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Screenplayed

February 21, 2024 0 Comment

Good Reader… Hopefully you are already hip to the SCREENPLAYED. This idea of “clips and scripts” isn’t new. Sit down with a favorite movie, pull up the screenplay, and let ‘er roll. You can see –maybe like you’ve never seen before–all sorts of unknown detail about the movie at script level. What was added? What […]

Devolve- Case Study

December 29, 2023 0 Comment

This week we’re going to look at the A to Z making of my second web series, Devolve. Hopefully you can learn from each stage of pre-production, production, and post. Vamos! CASE STUDY: DEVOLVE I got involved with Devolve in the summer of 2014 and helped produce it in late January, 2015. But let’s start […]

Screenwriting Links!

October 24, 2023 0 Comment

Good Reader… This week just some big juicy screenwriting links for you! Bring ’em on…  SCREENWRITING SOFTWARE  https://store.finaldraft.com/final-draft-11.html https://www.celtx.com/index.html https://nofilmschool.com/writersolo-screenwriting-software http://www.fadeinpro.com/ Writer’s Duet https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/screenwriting-software/ https://nofilmschool.com/Free-Script-Writing-Software THE TRADES  http://variety.com/ http://deadline.com/ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ BEST SCREENPLAY WEBSITES  http://www.imsdb.com/ http://www.simplyscripts.com/oscar_winners.html http://www.script-o-rama.com/table.shtml MasterClass PODCASTS https://johnaugust.com/scriptnotes –JOHN AUGUST SCRIPTNOTES PODCAST  http://scriptchat.blogspot.co.il/ -SCRIPT CHAT- PODCAST  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/broken-projector-movie-podcast/id592995322?mt=2 http://www.wga.org/writers-room/features-columns/3rd-fairfax-podcast http://davebullispodcast.podbean.com/ BEST SCREENWRITING BLOGS & WEBSITES  […]

Sexy Format, V 2.0

August 31, 2023 0 Comment

Hello Good Reader… Let us continue on with our impossible mission of making the dullest topic on earth– screenwriting format– somehow, some way, sexy. Soldiering on! ACTION LINES Keep it tight! Don’t overwrite! It’s all well and good to tell you this, but how many action lines is too many? Are there rules? Not really. […]

The Cut Instinct

August 12, 2023 0 Comment

Every scene exists for a reason. When you outline, what you’re doing is writing out the scenes that are essential to telling your story. Presumably, when you finish your outline, every scene exists for a purpose. You’re ready to write the movie. Approach each new scene in this matter: What am I trying to accomplish in […]