Interview (Written): Noah Oppenheim A Creative Screenwriting conversation with the screenwriter of Jackie.
Again great work, Will. You included my favorite line of dialogue: “Life isn’t some cartoon musical where you sing a little song and your insipid dreams magically come true.”
Your dialogue examples help to sell the central conceit of the movie: prejudice, specifically here… Thanks for that, Paul!
Spec Script Deal: “The State” Twentieth Century Fox acquires action thriller spec script “The State” written by Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani. From Deadline:
Spec Script Deal: “The Aeronauts” Amazon Studios acquires action adventure spec script “The Aeronauts” written by Jack Thorne. From Deadline:
Script Analysis: “Zootopia” — Part 5: Dialogue Reading scripts. Absolutely critical to learn the craft of screenwriting. The focus of this weekly series is a deep structural and thematic…
Will, once again, you are on target with your analysis. “I thought this city would be a perfect place where everyone got along and anyone could be anything. Turns out, life’s a little bit more…
Spec Script Deal: “Highway One” DreamWorks acquires action thriller spec script “Highway One” written by Anthony Jaswinski. From Deadline:
Spec Script Deal: “The Englishman” Working Title is in talks with Paul Dano to star in drama thriller spec script “The Englishman” written by Luke Garrett. From Deadline:
Nice work, Will, as usual. Interesting to note how many trickster characters in your assessment and it’s a good reminder that any character can don any archetype…
Script Analysis: “Zootopia” — Part 4: Themes Reading scripts. Absolutely critical to learn the craft of screenwriting. The focus of this weekly series is a deep structural and thematic…
The 2016 “Twas the Night Before Black List…” Challenge Annual writing contest with Black List & Screenwriting Master Class prizes.
THIS is how we read and analyze scripts! A fantastic dive into the depths of “Zootopia” by GITS reader Will King.
Script Analysis: “Zootopia” — Part 3: Characters Reading scripts. Absolutely critical to learn the craft of screenwriting. The focus of this weekly series is a deep structural and thematic…
2016 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 31 Total! Two more scripts added to the list: Arrival and Fences.
Paul, you make a good point which is how Zootopia manages to get across a ‘message’ without being… Will definitely watch the movie, now that I’ve read the script. Your enthusiasm for it certainly helps scoot it up toward the top of my…
Great Scene: “Wall Street” Featuring one of the most memorable lines of dialogue in the last three decades.
Daily Dialogue — December 7, 2016 Customer: Look, I took the liberty of examining that parrot when I got it home, and I discovered the only reason that it had been sitting…
