Conor O’Farrell | Marginalia

The record is crooked—let’s set it straight: It was on set last week, when one of the graduate directing students tried to different..

Last week I brought you through my producer’s kit. Now, as I prepare for principal photography at the eleventh hour, we get to put to ..

In the film industry, the creative producer isn’t always on set during principal photography. The line producer is the one responsible..

Imagine, if you will, a fantasy world where you play God. Beings come into existence at your whim and fade away at your mercy. Vast ca..

Thirty-one of us tentatively filed into room 319. There was a heavy air of anticipation. I felt sick—I had put it down to the two la..

Four weeks in, already. It’s hard to believe on one hand, but on the other it strangely feels like we’ve already hit stress levels not..

It’s week three. This semester’s films go into production in week four. My film shoots in week five. That means we’re all in the depth..

In industry terms, a spec script—more formally known as a speculative screenplay—is a non-commissioned, unsolicited screenplay. It is ..

It’s January, which in the world of film & television means one thing: we’re in the throes of awards season. It’s time for the industr..