The Other Kind of Notes: Jeremy Borum on Scoring Scripts
Music composer Jeremy Borum discusses the influence of the film's script on its musical score, the similarities between composer and scriptwriter, and how to ensure that a script gets the score it deserves.
By Sam Roads. Jeremy Borum is an established music composer working within the film industry, having orchestrated such films as Need for Speed, American Gangster and The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008). He has also worked on TV shows, video games, and live concert productions. At first glance, screenwriting and orchestration might seem to […]
Variety Magazine is Wrong…and Right
Creative Screenwriting's Editor Sam Roads takes issue with Variety's Peter Bart.
“To the contemporary filmmaker-writer, panache and camera movement are more important than compelling dialogue.” Peter Bart. In Thursday’s editorial piece in Variety magazine, Peter Bart asks whether screenwriters are becoming obsolete in Hollywood. His conclusion? A resounding yes. I believe that in general he is right, but conversely, that the examples he uses to make his case […]
The Playback Singer: “Tea-related Character Development”
Indian American writer Suju Vijayan tells a second generation immigrant story.
By Sam Roads. The Playback Singer, the feature film writing debut by reality TV story producer Suju Vijayan, gives viewers an intimate glimpse into the life of Priya—a second-generation Indian American attorney, whose life is turned upside down by the appearance of her estranged father Ashok, a washed up B-movie playback singer. After spending his […]
