Screenwriting 101: Greta Gerwig “I have gotten into baseball recently, and whenever I have trouble writing, I think about the pace of baseball. It’s slow. You strike out a…
Page One: “The Return of the Living Dead” (1985) Screenplay by Dan O’Bannon, story by Rudy Ricci & John Russo & Russell Streiner
Script Analysis: “The Wolf of Wall Street” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Page One: “Requiem for a Dream” (2000) Screenplay by Hubert Selby Jr. and Darren Aronofsky, based on a book by Hubert Selby Jr.
Screenwriting 101: Larry Gelbart “I just know when you’re in trouble at the end, it’s because you were in trouble in the beginning. There’s no point in writing the end over…
Script Analysis: “Eye in the Sky” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Script Analysis: “Lincoln” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Page One: “Reign of Fire” (2002) Screenplay by Gregg Chabot & Kevin Peterka and Matt Greenberg, story by Gregg Chabot & Kevin Peterka
Screenwriting 101: John Gary “A movie is about an emotional struggle. The physical struggle is a manifestation of that.”
Script Analysis: “Zootopia” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Go Into The Story Interview: Sean Robert Daniels Sean Robert Daniels’ original screenplay “Killers” is a taut, finely crafted thriller that won him a 2012 Nicholl fellowship. For those of…
On Writing “I woke very early in the morning. It was still quite dark as I opened my eyes, and it was not till long after that I heard five strokes of…
Screenwriting 101: John Gary “Screenwriting is an ocean of nos surrounding a handful of yesses. All you need is one yes.”
Script Analysis: “Moonrise Kingdom” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Page One: “Respect” (2021) Screenplay by Tracey Scott Wilson, story by Callie Khouri and Tracey Scott Wilson
On Writing “I don’t believe in writers’ block. I think that’s just writers judging themselves. Allow yourself to write shit!”
Go Into The Story Interview: Simon Machin Simon Machin graduated from the DePaul University School of Cinemati Arts in June, 2024 and it didn’t take long for him to put his…
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