Script Analysis: “Babylon” — Part 4: Themes A week-long analysis of the screenplay for the Oscar nominated movie.
Story Summaries: From Loglines to Beat Sheets Learn six different types of story summaries and how to use them to develop your scripted projects. My one-week online class starts Monday…
How to Write While Holding Down a Job Some practical advice to engender productivity even while working full-time.
Page One: “Glengarry Glen Ross” (1992) Screenplay by David Mamet, based on a stage play by David Mamet
The ‘Barbenheimer’ effect should scare the studios into ending the strike “The business may have changed, but two simple facts remain: If you want to make money in the movie business, you need to make movies. And…
Script Analysis: “Babylon” — Part 3: Characters A week-long analysis of the screenplay for the Oscar nominated movie.
Script To Screen: “Saving Mr. Banks” A fun scene from the 2013 movie Saving Mr. Banks, written by Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith.
The Call To Adventure’s Psychological Subtext At the beginning of the story, the Protagonist is just making do. Then something happens which jumbles their life… and their journey…
‘Idiots’: Wall Street Analysts Unload on Hollywood Sympathy is in short supply for the town’s CEOs as earnings season kicks off.
Script Analysis: “Babylon” — Part 2: Plot A week-long analysis of the screenplay for the Oscar nominated movie.
Script To Screen: “Say Anything” A memorable scene from Say Anything (1989), written by Cameron Crowe.
Screenwriting 101: George Axelrod “I’m the least New Age person you are ever going to find, but there is something mysterious about how a movie gets made. There is a…
Page One: “Get On Up” (2014) Screenplay by Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth, story by Steven Baigelman and Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth
Deadline’s Strike Talk Podcast Episode 12: Billy Ray talks with four SAG-AFTRA members about how the acting life has become financially untenable.
Script Analysis: “Babylon” — Part 1: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown A week-long analysis of the screenplay for the Oscar nominated movie.
Script To Screen: “Schindler’s List” From the 1993 movie Schindler’s List (screenplay by Steve Zaillian, based on the novel by Thomas Keneally).
Page One: “Get Low” (2009) Screenplay by Chris Provenzano and C. Gaby Mitchell, story by Chris Provenzano & Scott Seeke
Hollywood was built on the work of underappreciated writers Just ask Chandler, Faulkner and Fitzgerald.
Go Into The Story Interview: Lindsay Michel My interview with 2022 Black List writer for her script Caravan.
Writing Tip: The Nemesis as the Protagonist’s ‘Shadow’ Want drama? Ask your Protagonist: What do you fear the most? Then put them in a story where they have to confront that fear: Their Shadow.
Interview: Danny Philippou & Michael Philippou A conversation with the co-directors of the new horror film Talk to Me.
