{"id":1250,"date":"2014-07-16T03:13:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T03:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2014-07-16T03:14:20","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T03:14:20","slug":"process-porn-dustin-lance-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/?p=1250","title":{"rendered":"Process porn: Dustin Lance Black"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/milk-bg.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1253 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/milk-bg.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"Milk (screenplay by Dustin Lance Black)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/milk-bg.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/milk-bg.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/milk-bg.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m usually pretty resistant to the kind of colour-by-numbers approach that many Hollywood screenwriters seem to recommend. It works fine for them, most of the time, but it&#8217;s not the process for me.<\/p>\n<p>My own process is more organic and chaotic, though it&#8217;s also contained and reliable. (I AM going to post some autobiographical process-porn soon. Really.)<\/p>\n<p>That said, I really enjoyed watching this brief and engaging narrative about Dustin Lance Black&#8217;s screenwriting process. There are some gems in here that really resonated with me, including this quote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A film is not what happened; a film is an impression of what happened.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You could easily substitute &#8216;novel&#8217; for &#8216;film&#8217; in that quotation, which is a succinct and clear way of gesturing towards my own theory about the relationship between story, plot and structure. (Again, more on that later!)<\/p>\n<p>For now, watch the video. It&#8217;s good.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/vrvawtrRxsw\">Creative Spark: Dustin Lance Black<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m usually pretty resistant to the kind of colour-by-numbers approach that many Hollywood screenwriters seem to recommend. It works fine for them, most of the time, but it&#8217;s not the process for me. My own process is more organic and chaotic, though it&#8217;s also contained and reliable. 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