tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99891472011-12-14T18:33:47.882-08:00A simple place for a starving amateur screenwriter to share his views on articles, scripts, movies, and more.SPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04734132817308145469noreply@blogger.comBlogger1351100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9989147.post-4933916915796135342009-04-10T04:48:00.000-07:002009-04-10T04:53:10.507-07:00

Did you know there's a sector that's not just surviving, but thriving in this tough economic environment? With soaring box office receipts for 2008 and beyond, Hollywood is quickly proving to be recession-resistant.While the booming business in Tinseltown presents an awesome opportunity for aspiring screenwriters to get to work on selling their scripts, StoryLink recognizes that not every

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For the Earth Day-themed April edition of the StoryLink eZine, they are featuring a Q&A with environmental advocate Greg Reitman, producer of Fuel, the 2008 winner for Best Documentary at Sundance. Wondering how you can get into the green scene? Greg will answer questions posed by the StoryLink community, so post your query today!Fuel is a revelatory film that explores America's addiction to oil,

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A complete blueprint for writing and selling film and TV scripts that is now considered the most practical book on the subject of scriptwriting. A myth-busting book that puts purpose behind your dream of breaking into the film industry and polishing your skills to stay for the long haul. Fascinating chapters on Four Paths to a Deal, Living and Working Outside Los Angeles, and The Life of a

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Anthony Minghella directs this tale based on the best-selling book about wounded Civil War soldier Inman (Jude Law) making the long, treacherous journey to his home in Cold Mountain, N.C. Along the way, he thinks of his love, Ada (Nicole Kidman), who has fought for sanity and her father's farm's survival while Inman has been gone, even with a brave young drifter named Ruby (Renee Zellweger, in an

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Almost everyone thinks they know how to write a screenplay. Weve all heard someone watching TV saying I could write better script than that! The truth is that just about everyone does have a story worth telling. Unfortunately most do NOT know how to write a screenplay. Most professional artists are very particular about their tools. The screenplay writer is no different. The key to writing is

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Have a great idea but are having trouble turning it into a screenplay? The Screenplay Companion is here to save the day! Not a how-to guide, but a fill-in-the-blanks workbook that will help you organize your thoughts, break down the story and dig deeper into characters. Never lose your notes again, there’s always a place to put them. The Screenplay Companion contains sections on Time Management,

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The big bird is the stuff dreams are made of... according to gumshoe Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart). When his partner gets snuffed, Spade starts digging around for the murderer. But when the trail leads to Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Mary Astor, a sinister troika intent on nabbing the titular solid-gold bird, Spade must make some tough decisions. Download The Maltese Falcon Screenplay.

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The Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting is the world’s most esteemed screenwriting competition. Each year up to five $30,000 fellowships are awarded to authors who have previously earned less than $5,000 writing for film or television.QualificationsScreenwriters who have not earned more than $5,000 writing fictional work for film or television.Entry scripts must be the original work

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It’s Awards Season in Hollywood as the countdown continues to Oscar Night. I don’t know about you, but every year when I watch the Oscars, I love to imagine myself all tuxed out and mingling with Hollywood’s Elite at the Kodak Theatre. The million dollar question is, what’s the real difference between the tens of thousands of unproduced writers out there and the screenwriting members of the

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I generally try to keep my personal life off the blog… but we just got two new kittens and I wanted to share the news.Bingo a.k.a. “Bings” is the black and white domestic medium hair. He's the big brother. 6 lbs. already at 4 and a half months. Bonsai is the Siamese domestic medium hair mix. She's the little cutie weighing in at about 3 lbs. We adopted them from the local humane society. They are

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With clear logic and accessible language, Anatomy of a Screenplay goes beyond the rigid-rule and subjective approaches to screenwriting to show a flexible and accurate way of understanding a screenplay. Dan Decker's revolutionary theories of Character Structure, Drive Structure and Convergence are presented to the public for the first time in this book.

