Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “The Mitchells vs. The Machines” A week-long analysis of the script for the hit animation movie. Download. Read. Discuss.
Great Scene: “There Will Be Blood” The last scene of There Will Be Blood (2007) is one of the most gut-wrenching finales in recent film history. Written and directed by Paul…
Interview (Written): Paul Thomas Anderson A conversation with the writer-director of his new movie Licorice Pizza.
“Minimum words, maximum impact” The origin and importance of one of the best screenwriting mantras… ever!
2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Story Prep — Get Your Head On Straight A series to help prepare writers for next month’s Zero Draft Thirty writing challenge.
Script Analysis: “The Mitchells vs. The Machines” — Part 6: Takeaways A week-long analysis of the script for the hit animation movie. Download. Read. Discuss.
Interview (Audio): Barry Jenkins An in-depth conversation with the writer-director of Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk.
There are lots and lots of great lines and sides of dialogue, so many of them funny. On P. 23, Rick has a moment where he's confronted by video of he and Katie when she was much younger, when their father-daughter…
There are several themes at work in The Mitchells, but the one I think lies at the foundation of… An inauthentic relationship is one in which the individual does not recognize the shared humanity of the other other individual. They see…
I have this theory that there is something going on in terms of character archetypes in stories. The Protagonist represents a forward-moving dynamic, a character or characters most often driven by a conscious goal.
The first thing to note is that the script is long: 153 pages to be exact. For the analysis here, let's my language system for a mainstream commercial Hollywood screenplay using. NOTE: I use 105 page count as it…
The Mitchells vs. The story brings to mind other movies, such as The Incredibles: dysfunctional family takes on a common enemy and in the process of that…
2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Story Prep — Genre Bend A series to help prepare writers for next month’s Zero Draft Thirty writing challenge.
Script Analysis: “The Mitchells vs. The Machines” — Part 4: Themes A week-long analysis of the script for the hit animation movie. Download. Read. Discuss.
Writing and the Creative Life: 14 Artists Break Down the Creative Process Words of wisdom from filmmakers, poets, architects, sculptors, dancers, musicians, and more.
Marie, if you read my interviews, I often ask that question at the end of the conversation. https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/go-into-the-story-interviews-9fff8e1cdbda#.umppz2lxe
2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Story Prep — Gender Bend A series to help prepare writers for next month’s Zero Draft Thirty writing challenge.
Script Analysis: “The Mitchells vs. The Machines” — Part 4: Themes A week-long analysis of the script for the hit animation movie. Download. Read. Discuss.
The Business of Screenwriting: They will pigeonhole you (and why this can be a good thing) The co-star of K-9 was a dog named Jerry Lee.
Page One: “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” (2005) Screenplay by Karey Kirkpatrick, book by Douglas Adams
Update: 2021–2022 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 1 New Script, 46 Total It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.
