There are places in the world where time collapses. In the summer of 2017, I boarded a plane alone and flew across the ocean to Scotland, chasing an itch I couldn’t quite name. I told people I was going to hike, to write, to practice …
Emerging Producer
Leah Flagg is an emerging producer and screenwriter. She strives to tell the stories that speak difficult truths, that have an impact on individual perspectives, and promote positive change in our communities. Leah has benefited from the Tricksters & Writers screen writing fellowship and WIFTV’s Emerging …
Moving on . . .
It’s a new year and after jumping into the deep end working in Vancouver, I’m coming up for air. Briefly. I have all new ideas about the process of film making, building on the ones I was inspired by last year on independent productions and …
Teamwork Makes The Dream Work
It has been said that “teamwork makes the dream work” and in filmmaking I have experienced this to be more so than in other industries, in part because a production team is there to literally make someone’s creative dream come to life. Recently, I worked on …
Why you need a Script Supervisor!
Why do you need a script supervisor for your production? From script breakdowns and pre-production meetings to the last day of shooting, a script supervisor is the extra eyes and ears of the director and the safety net for continuity. We know the script inside out …
Digital Scripty
Since I began training for this role, I have experimented with several different digital tools and spoken with a good number of script supervisors who are currently using the various apps and hardware. I have also created my own templates using various spreadsheets and word processing programs. …
Special Effects Makeup Fun
I spent a day modelling SFX makeup for a student at the Blanche Macdonald program in Vancouver. It took about an hour and a half to achieve these basic sfx applications and gave me a better understanding of what actors and the makeup team go through for …