Steve Barr
@barrsteve.bsky.social
Writer / producer / procrasturbator
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Steve Barr
@barrsteve.bsky.social
· Feb 9
I've worked as a screenwriter, a producer, and a TV exec, and some of the most common friction points between those roles come from simple miscommunication. I'm gonna pin this and add to it as I go. Hopefully it'll be helpful!
#Filmsky, I'm looking for casting suggestions for...
Australian, 40-60, male, white, bookish/academic vibes. Starts nebbishy and grows into calm authority.
This is for a project set in the 80s in a government department, so I'm afraid we have to limit ourselves to pale stale males.
#scriptsky
Australian, 40-60, male, white, bookish/academic vibes. Starts nebbishy and grows into calm authority.
This is for a project set in the 80s in a government department, so I'm afraid we have to limit ourselves to pale stale males.
#scriptsky
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 AM
#Filmsky, I'm looking for casting suggestions for...
Australian, 40-60, male, white, bookish/academic vibes. Starts nebbishy and grows into calm authority.
This is for a project set in the 80s in a government department, so I'm afraid we have to limit ourselves to pale stale males.
#scriptsky
Australian, 40-60, male, white, bookish/academic vibes. Starts nebbishy and grows into calm authority.
This is for a project set in the 80s in a government department, so I'm afraid we have to limit ourselves to pale stale males.
#scriptsky
If you have self-confidence and enough shots of moonshine, any corn field can be a corn maze.
January 26, 2026 at 6:17 PM
If you have self-confidence and enough shots of moonshine, any corn field can be a corn maze.
Dear screenwriter: If you have your badguys say something nasty and then break into laughter, and you're not writing a spoof... don't. Just don't.
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky #filmsky
January 26, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Dear screenwriter: If you have your badguys say something nasty and then break into laughter, and you're not writing a spoof... don't. Just don't.
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky #filmsky
When you're as hairy as I am, the location of the dividing line between chest hair and pubic hair is mostly a matter of opinion.
January 25, 2026 at 12:02 AM
When you're as hairy as I am, the location of the dividing line between chest hair and pubic hair is mostly a matter of opinion.
"For years I gave you everything. I just wanted you to be happy. But now, poof, I'm not good enough anymore! It's not fair!"
~gluten
~gluten
January 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM
"For years I gave you everything. I just wanted you to be happy. But now, poof, I'm not good enough anymore! It's not fair!"
~gluten
~gluten
A while back my beard and I helped some cool people make this short film about a real life mass murder in 1866. We shot on the site of the actual murder and the V.O. is from the writing of one of the murderers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y5b...
#scriptsky #filmsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y5b...
#scriptsky #filmsky
Death Round Every Bend - SHORT FILM 2019
YouTube video by Justin Eade
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM
A while back my beard and I helped some cool people make this short film about a real life mass murder in 1866. We shot on the site of the actual murder and the V.O. is from the writing of one of the murderers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y5b...
#scriptsky #filmsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y5b...
#scriptsky #filmsky
"I want to be in you."
~ cake
~ cake
January 23, 2026 at 8:35 PM
"I want to be in you."
~ cake
~ cake
One day hairy backs and bitchy resting face are going to be in. And on that day, I will rule!
January 23, 2026 at 8:34 PM
One day hairy backs and bitchy resting face are going to be in. And on that day, I will rule!
5 out of 4 people don't know how to use fractions.
January 23, 2026 at 8:33 PM
5 out of 4 people don't know how to use fractions.
There are two kinds of people in the world. You're the other kind.
January 23, 2026 at 8:33 PM
There are two kinds of people in the world. You're the other kind.
This is the sixteenth anniversary of the day Beautiful Wife and I moved to Aotearoa New Zealand "for five years."
January 22, 2026 at 9:53 PM
This is the sixteenth anniversary of the day Beautiful Wife and I moved to Aotearoa New Zealand "for five years."
In zombie culture, the prefrontal, limbic, and cerebellum parts of the brain are like the three flavors in neapolitan ice cream.
