Page One: “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!” (1988) Written by Jerry Zucker & Jim Abrahams & David Zucker & Pat Proft, television series “Police Squad” by Jim Abrahams & David Zucker & Jerry…
Script Analysis: “Argo” (2012) — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Screenwriting 101: Ava DuVernay “When I write a screenplay, I’m writing for myself. I’m the director and I need to create an emotional map. Not just plot, but a map of…
The Business of Screenwriting: “Qualify the customer” Okay, this week’s post is a blast from the past and only comes about due to a recent revelation from a TV producer I know that she has…
Page One: “The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear” (1991) Written by David Zucker & Pat Proft, television series “Police Squad” by Jim Abrahams & David Zucker & Jerry Zucker
Writing Tip: Find Your Writer’s Voice I hear this a lot in conversations with writers, but mostly with managers, agents, and producers. They’re looking for writers who cover a…
Script Analysis: “12 Years a Slave” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Page One: “My Friend Dahmer” (2017) Written by Marc Meyers, based on the book My Friend Dahmer by John Backderf
Script Analysis: “Gone Girl” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
Screenwriting 101: Allan Durand “If you’re going to write a screenplay, it better interest the living hell out of you, either the story or the amount of money you’re…
Go Into The Story Interview: Kate Marks My conversation with the 2020 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
“The act of storytelling is uniquely human” A journalist who specializes in tracking A.I. developments has some thoughts about the technology and its impact on film and TV.
Script Analysis: “BlacKkKlansman” — Scene By Scene Breakdown Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:
On Writing “Begin with an individual, and before you know it, you find that you have created a type; begin with a type, and you find that you have…
Script Analysis: “Midsommar” — 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: Kelly Marcel My in-depth interview with the screenwriter whose screenplay Saving Mr. Banks made the 2011 Black List.
Script Analysis: “Parasite” — 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: Geeta Malik My conversation with the 2016 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.
Page One: “Murder on the Orient Express” (2017) Screenplay by Michael Green, based upon the novel by Agatha Christie
