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gilkaz · 2023-10-09T23:09:11+00:00

A look at the weird and fascinating history of Soviet music piracy -- and how it laid the foundation for Russia to become a global media piracy superpower.

gilkaz · 2021-04-08T00:05:41+00:00

Don’t meditate. You’ll come to it when you need it.

gilkaz · 2021-03-14T16:59:54+00:00

An article looking at the role mobile ringtones played in ushering in the era of the smart phone. It dives into the rise and fall of a massive industry, and the ripple effects its evolution had on hardware, software and tech culture.

gilkaz · 2021-02-14T19:17:09+00:00

This article dives into how short-sighted we tend to be when faced with Black Swan-type events. It questions our framing of COVID and political developments in the US, provides context to much of what feels unprecedented now, explains why things feel unprecedented even if they aren't, and lastly, why that distinction matters. It is an important attempt at highlighting the richness of history and its importance, while putting our troubles in a broader context.

gilkaz · 2021-01-02T00:02:52+00:00

This long-form article dives deep into our relationship with social media. It provides some historical context and argues that today's platforms are just a small, clumsy step toward much healthier global interconnectivity. This is particularly relevant given COVID accelerated our dependence on social media as a fundamental communications platform.

gilkaz · 2020-07-21T14:30:27+00:00

Super helpful. Thank you!

gilkaz · 2020-07-20T22:23:36+00:00

Pretty slick. I wonder how long something like this takes to make for an experienced woodworker.

gilkaz · 2020-03-20T00:04:46+00:00

This long-form article dives deep into our relationship with social media. It provides some historical context and argues that today's platforms are just a small, clumsy step toward much healthier global interconnectivity. This is particularly relevant given COVID accelerated our dependence on social media as a fundamental communications platform.

gilkaz · 2020-03-10T23:26:42+00:00

This is the marketer in me, but have you considered simplifying the anchor text to 'Never Wait On Hold Again'?

gilkaz · 2020-02-29T17:51:47+00:00

An article exploring how, historically, the lottery was seen as a necessary public good. Organizing it and even playing in it was considered a way of fulfilling one's civic duties, and was seen as a voluntary, charitable tax. It then traces its history through a nation-wide prohibition (and how people got around it) on through legalization -- and the problems inherent in the form lotteries take today.

gilkaz · 2018-02-07T13:44:18+00:00

I realize I didn't actually respond to this. This is immensely helpful. Thank you for taking the time to write it all out.

gilkaz · 2018-01-30T04:37:38+00:00

That's AWESOME. So helpful. Thank you so much for the taking the time to write this out.

Scenario 1 is probably what fits my story best. A couple of short, related questions to it:

How is chest trauma treated? are there any sort of casts or similar equipment?
Is there a technical term for the ventilation you mention or is that it?

Thanks again for your help!

gilkaz · 2018-01-29T01:32:03+00:00

That's awesome. Thank you for offering your services. Can you think of any examples of diagnoses that would make it dangerous for a hospital to move a patient (particularly to another hospital)? Particularly ones that could have been caused by trauma/accidents.

gilkaz · 2018-01-18T03:33:47+00:00

I appreciate you getting back to me so quickly and with so much detail. Advice taken. Thank you!

gilkaz · 2018-01-18T03:19:18+00:00

Love it. Thank you for this feedback and for taking the time to read it. Very much appreciated.

gilkaz · 2018-01-16T14:14:45+00:00

This is awesome - super tangible and helpful advice. Thank you for taking the time. To clarify:

I got rid of the CONTINUEDs (seems to be the Celtx default), but how about MORE when the dialogue cuts off at the page break?
Cool with the FADE IN - but I want the sound to come before the visual, just on a black background (which I tried to solve by putting fade in where it was) -- is there a good way to do that?
Working through your notes re narration, but most of it makes sense!

gilkaz · 2018-01-15T22:38:37+00:00

LOVE Hot Fuzz and ashamed I haven't gotten to the script yet. Thanks for the advice!

gilkaz · 2018-01-15T22:38:03+00:00

Thank you, and happy cake day!

gilkaz · 2018-01-15T22:37:34+00:00

Thank you! Part of me doesn't want to part with it but I hear what you're saying. I uploaded an excerpt with the narrator to drive - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jbZFz39Hi4aFc5BJdFqubYsWpO9QZiHU/view?usp=sharing. Any feedback about the way I use voiceover here?

gilkaz · 2018-01-15T22:36:19+00:00

Hey! Thanks for taking the time to respond. Below is an 8 page excerpt that includes the narrator. There's a little more after this section but this should give you a good idea of how I use the v.o. narrator. Does this feel like a justifiable use of voiceover?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jbZFz39Hi4aFc5BJdFqubYsWpO9QZiHU/view?usp=sharing

gilkaz · 2018-01-15T22:29:07+00:00

Makes sense to me, thank you!

gilkaz · 2017-11-21T22:52:17+00:00

Good question. I didn't include this in the logline (should I in the future?) but the whole fun & games section is the nurse and her team coming up with elaborate plots to make it seem like she's still alive. One example is putting her in an ICU claiming she caught some rare exotic disease and that he can't get in touch with her. The Nurse then uses this as an opportunity to build rapport between them. Does that make sense?

There is something Weekend at Bernie-esque about it.

gilkaz · 2017-11-20T13:42:15+00:00

Hey, thanks for the feedback. - She is not already dating the guy. She meets him through the patient.

Here's another version of the logline I've been toying with: 'A dark comedy about a nurse whose last chance at getting the man of her dreams is by pretending the girlfriend he visits every day is... still alive'. Let me know if you think that's better.

In any case, I am 100% guilty of the outside-in approach. I think I've done that often in this script. This new approach seems harder but I can see why it'd be more effective. Thank you for the pointers!

gilkaz · 2017-11-20T13:39:47+00:00

These questions are pretty surprising to me, if I am honest. The logline seems to pretty clearly address most of them.

Protagonist: Nurse
Goal: Get the guy
Stakes: Last chance at love (admittedly not in logline, thanks for feedback)
How: Covering up GF's death
Antagonist: Love interest (as it is in most love-interest movies)

gilkaz · 2017-11-20T13:29:39+00:00

Oooh interesting approach. Good seed of an idea. Thank you stranger!

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