January 22, 2026 at 9:52 PM
In zombie culture, the prefrontal, limbic, and cerebellum parts of the brain are like the three flavors in neapolitan ice cream.
Dear writers and filmmakers: Self-expression is not the same as communication. They're both valid, but be honest about which you're doing.
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky #filmsky
January 22, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Dear writers and filmmakers: Self-expression is not the same as communication. They're both valid, but be honest about which you're doing.
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky #filmsky
If life starts at conception, shouldn't we celebrate conceptiondays instead of birthdays?
January 21, 2026 at 9:03 PM
If life starts at conception, shouldn't we celebrate conceptiondays instead of birthdays?
Today is my birthday, and is also National Hug Day.
This is not a coincidence.
This is not a coincidence.
January 21, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Today is my birthday, and is also National Hug Day.
This is not a coincidence.
This is not a coincidence.
When Alan Turing invented his test, I think he never considered that the human side would have become so easy to fool.
January 21, 2026 at 2:18 AM
When Alan Turing invented his test, I think he never considered that the human side would have become so easy to fool.
When I was a teen I had my wisdom teeth taken out. I've been unwise ever since.
January 20, 2026 at 9:39 PM
When I was a teen I had my wisdom teeth taken out. I've been unwise ever since.
Reposted by Steve Barr
This is a fantastic article with a lot of simple explanations in it of everyday counterintuitive bullshit, just as you’d expect from Cory Doctorow.
Yeah AI is a bubble. But what sort of bubble? Who puffed it up? And what do we do?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Yeah AI is a bubble. But what sort of bubble? Who puffed it up? And what do we do?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:02 AM
This is a fantastic article with a lot of simple explanations in it of everyday counterintuitive bullshit, just as you’d expect from Cory Doctorow.
Yeah AI is a bubble. But what sort of bubble? Who puffed it up? And what do we do?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Yeah AI is a bubble. But what sort of bubble? Who puffed it up? And what do we do?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Like all my fellow Aquarians, I don't believe in astrology.
January 19, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Like all my fellow Aquarians, I don't believe in astrology.
"Show, Don't Tell" is an important lesson for screenwriters to learn. But then you realize most successful movies show, THEN tell.
Audiences who are paying attention will receive a clue, make an inference, and then get rewarded when the inference is confirmed in dialogue.
#scriptsky #filmsky
Audiences who are paying attention will receive a clue, make an inference, and then get rewarded when the inference is confirmed in dialogue.
#scriptsky #filmsky
January 19, 2026 at 8:16 PM
"Show, Don't Tell" is an important lesson for screenwriters to learn. But then you realize most successful movies show, THEN tell.
Audiences who are paying attention will receive a clue, make an inference, and then get rewarded when the inference is confirmed in dialogue.
#scriptsky #filmsky
Audiences who are paying attention will receive a clue, make an inference, and then get rewarded when the inference is confirmed in dialogue.
#scriptsky #filmsky
They should sell coffee with just a drop or two of meth in it. Whoever did that would blow Starbucks out of the water.
January 19, 2026 at 7:13 AM
They should sell coffee with just a drop or two of meth in it. Whoever did that would blow Starbucks out of the water.
If you pee yellow, drink more water.
If you pee red, see a doctor.
If you pee blue, you might be a smurf.
If you pee red, see a doctor.
If you pee blue, you might be a smurf.
January 19, 2026 at 7:12 AM
If you pee yellow, drink more water.
If you pee red, see a doctor.
If you pee blue, you might be a smurf.
If you pee red, see a doctor.
If you pee blue, you might be a smurf.
I aspire to be portentous, but so far I've only made it to pretentious.
January 19, 2026 at 7:11 AM
I aspire to be portentous, but so far I've only made it to pretentious.
In my sequel to JERRY MAGUIRE, the cute kid would grow up to be a serial killer. "The human head weighs 8 pounds. I checked."
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky #filmsky
January 19, 2026 at 7:10 AM
In my sequel to JERRY MAGUIRE, the cute kid would grow up to be a serial killer. "The human head weighs 8 pounds. I checked."
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky #filmsky