Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: Cloverfield
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: Cloverfield (2008)
Written by Drew Goddard
IMDb plot summary: Revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people.
Links to the entire December 2011 series:
General Comments
Structure
Characters
Themes
Dialogue
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.