A spec script will not sell unless it has a strong story concept If you write a spec script based upon the first story idea that comes into your mind, that script likely won’t sell.
Script Analysis: “The White Tiger” — Part 6: Takeaways A week-long analysis of this Oscar-nominated screenplay. Download. Read. Discuss.
Scene Description Spotlight: “Some Like It Hot” Many older screenplays from the 40s and 50s are written in a style that makes them hard to read — loaded with directing notes, lots of…
Spec Script Deal: “The Tradition” Netflix acquires romantic comedy spec script “The Tradition” written by Nico Godinez Miller and Grant Mellon. Via Deadline:
I want to focus on the story's central theme (trapped) and several sides of dialogue which refer to… The greatest thing to come out of this country in its 10,000-year history... the rooster coop. They can see and smell the blood. They know…
In my view, the central theme of the movie is this: Trapped. The relationship he willingly enters into with Ashok is one of master-servant. This lifts him out of one trap (poverty) into another trap…
Story Type: Buddy Picture In Hollywood movie circles, there are genres like Horror or Science Fiction, cross genres like Action-Thriller or Drama-Comedy, and…
Screenwriting “Hats” Sometimes when a writer is writing a screenplay, we have to wear other “hats”: Director, Actor, Editor, Producer.
Script Analysis: “The White Tiger” — Part 5: Dialogue A week-long analysis of this Oscar-nominated screenplay. Download. Read. Discuss.
Writing and the Creative Life: Is the key to creativity “unlearning”? What if everything we have learned in our lives has actually diminished our creativity?
Page One: “Mulan” (1998) Screenplay by Rita Hsiao & Chris Sanders & Philip LaZebnik & Raymond Singer & Eugenia Bostwick-Singer, based on a story by Robert D. San…
Screenwriting “Hats”: Editor When we write a screenplay, I like to think of the process as one in which we wear several “hats”. Primarily, of course, we wear our Writer…
Script Analysis: “The White Tiger” — Part 4: Themes A week-long analysis of this Oscar-nominated screenplay. Download. Read. Discuss.
Using five primary character archetypes -- Protagonist, Nemesis, Attractor, Mentor, Trickster … Balram is clearly the story's Protagonist. The story tracks his metamorphosis from lowly servant to a "player." The story is told from her…
Screenwriting “Hats”: Actor When we write a screenplay, I like to think of the process as one in which we wear several “hats”. Primarily, of course, we wear our Writer…
Script Analysis: “The White Tiger” — Part 3: Characters A week-long analysis of this Oscar-nominated screenplay. Download. Read. Discuss.
