Cockeyed Caravan
Thursday, May 29, 2014

Podcasting and Procreating

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Just look at that little guy! He makes Little Debbie look like a pile of puke! One week old and already smiling and robust. But the kid is o...
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Construction in Progress (With a Frozen Discussion in the Comments!)

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Sorry for being away so long, but I ’ ve been doing a lot of work on your behalf while I'm away: Restructuring the checklist accord...
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Thursday, April 17, 2014

Your Input Requested: A Preview of Checklist v5!

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Okay guys, time again to see how the sausage is made. I think that I’m going to debut Checklist v5 (Hopefully the definitive one) next we...
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Monday, April 14, 2014

Rulebook Casefile: The Way the World Works in The Bourne Identity

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In too many of these movies the focus is on assassins who know how to kill in the most bad-ass way possible, with a million people shootin...
Sunday, April 13, 2014

Rulebook Casefile: The Bourne Identity’s Everyman that Isn’t

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There are lots of movies in which the hero has some form of amnesia or memory-tampering, only to discover that, in the life he can’t remem...
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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Rulebook Casefile: Tone Maintenance in The Bourne Identity

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Given the intensely naturalistic vibe created by new director Paul Greengrass for this movie’s two sequels, it’s tempting to misremember t...
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Wednesday, April 09, 2014

Straying from the Party Line: The Three Henchman Structure of The Bourne Identity

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Two final deviations from the checklist rules: Deviation #3: This movie is making me look bad. I wrote a while back and the danger of ...
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Tuesday, April 08, 2014

Straying from the Party Line: The Bourne Identity, Part 2 (When Invisibles Go Too Far!)

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This movie has a surprising number of deviations. Will it get away with all of them? Deviation #2: There is a HUGE missing beat in thi...
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Monday, April 07, 2014

Straying from the Party Line: The Bourne Identity, Part 1

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This seems like a very straightforward action movie, but it had even more interesting deviations from the norm than Blue Velvet did last ...
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Sunday, April 06, 2014

The Ultimate Story Checklist: The Bourne Identity

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Updated to the sixth and final checklist! Jason Bourne is pulled from the sea by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and suffering from amnes...
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Matt Bird
Evanston, Illinois, United States
My book "The Secrets of Story: Innovative Tools for Perfecting Your Fiction and Captivating Readers", from Writer's Digest Press, is available in all fine bookstores. I have an MFA in Screenwriting from Columbia University.
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