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Can you tell a story in just six words?Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway was at lunch with several other writers and b...
10/08/2025

Can you tell a story in just six words?

Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway was at lunch with several other writers and bet them he could not only do it, but move its readers to tears.

Of course, the other writers balked. Hemingway told each of them to put ten dollars in the middle of the table.

If he was wrong, he said, he’d match it. If he was right, he would keep the entire pot. He quickly wrote six words on a napkin and passed it around.

It said: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

He won the bet.

That's the power of clarity, which hacks away at distractions until all that's left is a core idea that either stands on its own or doesn't.

08/18/2025

This is so powerful.

Experimented with JSON prompting in Veo 3 this morning to see what it could do with our Stonecastle Pictures logo animation. Not perfect, but I can't get over this:

Ten years ago, this process took three weeks and $1500. I just did this for free in 15 minutes.

It's rainy outside. Good day to hole up in a windowless room and edit. Somebody let me know when the sun comes out.
04/21/2025

It's rainy outside. Good day to hole up in a windowless room and edit. Somebody let me know when the sun comes out.

A little workshop time with .
04/18/2025

A little workshop time with .

Cue the sun! .johnny 📸 :
04/15/2025

Cue the sun! .johnny 📸 :

So much of the filmmaking process actually happens in solitude, so production days are special. You gather your trusted ...
04/14/2025

So much of the filmmaking process actually happens in solitude, so production days are special. You gather your trusted team to the set, and soon their crazy creative energy begins to buzz and their unique personalities imprint themselves on the process. Maybe it's how musicians feel when they get together in a studio. Somehow, in the blur of hard labor, creative ideas, laughter, and silliness -- that magical alchemy we call the creative process -- you end up with something special that never existed before. You can't make this stuff on your own. It takes friends... the weird ones who enjoy this job just as much as you do. .johnny 📸: @

Not sure what this thing does, but we're going to make it look very cool.  📸 :
04/10/2025

Not sure what this thing does, but we're going to make it look very cool. 📸 :

Researchers just love it when we walk into their laboratories and ask where we can see cool things that light up. Thanks...
04/10/2025

Researchers just love it when we walk into their laboratories and ask where we can see cool things that light up. Thanks to the kind folks at this lab who were gracious enough to show us around. 📸 :

Straight from the Stonecastle labs: testing out our "Interrotron" direct-interview device on set today. Still in prototy...
03/27/2025

Straight from the Stonecastle labs: testing out our "Interrotron" direct-interview device on set today. Still in prototype mode, but the thing is solid!

Straight from the Stonecastle labs: testing out our “Interrotron” direct-interview device built by   and . Still in prot...
03/27/2025

Straight from the Stonecastle labs: testing out our “Interrotron” direct-interview device built by and . Still in prototype mode, but the thing is solid!

Almost there! Hanging with  doing his thing.
12/02/2024

Almost there! Hanging with doing his thing.

Day 3. That’s a wrap! Two spots in the can. Now time to hustle to get these on the air for the Christmas holidays. 🎄👊 Bi...
11/14/2024

Day 3. That’s a wrap! Two spots in the can. Now time to hustle to get these on the air for the Christmas holidays. 🎄👊 Big thanks to our amazing cast and crew who helped bring these ideas to life.

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