2018 Dialogue-Writing Challenge: Week 1 Writing prompts #1–4. Practice writing dialogue. Win a free class with me.
Interview (Video): Robert Benton Conversation with the screenwriter of Bonnie & Clyde, Kramer vs. Kramer.
Daily Dialogue — January 7, 2018 Lee Chandler: You know, I’ve seen a school of sharks tear a boat to pieces like it was made of cardboard because some kid threw a band-aid…
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Saturday Hot Links Time for the 323rd installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
N’neka, that would be a really good exercise: study each scene and see what one scene has, does, or… Re foreshadowing: Concur. In fact, I posted some thoughts on foreshadowing in the Dialogue post of this series. You might check that out.
Script Analysis: “Get Out” — Part 6: Takeaways Read the script for the hit social thriller movie and analyze it all this week.
Great stuff, Kc. That last line in the movie is better than the last line in the script: “I told you get the fuck out of that house, man.” Good line, but…
Haikal, three excellent examples of foreshadowing in dialogue. The foreshadowing by Peele really elevates the story including several motifs which run through the script like the deer, cotton, etc.
Interview (Written): Sean Baker A conversation with the filmmaker of the indie movie ‘The Florida Project’.
Script Analysis: “Get Out” — Part 5: Dialogue Read the script for the hit social thriller movie and analyze it all this week.
2018 Dialogue-Writing Challenge: Day 4 A chance for you to work on your dialogue chops and win free prizes!
Writing and the Creative Life: “Believing is seeing” A twist on the old saying, “Seeing is believing.”
The first and most obvious theme is systemic racism. As Jordan Peele said: “The writing of (‘Get Out’) started with me starting to make my favorite horror-thriller that’s never been made before,” Peele said…
This video with Jordan Peele is so great, I’m just going to post the link here, then hit on some… In the video, Jordan responds to about a dozen takes from fans of the movie. Fascinating stuff.
Thanks, FTFL and Katrin, for your analyses of the major plotline points in the script. FTFL take: The first dinner where Jeremy shows off some drunken misbehavior. Argument for: The first solid indication that something is not…
2018 WGA Screenwriting Award Nominees Ten nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Script Analysis: “Get Out” — Part 4: Themes Read the script for the hit social thriller movie and analyze it all this week.
2018 Dialogue-Writing Challenge: Day 3 A chance for you to work on your dialogue chops and win free prizes!
The Business of Screenwriting: Cynicism Beware the power of Hollywood to transform a writer into a bitter soul.
