Daily Dialogue theme for next week: Confessions of Love As we wrap up a week’s worth of dialogue dedicated to giving birth [thanks, blknwite, for that recommendation], it’s time to gear up for next week’s theme: Confessions of love, suggested by Sabina Giado. The usual drill: * Copy/paste dialogue from IMDB Quotes or some other transcript
“The Hobbit”: All 9 Production Videos The 9th and final behind the scenes video for The Hobbit The other videos in the series: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8
Great Scene: “Broadcast News” I love the movie Broadcast News (1987), written and directed by James L. Brooks. The movie is full of great scenes, but this one might be the funniest: The famous “flop-sweat” scene starring Albert Brooks. Playing Aaron, a field reporter desperate to get one shot at being an on-
Saturday Hot Links Time for another installment of Saturday Hot Links! Today: The Grumpy Cat Edition! Sundance 2013 competition program announced. Sundance 2013 noncompetition category lineups revealed. LAT Sundance 2013 analysis: Female directors take dramatic steps forward. The full list of Spirit Award nominations. Indiewire: The 10 biggest surprises of the Spirit Award
Written Interview: Quentin Tarantino If you’re a Tarantino fan, you will want to read this interview with the filmmaker in the latest Playboy: PLAYBOY: You killed Hitler in Inglourious Basterds, with Jewish soldiers scalping Nazis. In Django Unchained you have a liberated slave turned bounty hunter who takes on the slave masters who
Daily Dialogue — December 1, 2012 INT. BIRTHING ROOM, LAB — NIGHT The door opens and Clive and Elsa rush in. At the end of the room, the artificial womb is belching and groaning, fluid freely gushing from its chrome hull. Clive glances at the monitor: “PREPARING BREACH OF FETAL MEMBRANE.” ELSA: Something’s wrong. FLOOSH! The
Hey, Quest entrants! As you may know, last summer I promised a free Core or Craft class to each person who submitted a logline for consideration for The Quest initiative. I had no idea there would be 1,500 writers emailing me over nearly 4,000 loglines. But I’m a man of
Spec Script Sale: “Priority Run” Arclight Film acquires action spec script “Priority Run” written by Terrance Mulloy. From THR: The story centers on a small group of correctional officers and inmates who must band together to fend off a mysterious attack when their prison bus is sabotaged on a remote stretch of highway. Mulloy is
Spec Script Sale: “Leave” QED International acquires thriller spec script “Leave” written by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari. From Deadline: A group of U.S. soldiers suffer from post-traumatic stress while on leave in Thailand. Writers are repped by WME and Prolific Entertainment. By my count, this is the 90th spec script sale
Spec Script Sale: “52 Percent” QED International acquires romantic comedy spec script “52 Percent” written by Zina Zaflow. From Deadline: A longtime married couple is contemplating divorce. A clash develops between their daughter, who hopes for reconciliation, and a jaded young divorce attorney unwilling to lose a client without a fight. Zaflow is repped by
Dispatch from The Quest: Rob Pilkington The Quest participants have been hard at work pounding out a first draft of their original screenplays, but Rob has found the time to compose a dispatch for us. What up, Internet? It’s been a while. My apologies — I’ve been writing, pacing, drinking coffee, writing more, pacing more,
In Memoriam: Don Rhymer Screenwriter and TV writer Don Rhymer died of cancer on Wednesday. He was 51. From the LAT: One of his first credits was writing an episode of the ABC family sitcom “Valerie.” He also wrote for the CBS comedies “Evening Shade” and “Hearts Afire.” In the early 1990s he shifted
“Movies are short for moving pictures” “Movies are short for moving pictures. I try to tell the story with character behavior and action. If I wanted to dramatize a story through dialogue, I would write a play.” An observation from screenwriter Angelo Pizzo. The fact is movies are primarily a visual medium. As we knock out
Movie Trailer: “Luv” Over the course of one day, a shy 11-year-old forms a bond with his troubled uncle. Written by Sheldon Candis, Justin Wilson IMDB site Release Date: 9 November 2012 (USA)
Keys to the Craft: Live Life In order to be creative, you need to feed your soul. If you want to learn the craft of screenwriting, here are five practices you need to adopt: Think Concepts. Watch Movies. Read Scripts. Write Pages. Live Life. Monday, I wrote about Think Concepts. Tuesday: Watch Movies. Wednesday: Read Scripts.
Great Character: Randy “The Ram” Robinson (“The Wrestler”) This month’s Great Character theme: Sports figures. Today: Jason Cuthbert’s guest post features Randy “The Ram” Robinson from the 2008 movie The Wrestler [written by Robert D. Siegel]. Prior to starring in 2008’s The Wrestler, directed by the insanely great Darren Aronofsky, Mickey Rourke had been sharing
Daily Dialogue — November 30, 2012 “Where’s my baby?” — Rosemary’s Baby (1968), screenplay by Roman Polanski, novel by Ira Levin The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is giving birth, suggested by blknwite. Trivia: Ira Levin felt Rosemary’s Baby is “the single most faithful adaptation of a novel ever to come out of
Writing question: What is the most difficult part of drafting a script? A Tweet from @FilmChuck: “What would you say is the most difficult part of drafting a script?” Figured that’s a question worth asking everyone, especially those participating in Go On Your Own Quest. What say ye? Comment Archive
Update: The Official 2012 GITS Spec Script Sales Prognostication Contest List! So toward the end of 2011, I ran a contest: Who could guess the number of spec script sales in 2012? You can see the post with the final list here. And here is that final list: 61: Brendon 69: Bob Lackie 70: Dave 72: tracinell 74: @LALetts 75: Debbie
10 Screenwriters to Watch (2012) For the last 14 years, Variety has put an annual spotlight on 10 screenwriters to watch. Here are this year’s writers: Patrick Aison Reid Carolin Derek Connolly Katie Dippold Bill Dubuque Rajiv Joseph & Scott Rothman Kelly Marcel Ted Melfi Chris Terrio Ken Scott For the other annual Variety
Dispatch from The Quest: Ben Odgren The Quest participants have been hard at work pounding out a first draft of their original screenplays, but Ben has found the time to compose a dispatch for us. The past several weeks have reminded me how fun writing the little moments you didn’t realize were about to happen
GOYOQ Forums When I went for a run early last spring and the idea for The Quest emerged into my consciousness, I had no idea how things would shake out. That would include an initiative that arose from the GITS community: Go On Your Own Quest, whereby anybody could use the structure
“Never be boring” “Forget every rule Syd Field, Robert McKee or any other screenwriting guru ever taught you. Except one: Never be boring.” Words of wisdom from David Mamet. And nothing to add. “The Quest” has entered Week 20! And so did Go On Your Own Quest, an opportunity for anyone to follow
Movie Trailer: “Jack the Giant Slayer” A modern day fairy tale in which the long-standing peace between men and giants is threatened, as a young farmer leads an expedition into the giants’ kingdom in hopes of rescuing a kidnapped princess. Screenplay by Darren Lemke and Christopher McQuarrie and Dan Studney, story by Darren Lemke &
Keys to the Craft: Write Pages If you want to learn the craft of screenwriting, here are five practices you need to adopt: Think Concepts. Watch Movies. Read Scripts. Write Pages. Live Life. Monday, I wrote about Think Concepts. Tuesday: Watch Movies. Wednesday: Read Scripts. Today: Write Pages. It beckons you with a daunting whisper. It
