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matt dowse
Writer. Filmmaker
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Matt dowse
Marvel Studios, and the power of the franchise
I’ve mentioned once or twice in this blog my adoration for film franchises and sequels, something that’s very unusual to hear in any...
Matt Dowse
Dec 5, 20173 min read
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How not to be a Disaster Artist
An inquiry into my own directing style, using terrible movies as case studies. This week I was lucky enough to receive a set of advanced...
Matt Dowse
Dec 4, 20174 min read
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Trouble once more
After weeks of writing, planning and preparing for the shoot of my fairytale short film, last weekend finally brought the opportunity for...
Matt Dowse
Nov 27, 20173 min read
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The Distressed Damsel
Having reconsidered my original wolf screenplay, It became time to write another short fairytale piece, one that would be simpler to...
Matt Dowse
Nov 11, 20174 min read
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Disaster!
Disaster! Having confidently written and decided to produce my short screenplay adapting Little Red Riding Hood to focus on the viewpoint...
Matt Dowse
Nov 7, 20172 min read
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Thor Ragnarok, and the importance of a cohesive tone.
Without any academic intent, I’ve somehow stumbled into spending much of the past week thinking about tone, and the cohesive worlds...
Matt Dowse
Nov 3, 20173 min read
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Wolf Stories
By January 8th, I need to have written, produced, and edited to completion a short two minute film based on a traditional fairytale. The...
Matt Dowse
Oct 27, 20173 min read
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Supermarket Freedoms
This week I was fortunate enough to be offered the position of runner on a production company’s film shoot on campus at the University of...
Matt Dowse
Oct 20, 20172 min read
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Influences and Inspirations
It is often a joke in the academic study of film that to critically analyse film and TV must surely stop an individual from being able to...
Matt Dowse
Oct 17, 20174 min read
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The Challenge
The challenge was set; a one minute screenplay using three distinctive characters. For someone who has always found difficulty in...
Matt Dowse
Oct 10, 20172 min read
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