Palle Schmidt

Illustrator, author and game designer

movies

On the move: MOVIE BUSINESS MEET AND GREET

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I attended the annual(?) Fiction Day at the Danish Film Institute (DFI) yesterday. A long, exhausting day of panels, discussions and talks from some of the people who call the shots in Danish film. As you may know, the arts are heavily subsidized in Denmark, making it almost impossible to get funding for a movie unless […]

Film School Confidential: THE 8 SEQUENCE APPROACH

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Well, I wasn’t physically assaulted on the last day of the semester at Film School. But I sure felt like a punching bag, pitching my story to a teacher who was shaking his head and saying “No. No. No”. At the National Film School of Denmark they teach the three act structure, as a rule. There […]

Film School Confidential: HOW THE DIRECTOR WORKS

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Another intense week at film school almost over. Hopefully I won’t get punched in the nuts today! For the past three days we have been in sessions with director Kaspar Munk, who is educated at the alternative Danish film school Super16. We watched two of his shorter works, both coming-of-age films with more sensory images and […]

Recommended: WORDPLAYER.COM

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Behind this rather dull web design is a virtual goldmine of articles and essays on writing. It’s mostly advice on the differents aspects of screenwriting, but most of it applies to any creative professional. Check out their column section for articles, like why treatments are stupid and irrelevant and why you have to write them anyway, inside dope on “The […]

Top 10: SEVENTIES MOVIES

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When I was a kid, I thought all movies made before 1980 were crap. Boy, was I wrong! To make amends, here are 10 great films from the Seventies in no particular order: “The Conversation“ “Deliverance“ “Straw Dogs“ “Apocalypse Now“ “The Godfather“ “Papillon“ “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest“ “Taxi Driver“ “Dog Day Afternoon“ “Chinatown“ The […]