but wants to) trust them…

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@jayson_smiley So much depends on the actors and what they bring to it. Often the best lines aren’t funny on the page, but the way they’re delivered.

And many of my favorite comedies have sparsely-written scripts, building in lots to be found in the moment by the cast.

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@LuccaLazaro Yup

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@default_friend So true, I see it from people in (or from) academia where stakes are small, egos are huge, and you’re trained to build imaginary counterarguments into your arguments from the getgo. Much more fun to read people at peace with risks of being wrong