Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Ex Machina”

A 6 part series on the 2016 Oscar nominated science fiction movie script.

Written by Alex Garland.

IMDb plot summary: A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breath-taking humanoid A.I.

Links to the GITS week-long discussion and analysis:

Scene-By-Scene Breakdown
Plot
Characters
Themes
Dialogue
Takeaways

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.

For all of the other screenplays and commentary in the GITS Script Reading & Analysis series, go here.

For my 7-part series on How to Read a Screenplay, go here.

For links to over 100 free and legal script downloads, go here.