Adam, great analysis, and I think you are absolutely right: This one scene reflects the tenor of… Thanks for your observations. They are spot on!
“The Overperforming” Summer Movies A Broken Projector podcast featuring hosts Scott Beggs and Geoff LaTulippe.
Interviews (Video): Christopher Nolan Seven videos featuring Nolan interviews and production featurette.
Daily Dialogue — July 23, 2017 Ripley: Ash, can you hear me? [slams her hands down on the table] Ash? Ash: [awakens and starts speaking in an electronic and distorted…
Nice one, Michael. Talk about a motivational tool! Basically any sort of EXTERNALIZED type of deadline can do the trick. I’m sure it’s one of the reasons that writers who take my Prep and…
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Meet the Most Famous Hollywood Writer You’ve Never Heard Of Michael Green has credits on four major movies this year.
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 300th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Interview (Audio): Christopher Nolan and Edgar Wright Nolan interviews Wright about his latest movie Baby Driver.
Daily Dialogue — July 22, 2017 Dr. Louise Banks: The weapon is their language. They gave it all to us. Do you understand what that means? Colonel Weber: So we can learn…
Tweetstorm: On Losing the Love for a Story If you are an aspiring screenwriter, Twitter is an amazing resource. Eric Heisserer (Arrival, Lights Out, Hours, A Nightmare on Elm Street…
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “It’s a Wonderful Life” A 5 part series on the 1946 holiday classic.
Writing and the Creative Life: “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek” Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung, and story as psychological journey.
Daily Dialogue — July 21, 2017 Specialist: Give her six quavers, then pause. Technician: She sent us four quavers, a group of five quavers, a group of four semi-quavers……
Reader Question: What can I do if I am an overwriter? Do you write long scripts… long scenes… long dialogue?
Tweetstorm: Eric Heisserer on Loglines If you are an aspiring screenwriter, Twitter is an amazing resource. Eric Heisserer (Arrival, Lights Out, Hours, A Nightmare on Elm Street…
Spec Script Deal: Untitled Epstein Project Paramount Pictures acquires untitled science fiction drama spec script written by Joe Epstein. From Deadline:
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Groundhog Day” A 5 part series on the beloved 1993 comedy.
The Business of Screenwriting: Movie stars I am staring at a cardboard standup display of an iconic movie character from an Academy Award winning movie, one of the most famous…
Daily Dialogue — July 20, 2017 Romilly: Of all these anomalies, the most significant is this: out near Saturn, a disturbance of space-time. Cooper: It’s a wormhole…
Reader Question: What are keys to a sparse style of screenwriting? Do all scripts have to feature a lean, spare approach to scene description?
Tweetstorm: Eric Heisserer on How to Treat a Film Crew If you are an aspiring screenwriter, Twitter is an amazing resource. Eric Heisserer (Arrival, Lights Out, Hours, A Nightmare on Elm Street…
