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6 Filmmaking Tips From Damien Chazelle Film School Rejects article featuring advice from La La Land writer-director.
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Zootopia” The entire 6 part series delving into hit Disney movie.
Interview (Audio): James Gray and Jeff Nichols A half-hour conversation between two notable writer-directors.
Daily Dialogue — December 11, 2016 ERIC: What you were just listening to was some kind of creative… uh… almost x-rated, uh, radio, here, from Eric Swan on QSKY FM. What I did…
2016 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 35 Total! Four more scripts added to the list: The Founder, Gold, Lion, Sing Street.
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After doing this for as long as I have, Paul, I’ve pretty much figured out how to read a script… The thing about selling carrots: Another great example of a setup and payoff. And a classic example of All Is Lost, the psychological point…
Spec Script Deal: “Pics or It Didn’t Happen” Tooley Productions acquires thriller spec script “Pics or It Didn’t Happen” written by Abby McDonald. From Deadline:
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 267th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Script Analysis: “Zootopia” — Part 6: Takeaways Reading scripts. Absolutely critical to learn the craft of screenwriting. The focus of this weekly series is a deep structural and thematic…
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:
