With thanks to @Londonswf for the picture which I have stolen, without even asking, until such time as I'm asked to remove it. *
Joe spent an hour in conversation at the London Screenwriters Festival this afternoon.
Here follows a selection of the tweets and I'm expecting Leilani Holmes to summarise on their blog at some point. These are better read from the bottom up. I don't have time to format them any better than this at the moment.
hollyrosawilson Holly Wilson
Joe Cornish's talk most inspiring of today - forget everything everyone says about writing and watch loads of films! #LondonSWF
T_BetterStories TellBetterStories
#attacktheblock writer #JoeCornish recommends 1970s #MattDillon debut #OverTheEdge for up and down endings.
jan_gilbert Jan Gilbert
#joecornish has avoided all drama boxsets he says u need to survive at dinner parties eg wire, sopranos #londonswf
jan_gilbert Jan Gilbert
#plotspoiler! Lot of American reviews of #attacktheblock said #joecornish subversive for killing off some of his teen characters. #londonswf
T_BetterStories TellBetterStories
#JoeCornish recommends mood boards as for him film is about tone and action - not so much dialogue. #londonswf
T_BetterStories TellBetterStories
Attack the Block writer #JoeCornish is speaking right now at #londonswf: "Reading script help books gave me writer's block!"
momentsoffilm Leilani Holmes
#LondonSWF Joe Cornish is very giving with his replies. He's an edgy guy too. I like him. He's deadly honest.
jan_gilbert Jan Gilbert
Lot of bulked-up subplots in #DieHard came about as Bruce Willis unavailable for filming. #joecornish #londonswf
jan_gilbert Jan Gilbert
Joe Cornish's fav film at film school was #DieHard. Top man! #londonswf
momentsoffilm Leilani Holmes
#LondonSWF Wherever possible he tried to record unmitigated behavior in the actors. But impro doesn't happen on set, it's too expensive.
Step2DramaTV Step2DramaTV
Joe Cornish on 'TinTin' - "As the writer you're a guardian of the script but the film is an amalgamation of the whole teams ideas & efforts"
jazzchantoozie Andrea Mann
#JoeCornish #LondonSWF JC did Robert McKee course & read screenwriting books, but they just made him feel like he was doing something wrong.
#JoeCornish #LondonSWF JC: 'I just tried to write the sort of thing I'd want to see'.
londonswf Screenwriters' Fest
Take advantage of all the people around you, the crew, the art directors and most importantly the actors - Joe Cornish #Londonswf
momentsoffilm Leilani Holmes
#LondonSWF In one of his first meetings with Spielberg he is ashamed he asked if there were aliens in Indiana Jones 4.
#LondonSWF In TinTin there were challenges. He had to condense the characters to all be present at one time & add story to the weaker bits.
jazzchantoozie Andrea Mann
#JoeCornish #LondonSWF JC recommends reading the transcript of a Lucas/Spielberg/Kasden script meeting re Raiders Of The Lost Ark.
momentsoffilm Leilani Holmes
#LondonSWF He finished the TinTin script before Attack the Block was made and that was through Edgar. Peter Jackson often there in person.
#LondonSWF Joe just said that he read the making of Star Wars and if the Death Star came from budget constraint then it shouldn't worry us.
YollywoodFilm Yollywood
'Approach it as something you like & not a chore' Joe Cornish & @edgarwright on writer's block at #LondonSWF 2011
jan_gilbert Jan Gilbert
Joe Cornish likes writing after 3pm as that's when school ended. So writing after 3pm feels like fun; before, feels like work! #londonswf
momentsoffilm Leilani Holmes
#LondonSWF Never stop 'plussing' (improving stuff) is his thing but it can be very tiring during production when writing & directing.
YollywoodFilm Yollywood
'Don't worry about not writing, wait until your brain-bucket is so full of stuff that you can't not write' - Joe Cornish at #LondonSWF 2011
'I was the best in my class at drawing the ghostbusters logo' Joe Cornish at #LondonSWF 2011
momentsoffilm Leilani Holmes
#LondonSWF He had to test & prove the monsters worked six months before shooting.
#LondonSWF Joe says there's the 'withhold the monster' which can be bad if the monster is rubbish or you can work with reveal & multitude!
#LondonSWF Joe Cornish now talking about Attack the Block. He had an outline and a mood board of his drawings and photos, then fleshed out.
Step2DramaTV Step2DramaTV
Joe Cornish - Attack The Block- came up withe idea after being mugged?! http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0180428 http://pic.twitter.com/g3YM2MLE
londonswf Screenwriters' Fest
http://twitgoo.com/4sfo1g Conversation with Joe Cornish #Londonswf
LewSwift Lewis Swift
#JoeCornish In the house @ Regent's College http://instagr.am/p/RwLfV/
#JoeCornish may have my dream job working with #Marvel . let's hear what he has to say on the matter. #LondonSWF
* but I'm going to be out for few hours tonight.....
