This is BrainLog, a blog by Dan Sanderson. Older entries, from October 1999 through September 2010, are preserved for posterity, but are no longer maintained. See the front page and newer entries.

October 26, 1999

The Motion Picture Editors Guild has excerpts from Robert McKee's Story Structure Seminar online. The excerpts include Robert analyzing two scenes from Casablanca; listen to audio (59 minutes) of analysis of one scene (see script), or audio (47 minutes) of analysis of another scene (see script). Check out the full audio site for the 30 minute introduction, and a 15 minute Q&A session. (Robert's handling of the dweeby students is somewhat amusing.)

Check out Premiere's dialogues with Spike Lee and Martin Scorsese, and Sarah Polley and Audrey Wells. (IMDb for: Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, Sarah Polley, and Audrey Wells.

Hey! When did IMDb get a makeover? Quite nice!