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Screenwriting 101: Christopher Hampton

“David Lean had several principles, that he repeated more than once. Lesson One was that the most important thing in any screenplay is the…

Script Analysis: “Luca” — Scene-By-Scene Breakdown

Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:

Page One: “Scary Movie 2” (2001)

Written by Shawn Wayans & Marlon Wayans & Alyson Fouse & Greg Grabianski & Dave Polsky & Michael Anthony Snowden & Craig Wayans

Script Analysis: “Honey Boy” — Scene-By-Scene Breakdown

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On Writing

“If you want to write, it must be the thing not that you want to do, or would like to do. It must be the thing you feel you have to do.”

Page One: “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” (2019)

Screenplay by Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman, screen story by Guillermo del Toro and Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan, based on the series by…

Script Analysis: “The Favourite” — Scene By Scene Breakdown

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Page One: “Scary Movie” (2000)

Written by Shawn Wayans & Marlon Wayans & Buddy Johnson & Phil Beauman and Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer

Script Analysis: “Hanna” — Scene By Scene Breakdown

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On Writing

“Read, read, read. If you don’t study how the masters do things, you’ll never be a master yourself.”

Page One: “Scanners” (1981)

Written by David Cronenberg

Screenwriting 101: Christopher Hampton

“I’m not sure I’ve ever written a film with a traditional structure — I don’t believe in any of those rules for writing screenplays. What…

Script Analysis: “Prisoners” — Scene By Scene Breakdown

Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts — How To Read A Screenplay:

Page One: “Saw” (2004)

Written by Leigh Whannell, story by James Wan and Leigh Whannell

Script Analysis: “The Silence of the Lambs” — Scene By Scene Breakdown

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On Writing

“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.”

Page One: “The Savages” (2007)

Written by Tamara Jenkins

Page One: “The Sandlot” (1993)

Written by David Mickey Evans & Robert Gunter

Page One: “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen” (2011)

Written by Simon Beaufoy, novel by Paul Torday

Page One: “Saint Frances” (2019)

Written by Kelly O’Sullivan

Page One: “Safe House” (2012)

Written by David Guggenheim

Page One: “Rust and Bone” (2012)

Screenplay by Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, short stories by Craig Davidson

Page One: “Running Scared” (1986)

Screenplay by Gary DeVore and Jimmy Huston, story by Gary DeVore

Script Analysis: “The Good Dinosaur” — Scene By Scene Breakdown

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Page One: “Runaway Bride” (1999)

Written by Josann McGibbon & Sara Parriott