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Steve Barr

@barrsteve.bsky.social

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Writer / producer / procrasturbator

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Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · Feb 9

I've worked as a screenwriter, a producer, and a TV exec, and some of the most common friction points between those roles come from simple miscommunication. I'm gonna pin this and add to it as I go. Hopefully it'll be helpful!

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 12h

I need to find a replacement for myself

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 14h

I love this

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 21h

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Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 21h

Screenwriters, remember your readers don't care how you felt when you were writing. They care about how your writing makes *them* feel.

So make 'em feel something. Strongly.

#scriptsky #filmsky

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 21h

If you were a superhero, what would your superhero name be?

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 21h

Can you donate your body to science while you're still alive? Would they be obligated to feed you?

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 21h

"Who dares wins."

Except for those who dared poorly.

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 21h

I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle.

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 21h

In all the 'sexy vampire' stories, no one seems to think about what vamp breath smells like.

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 21h

Everywhere you go, there is a Steve Barr. One day we will all be Steve Barr. Resistance is futile.

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 21h

Screenwriters, remember your readers don't care how you felt when you were writing. They care about how your writing makes *them* feel.

So make 'em feel something. Strongly.

#scriptsky #filmsky

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 21h

Of course politicians are hypocrites. It's our own damn fault. We've proven over and over that pandering & mongering works.

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 21h

Do you have an ethos?

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 21h

WHAT DO WE WANT?
TIME TRAVEL!
WHEN DO WE WANT IT?
THAT'S IMMATERIAL.

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 21h

In hindsight, it’s easy to see that crypto is a fertile playground for grifters and cons.

To be fair, it was easy to see in foresight and midsight too.

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve only written half a dozen proper articles so I’m a neophyte, but my experience was that I’d submit, do one round of notes, and then they’d publish.

Imagine submitting something, knowing you’d have 30+ rounds of notes, and then it would probably not get published

Welcome to screenwriting!

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 1d

Darren Aronofsky had a few student films that caught the eye of people with resources, but PROTOZOA

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm5o...

meant enough to him to name his production company after it.
(Same as Spielberg with Amblin')
protozoa.com

Protozoa (1993) by Darren Aronofsky

YouTube video by Odin

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Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking of these 'mediums' there's a career-starter that is only 10 minutes off from being a feature film...

One of Spike Lee's first joints, coming in at 60 minutes, is called Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-cC...

Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983)

YouTube video by a love supreme

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Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 1d

One thing you might notice about these is that they're not SHORTS really -- they're more like 'mediums'.

The modern industry probably ain't got time for that. Lots of people with resources would see a long runtime and click away.

Oh, and note they're all from writer/directors so far.

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 1d

And PTA also made THE DIRK DIGGLER STORY which was the launch pad for BOOGIE NIGHTS

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT4p...

Paul Thomas Anderson The Dirk Diggler Story 1988

YouTube video by pescedalenza74

www.youtube.com

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Thomas Anderson did CIGARETTES AND COFFEE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfk1...

Which clearly has the same DNA as his feature debut HARD EIGHT

Cigarettes & Coffee by Paul Thomas Anderson (1993) [FULL MOVIE]

YouTube video by Thom Yorke

www.youtube.com

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 1d

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Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 1d

I'm always curious to see how movies and careers get launched, and it's changed a lot over the course of my career.

Here's a bunch of shorts that launched film careers, and ripomatics and sales trailers that were successful.

(a thread)
#scriptsky #filmsky

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 1d

A film student at USC made an almost incomprehensible sci-fi experimental film called Electronic Labyrinth THX-1138 4EB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKNN...

... which was a significant step on his path to making a little sci-fi flick called STAR WARS.

Electronic Labyrinth THX-1138 4EB (1967 Short Film)

YouTube video by PSBS69

www.youtube.com

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 1d

SIX SHOOTER by Martin McDonagh
vimeo.com/28829397

Martin was already a respected playwright. This short film set him up to do IN BRUGES

SIX SHOOTER (Dir. Martin McDonagh, 2004)

This is "SIX SHOOTER (Dir. Martin McDonagh, 2004)" by CAJ on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 1d

BEDHEAD by Robert Rodriguez
www.youtube.com/watch?v=InHg...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedhead...

Bedhead (1991) - A Short Film by Robert Rodriguez

YouTube video by The Robert Rodriguez Vault

www.youtube.com

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 1d

AMBLIN' by Steven Spielberg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIf_...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblin%27

AMBLIN (1968) - STEVEN SPIELBERG'S EARLY FILMS

YouTube video by Marky Jahjali

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