Category: Room Notes

Real-time documentation of creative projects, process discoveries, and work-in-progress insights.

The Storyteller’s Instinct: Where the Techniques Fail

At the agency, a task force was formed to explore AI filmmaking. They approached me to give them a crash course on storytelling. My first reaction was to laugh. But then it struck me — saying no would be a disservice. So I...

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The Anatomy of a Spark: How a Random Social Media Post Pulled Me Back to Direction

When I wrote and directed Stripped, I made myself a promise: I would never direct again unless every ingredient was right. Stripped got its share of attention. It travelled, got reviewed, went viral organically, and in many ways...

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When Art Chooses You: Why Perfect Is the Enemy of Finished

It's 3:30 AM. In a couple of hours, I'm supposed to wake up and go to work. But here I am. Just wrapped a few scenes for a feature film and decided to stop for the night. I had cracked the screenplay till interval already, but...

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Room Notes #2: The Grind and the Fizz

In continuation to: Room Notes #1: Where Does the Time Go? As promised, I did ship out the screenplay to the director by 6:10 pm. Now, it's about waiting to be reviewed for that project. But it's still too early to call it a day....

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Room Notes #1: Where Does the Time Go?

So, today is Saturday. I woke up at 11 AM, and I swear on my heart, the first thought was the screenwriting project that I'm supposed to deliver today. The very specific scene that's pending, while the rest of the screenplay...