The Return of Family Films? With the launch of Disney Plus, the company is making live-action family movies like they used to do.
The Business of Screenwriting: Everything You Wanted to Know About Specs [Part 7] “Having a major producer attached — somebody with a studio deal, multiple credits, relationships at the major agencies, independent…
Daily Dialogue — November 14, 2019 Detective Fronteiri: You filmed him dying. Lou Bloom: That’s my job, that’s what I do, I’d like to think if you’re seeing me you’re having…
The Importance of Theme in Writing a Screenplay About an Historical Figure “You may very well have to shape the details and contour of your central character’s life-story to make it a movie. As they say in…
Update: 2019 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 4 New Scripts, 12 Total It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.
Daily Dialogue — November 13, 2019 Verbal: [referring to Rabin] That guy is tense. Tension is a killer. I used to be in a barbershop quartet in Skokie, Illinois. The baritone…
“When the student is ready, the teacher arrives” In the Protagonist’s journey, they usually get the Mentor they need.
Theme = Meaning More than just the moral or premise of the story, theme can best be understood to be about what a story MEANS.
Screenwriting 101: Quentin Tarantino “Basically, my writing’s like a journey. I’ll know some of the stops ahead of time, and I’ll make some of those stops and some of them I…
Daily Dialogue — November 12, 2019 White approaches Loew in the bathroom after he refused to answer Exley’s questions.
Pitching Advice: Create a ‘Pitch Persona’ When you pitch a TV or movie project, your ability to perform in the room is critical.
Reader Question: Does a Mentor character always have to be right? What if the Protagonist has to turn away from logic and follow their heart?
On Writing “I have a sense of exile from thought, a nostalgia of the quiet room and balanced mind. I am a writer, and there comes a time when that…
The Theology of Cinema: Congregation In giving themselves over to a larger cause, the individuals forge themselves together as a congregation.
Script To Screen: “Airplane” A memorable scene featuring the actress who played June Cleaver on Leave It To Beaver, screenplay by Jim Abrahams & David Zucker & Jerry…
Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Midway in the Photoplay [Part 4] “It is inadvisable to attempt a minor plot in a photoplay unless it has a distinct and important bearing on your big story.”
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Interview (Video): Paul Schrader An 84-minute conversation with the screenwriter of Taxi Driver and Raging Bull.
Daily Dialogue — November 9, 2019 Victor Joseph: You gotta look mean or people won’t respect you. White people will run all over you if you don’t look mean. You gotta look…
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