Saturday Hot Links
Time for the 191st installment of Saturday Hot Links.
How ‘Jurassic Park’ Got CGI Right — and Marked the End of an Era for Spielberg.
Top 10 Takeaways: How ‘Jurassic World’ Broke Box Office Records; Spielberg and June Date Helped.
Bryce Dallas Howard Explains Why She Wore High Heels Throughout ‘Jurassic World’.
‘Jurassic World’ Helps Universal Roar Into Studio Market Share Lead.
‘Jurassic World’ Puts 2015 Box Office Back on Record Track.
‘Jurassic World’ Effect: How NBC/Universal, Comcast Will Bank Billions and Not Just in Theaters.
Here’s the Problem with the Success of ‘Jurassic World’.
Game of Thrones Finale Discussion: At What Point Do Shocking Deaths Become a Gimmick?
In ‘Game of Thrones’ Finale, a Breakdown in Storytelling.
Why Pete Docter’s ‘Inside Out’ Was So Tough to Make Into Must-See Pixar.
How Inside Out Director Pete Docter Went Inside the 11-Year-Old Mind.
Go Inside Pete Docter’s Mind: 5 Disney Classics That Inspired Inside Out.
Five ‘Inside Out’ Ideas That Didn’t Make The Final Movie.
Does “Inside Out” Mark a Turning Point For Pixar?
Why ‘Inside Out’ is a Return to Form for Pixar.
Why INSIDE OUT Has The Biggest Stakes Of Any Movie This Year.
Pixar Reveals Evolution of Troubled ‘The Good Dinosaur’.
QUIZ: How Well Do You Really Know Pixar Movies.
A Timeline of How We Got to True Detective’s Second Season.
Summer Box-Office Smackdown: Foreign Movies Giving Hollywood Films a Run for Their Money.
25 Highest Grossing Animated Movies of All Time.
Alien is about rape. Aliens is about moms.
Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt’s Sci-Fi ‘Passengers’ Scores Greenlight After Sony Behind-the-Scenes Drama.
The 12 Best Stories, From Stephen Colbert to Amy Schumer, in Judd Apatow’s Book ‘Sick in the Head’.
Writers’ Stunning Photos of the Places That Inspire Them and Make Them Think.
Fascinating Storyboards and Amazing Behind-the-Scenes Images From ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’.
Steve Martin, Edie Brickell Musical ‘Bright Star’ to Shine on Broadway.
Skydance Dives In for Competing Bermuda Triangle Movie.
Starz Picks Up Neil Gaiman’s ‘American Gods’ to Series.
David Simon Reveals Plans for 1970s Times Square Porn Project at HBO.
TV’s Golden Age of Sketch Draws Comic Minds Out of Woodwork.
Create your own outdoor cinema.
Stop Telling Me to Turn My Brain Off During Movies.
What Jill Soloway, Teresa Palmer Would Tell Their 15-Year-Old Selves.
The Greatest Pie Fight in Cinematic History Has Been Found.
Helen Mirren Calls Hollywood Ageism ‘F-cking Outrageous’ at Wrap’s 1st Power Women Breakfast.
10 TV Scribes to Watch.
Why the Academy Needs to Recognize More Web TV Providers.
Change the Conversation at the Inaugural Hedgebrook Screenwriters Residency in Washington State.
John August: When do characters deserve to die?
Doug Richardson: Writing Experience — Zero the Hero.
Bob Saenz: The Mean Old Writer.
Chuck Wendig: Sorry, Game of Thrones: It’s Not You, It’s Me.
Chicks Who Script: Episode 45.
The Dissolve: Episode 38.
Screentalk: Episode 51.
Scriptnotes: Episode 202.
Scripts & Scribes: Episode 94 (with Jeff Lieber).
The Black List Table Reads: Terrible Parents (Part 2).
Watch: Advice To Screenwriters About Selling Their First Screenplay [video].
Watch: What Would a Real-Life Jurassic Park Cost to Build [video].
Watch: Which is Nerdier: Star Wars or Star Trek [video].
Watch: Full Trailer For Will Ferrell & Kristin Wigg’s Ridiculous Lifetime Spoof ‘A Deadly Adoption’ [video].
Watch: 15-Minute Tribute To Film Fathers [video].
Watch: ‘Twin Peaks’: A Short Video History [video].
Watch: The Incredible, Beautiful Confusion of Coen Brothers Movies [video].
Watch: Conan, Silicon Valley Stars Try to Play Halo 5: Guardians [video].
Watch: Video Essay Explores Steven Spielberg’s Influence On David Fincher [video].
Watch: In Memory of Those We Lost This Season on Game of Thrones [video].
Watch: Taylor Schilling and Adam Scott Face Bedroom Troubles in First 7 NSFW Minutes of ‘The Overnight’ [video].
Watch: Star Wars Wars: All 6 Films At Once [video].
Screenwriting Master Class tip of the week: I’ve gotten some inquiries from several people during the last month about the possibility of working privately with Tom Benedek or myself. We offer that option: a one-on-one private writing workshop.
Prep: From Concept to Outline: I created this workshop five years ago and it is one of our most popular courses. In it, the writer develops their original story from idea all the way to outline. In the process, they not only set themselves up for a successful page-writing process, they also learn a proven, professional approach to breaking a story in prep. And we offer this as a private writing workshop.
Pages I: Writing the First Draft: This ten week course is a direct follow-up from the Prep class, providing both structure and support for the writer to pound out a first draft of their script, writing 10–15 pages per week. You may take this without doing the Prep class beforehand, although we recommend you having done considerable work on your story before typing FADE IN. Again, we offer this as a one-on-one writing workshop.
Pages II: Rewriting Your Script: There is no one way to rewrite a script, however I have put together one approach that works. This ten week course takes you through a series of analytical stages to identify what works and what doesn’t work in your draft, then problem-solving exercises all leading up to a revision outline, then four weeks to rewrite the script, one week for polish, and one week for edit. And yes, we offer this as a private writing workshop as well.
The Quest Writing Workshop: This is a comprehensive 24 program to screenwriting theory and the writing craft. Core (8 weeks): The entire curriculum I have created to immerse writers in the Character Based Approach to screenwriting. Prep (6 weeks): See above. Pages I (10 weeks): See above.
Our private writing workshops carry significant benefits to writers:
* Their own private online workshop site.
* Teleconference note sessions with audio recording available for reference.
* Extensive feedback and support from Tom or myself at every stage along the way.
* The flexibility to create a workshop structure which fits your personal creative needs.
We can also mix and match workshop components. For example, a popular choice is to combine Prep and Pages I.
A final point: While our group workshops are excellent, some writers feel more comfortable in a private setting.
Obviously you can write a script on your own. Frankly, that’s our end goal with writers who take our workshops, to provide principles and practices to give them the tools to carry into any and all future writing projects.
If you’re interested in any of our private writing workshops, feel free to contact us:
info@screenwritingmasterclass.com
Onward!