Interviews (Video): Paul Schrader Several videos featuring the screenwriter of Taxi Driver and Raging Bull.
Daily Dialogue — February 4, 2018 George Bailey: Now, will you do something for me? Zuzu Bailey: What? George Bailey: Will you try and get some sleep? Zuzu Bailey: I’m not…
This line from Ernesto’s acting role is a memorable one: “I have to sing. It’s not just in me… It is me.”
The two most central themes in the story, it seems to me, are these. This speaks directly to the thematic core of the Hero’s Journey and J. Campbell’s take: “Follow your bliss.” Find that which energizes you…
You make a really good point, Caliann: The opposition to Miguel’s ultimate goal — becoming a… Indeed, since Ernesto appears to be Miguel’s great-great grandfather for a portion of the story, it’s fair to think of him wearing a…
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Script Analysis: “Coco” — Part 6: Takeaways Read the script for the hit Pixar movie and analyze it all this week.
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 327th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Daily Dialogue — February 3, 2018 Cole Sear: I want to tell you my secret now. Malcolm Crowe: Okay. Cole Sear: I see dead people. Malcolm Crowe: In your dreams?
2018 London Screenwriters’ Festival I’m pleased to announce I’ll be returning to the LSF in September.
Script Analysis: “Coco” — Part 5: Dialogue Read the script for the hit Pixar movie and analyze it all this week.
Writing and the Creative Life: Do It Because You Love It Back in 2012, a longtime reader of the blog forwarded me some numbers in a post I titled: Facing the Odds. I included his observations in…
Daily Dialogue — February 2, 2018 Dale Doback: Hey. Are you awake? Brennan Huff: Yeah. Dale Doback: I can’t believe we actually have to move out of this house. Brennan Huff…
Caliann, interesting, isn’t it, that the script at 131 pages is only 105 minutes (actually probably… 1–6: Opening which establishes Miguel, his family history, his current family, and… “NO MUSIC!”
Script Analysis: “Coco” — Part 4: Themes Read the script for the hit Pixar movie and analyze it all this week.
Script Analysis: “Coco” — Part 4: Themes Read the script for the hit Pixar movie and analyze it all this week.
The Business of Screenwriting: Everyone is here because of us It is late spring 1988. I am in San Diego where K-9 is being shot. It’s my first day on a movie set. Ever. The scene the crew is shooting…
Daily Dialogue — February 1, 2018 “You’re playing a dangerous game here. If you’re trying to blackmail me… it’s not going to work.”
Reader Question: What to do when a manager responds, “I liked the writing but…” Get ready for some cold, harsh truth about Hollywood passes.
Script Analysis: “Coco” — Part 3: Characters Read the script for the hit Pixar movie and analyze it all this week.
