Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: (500) Days of Summer
We’ve had a successful relaunch of the GITS Script Reading & Analysis series. I say relaunch because we have done this type of thing before. For the next month, I will be spotlighting previous movie scripts we have studied.
Today: (500) Days of Summer.
Year: 2009
Written by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
IMDb plot summary: An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn’t believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.
Links to the entire June 2012 series on (500) Days of Summer:
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For my 7-part series on How to Read a Screenplay, go here.
Years ago, I came up with this mantra: Watch movies. Read scripts. Write pages. A link to my reflections on that here.
Cannot emphasize enough the importance of reading movie scripts.