Write Like Phil Lord and Chris Miller
Video Overview & Insights
In which I give some writing tips based on the work of Phil Lord and Chris Miller.
Love these two.
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What is your favorite Phil Lord and Christoper Miller project?
Clone High
Cloudy with a chance of meatballs
21 Jump Street
The Lego Movie
22 Jump Street
Afterparty
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Phil Lord and Chris Miller might seem like a pair of goofs, but their writing advice is some of the best. Their writing prompts are the ones I return to most often, so I thought I put them into an easily digestible video. Whether you're writing a book, a screenplay, a blog, or a YouTube video, Phil Lord and Chris Miller's writing advice is absolutely worth a try.
This video aged poorly with how this writing method caused animators to overwork with finished scenes being thrown out for new ones on a crunch deadline
Advice Timestamps:
0:00 Intro and Personal Experience
There’s also Clone High by those two and Bill Lawrence, which explains frequent collaborations with Will Forte. Maybe this series and The Afterparty could be interesting additions to this video essay.
2:15 Wear Many Hats
3:58 Collaboration is Key
Hey, I'm from the future look I know they worked on a lot (Clone High revival not withstanding) of great stuff, but the recent allegations make this video's title ironic.
5:11 No Bad Ideas
6:51 Produce Lots and Often
They turn terrible stuff into good ones.
Here's a link to Interviews with Phil Lord and Chris Miller that I used in this piece:
Team Deakins Interview: https://teamdeakins.libsyn.com/chris-miller-amp-phil-lord-directors-writers-producers
im gonna call it now that phil lord and chris miller are gonna go down as some of the best directors of our era
BAFTA Masterclass: https://youtu.be/1Mk7rZhq5Wk
#writingadvice #writingprompt #screenwriting #animation
Chris Miller sounds like David Cross
More User Perspectives
Instant sub! Great quality. Can’t wait for you to blow up. Keep it up dude!
@jackmistiff5300Oye deberías hacer una versión de este video con subtítulos en español
@josemiguelvillatorocruz6208I couldn't help but notice that "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy feat. Rik-Rok is playing in the background
@rawtoonage8780Lord & Miller's latest project "The Mitchells vs. The Machine's" is yet another masterpiece from them.
@WalingoDrawlingoAs of seeing this video they now have 22 film and TV projects in the works.
@seancollins7447great points
@sonneeaa4Nice mate, I loved this, really well put together and edited, look forward to seeing your writing one day!
@lukehunter1please please can you make a video on amazing spider man 1 on the good bits if that's possible. in fact u can do that for all the spiderman movies like high top films if u want
@aryaanvfx21I just saw this in FB mate and wow this is fantastic. I really like the way you've described writing as intimidating at every page. It's big, and scary - sometimes. But it's also fun, and rewarding at others. Very relatable there. And I appreciate the positivity. The "no bad ideas" thing is really encouraging too as is the part where you talk about making continiously. Make something every week. That part was kind of something I needed to hear tbh. Making videos on my channel has become a weekly thing for the past year or so and I can see how muxh Ive improved and how my mindset on where I want my channel to go has changed... Anyway yeah, clearly this video is coming from a genuine place and I appreciate that. Really well done (and who the fuck disliked this like seriously?)
@LetsCrashThisParadethis is really nice video buddy :)
@RealRayuI think it's important to talk to your characters. Ask them questions, see their reactions, let them freakout.
Do I sound crazy? :/
I know the quality over quantity fallacy has been part of the artistic process probably forever, but for some reason it got me thinking about physical vs. digital media.
Like, this image of writing in a notebook and having to cross out or rip out mistakes- creating a museum of things you tried but didn't work. Compared to the image of typing at the computer and deleting everything you don't like- it's completely gone unless you intentionally create evidence that it was there.
There is also, of course, the fear of writing in a notebook at all unless you feel you have a good idea, for fear you'll mess up the pretty notebook.
But in any case
This video inspires me to create some sort of museum of attempts. Instead of trying to think of ways to delete or throw away projects that didn't come out perfectly, finding a way to put them together in a folder or something both to help them feel "complete" and to learn from going forward.
Love the Barton Fink and Bob Ross references here! I think all of us could probably benefit from the idea of failing/learning fast - if we see ourselves and our style more as works in progress, there’s less room for negative self talk and BS. Thanks for making this!
@emmablue7669Love the way you sum up these creative tips !
@cine-chamanismeThe philosophy of 'No Bad Idea' is one that I hold near and dear to my heart. To me, there is no such thing as a bad idea, just an idea that hasn't become perfected yet.
Awesome video!! Definitely gonna come back to this one many times~!!
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