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The Hand Flex and Director’s Intent in the 2005 Pride & Prejudice

Note: This is a piece on the 2005 Pride & Prejudice that I wrote for an Intro to Cinema class I took in the summer of 2026. Movie adaptations of Jane Austen’s most famous novel, Pride & Prejudice (published in 1813), have always been popular. Two of the most well-known are the 1995 BBC mini-series starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle and the 2005 adaptation (dir. Joe Wright) starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Mcfayden. Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, 3 weeksOctober 14, 2026 ago

conventions

What I Learned at ArmadilloCon this Year

ArmadilloCon was at a different hotel this year, and I don’t know but maybe because of that, it felt like a new convention. The new hotel was an old hotel – long ago the con used to be here – but it was so long ago it felt like a different space. I liked it. The hotel itself was a little schlubby, but it was close to home (yay for me and other north-central Austinites) Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, 2 monthsSeptember 16, 2026 ago

writing lessons

Film Editing for Writers

What are the editing techniques that apply to both filmmaking and writing? While it may seem as if they are two completely different jobs, editing film and editing prose come down to the same goal: storytelling. Here’s how film editing techniques can improve prose, from the first draft to the final polish. What is film editing? Film editing is the process by which all footage, whether shot digitally or on film, is pieced together into Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, 4 monthsJuly 7, 2026 ago