Posted on September 1, 2010 in Selling Your Script | No Comments
You’re a hot writer! Already you can see your name on the front page of Variety and the Hollywood Reporter. But to make the magic work, you need an agent.
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Posted on August 26, 2010 in Screenplay Format | No Comments
Celtx Script is the only mobile screenwriting app that syncs directly with Celtx desktop software, making it easy to write a screenplay from any place at any time.
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Posted on August 25, 2010 in Story | No Comments
Theme is perhaps the most powerful, yet least understood element of story structure. It is powerful because theme is an emotional argument: It speaks directly to the heart of the reader or audience. It is least understood because of its intangible nature, working behind the scenes, and between the lines.
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Posted on August 23, 2010 in General Screenwriting, Structure | No Comments
Question: I have completed my screenplay, but I never wrote a treatment. I met a producer who wants to see a treatment only. Some people say a treatment should be three pages long, some say 12. Any advice?
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Posted on August 17, 2010 in General Screenwriting | No Comments
Bring your screenwriting up to the power level with these 10 quick-reference tips from author/screenwriter/script consultant Derek Rydall.
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Posted on August 13, 2010 in Screenplay Format | 1 Comment
In this video, Karl Soule demonstrates how Adobe Story, a collaborative script development tool designed for creative professionals, can help you create your next script or screenplay.
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Posted on August 12, 2010 in General Screenwriting, Interviews | No Comments
Charlie Rose has a conversation with playwright and filmmaker David Mamet who talks about his book “Bambi vs. Godzilla” which serves as an insider’s look at and critique of the entertainment business.
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Posted on August 11, 2010 in Story | No Comments
For the last 30 years, screenwriting has been dominated by a mechanical approach to creating story. For example, the so-called “three-act structure” is really a mechanical imprint from the outside that is laid over the top of a story. Act breaks are completely arbitrary. They don’t actually exist in the story.
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Posted on August 5, 2010 in General Screenwriting, Internet, Selling Your Film, Selling Your Script | No Comments
Presented by the WGAW Publicity and Marketing Committee, this March 27, 2010 all-day seminar offered Writers Guild members tools to help them get online, promote their careers, raise their industry profiles, build their brands and distribute and monetize their work.
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Posted on August 3, 2010 in Contracts and Law, Internet, Legal & Copyright | 1 Comment
Margaret Gould Stewart, YouTube’s head of user experience, talks about how the ubiquitous video site works with copyright holders and creators to foster (at the best of times) a creative ecosystem where everybody wins.
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Posted on August 3, 2010 in Story | No Comments
Time and time again, people come up to us and pitch ideas for movies and television. Everyone thinks their story needs to be told or that they’ve got the greatest idea since the invention of the iPhone. But it’s not just enough to have an idea.
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Posted on August 1, 2010 in Interviews, Story | No Comments
Jon Favreau interviewing Martin Scorsese for the third season of Dinner for Five – in this excerpt Jon asks him about story versus plot in filmmaking.
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Posted on July 31, 2010 in General Screenwriting | 1 Comment
Instead of telling your friend what happened that day (really, she can wait), quickly synopsize your movie idea. Instead of texting gossip about that person you met in an elevator, create a piece of scene direction that might describe that person as they enter a movie scene. Instead of engaging in a cutesy I.M., write a “cute meet” between two characters.
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Posted on July 26, 2010 in General Screenwriting, Interviews | 1 Comment
This clip is from the 1983 documentary (packaged in the “Tokyo Story” Criterion Collection DVD set), called I Lived But … The Life and Works of Yasujiro Ozu that featured interviews with Ozu’s production crew and recurring actors, plus excerpts from newsreels, home movies, and clips from two dozen of Ozu’s films. Ozu’s cameraman Yuharu Atsuta shot the film, and his long-time production company Shochiku produced it.
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Posted on July 15, 2010 in Filmmaking 360, General Screenwriting | 2 Comments
The Bechdel Test is a simple way to gauge the active presence of female characters in Hollywood films and just how well rounded and complete those roles are. It was created by Allison Bechdel in her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For in 1985. It is astonishing the number of popular movies that can’t pass this simple test.
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