About?

The Photo Dramatist, as a name, is based on what screenwriters were called in the early Hollywood years. I was inspired to create the blog while reading a book titled, How I Did it by H. H. Van Loan. It was written in 1922.

My aim with this blog is to write about drama, specifically drama as it exists in the movies. And by drama, I speak of theoretical drama, the drama of Aristotle's Poetics. The drama of conflict, rising tension, crisis, decision and action, resolution, etc.

I aim to discuss dramatic theory and practice, both mine and sometimes quoting from the work of others. Actually, a lot of the time, quoting from the work of others and providing an analysis.