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Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage) is a Los Angeles screenwriter battling enormous feelings of insecurity and impotence as he struggles to adapt The Orchid Thief, a book by Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep) whose main character, John Laroche (Chris Cooper), searches for love. Add to the mix Charlie's twin brother, Donald (also played by Cage), and you have a surreal, Spike Jonze-directed gem about the

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The BlueCat Screenplay Competition is now open for submission of feature length screenplays for the 11th year!Final Deadline: April 1 $60 entry fee Timeline:--Quarter-finalists will be announced on June 15th --Semi-Finalists will be announced on July 15th --Five finalists will be named on July 23rd and awarded $1,500. --The winner will be named on August 1st and awarded $10,000.Enter the 2009

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Right this very second, in the heart of every struggling, undiscovered screenwriter, in the dark, hidden corner deep within, there is a voice, a clear whisper, saying one thing: You're never gonna figure this out. And this is not referring to the story with its gaping hole, the finale missing a payoff, the hit and miss humor, the flat title. I’m talking about freedom. The freedom to work as a

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Producer seeks films for GAY AUDIENCESelect Sevices Films is looking for films for a GAY AUDIENCE, that can be made for under $1 million. We are NOT looking for a gay themed script for GENERAL audiences. Think HBO type scripts including the explicit type of sex scenes you might see on HBO. WGA and Non-WGA Welcome. INSTRUCTIONS to SUBMIT:We pay attention to professional, carefully proof-read

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Combine the pathos of Mad Max with the epic battle scenes and machismo of Gladiator, and you'll get a sense of Braveheart's power. Mel Gibson directed and stars in the full-throttle telling of the story of rebel Scottish warrior William Wallace and his fierce battle to rid Scotland of a tyrannical English ruler. Mythmaking at its best, Braveheart picked up Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director,

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FILM SUBMISSION DEADLINECategories: Feature, Documentary, Short, Experimental, Animation Awards: $80,000 in services, products, and cash.Final Deadline: March 16, 2009 (posted by)Film Festival Dates: June 5-14, 2009CLICK for MORE INFO or to SUBMIT

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A real gem on the craft of screenwriting, this fourth edition of Syd Field's preeminent book on screenwriting provides easily understood guidelines for writing a screenplay, from concept to finished product. Field makes the art of film writing accessible to novices and helps practiced writers improve their scripts, as he pinpoints stylistic and structural elements such as characterization and

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As the number of screenwriters increases around the world, literary agents, screenwriting contests and film and TV productions companies are bombarded with more and more material. To make matters worse, tens of thousands of new media graduates enter the fray every year. The sheer number of specs flying around the industry is simply overwhelming. The Writer’s Guild of America gets 50,000 new

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Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy) is the unluckiest man in Las Vegas. Looking to knock out their highest rollers, one of the last mob-run casinos in town uses Bernie as a "cooler" to defuse lucky streaks. The scheme goes along just fine until Bernie falls in love with a cocktail waitress (Maria Bello) who becomes his "lady luck," much to the chagrin of the casino's crooked director (Alec Baldwin).

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While there is no one ‘right’ way to learn to be a TV writer, many start out by watching enormous amounts of episodes of the ‘type’ or ‘genre’ of show they would like to write for. They break the stories apart structurally to learn what makes an effective story. They analyze dialogue and the characters voices so as to be able to write ‘in voice’ of the characters on a show. There are many books

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"I was born under unusual circumstances." And so begins the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. A man, like any of us, unable to stop time. We follow his story set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918, into the twenty-first century, following his journey that is as

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GRAND PRIZE:A PRODUCTION DEAL! Yes, your screenplay will be produced! Flight and Hotel accommodations to the set of YOUR MOVIE PRODUCTION! PLUS, many other amazing prizes!In addition to the GRAND PRIZE, the TMD! TOP 100 writers each season will also have a chance at landing production deals! We're working with other production companies looking for their next project. Currently 4 Screenplays have

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Magazine DescriptionScript has been the leading source for information on the craft and business of writing for film and television for over 11 years. Script is now part of the Final Draft family of products and many new content features have been added. Each bi-monthly issue delivers informative articles on writing, developing and marketing screenplays and television scripts. The editorial

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You laugh at their jokes and love their characters. Jerry and Kramer. Lucy and Desi. Will and Grace. Week after week you sit and their lives become part of yours. When they laugh, you laugh. When they cry, you cry. And when they fall in love, you fall in love. You’ve fallen under the spell of the television writer and the shows they create. Over the generations, millions of Americans have

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A Connecticut housewife (Julianne Moore) finds herself dealing with her husband's (Dennis Quaid) infidelity (she finds him with another man) and the racial tension that epitomized the late 1950s at the advent of the Civil Rights movement in America. As a coping mechanism, she develops a friendship with her African-American gardener (Dennis Haysbert), who's full of sage wisdom. Download Far From

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Description"Inventive. Imaginative. Ingenious. Fanciful." - The New York Times The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words. Its innovative display encourages exploration and learning. You'll understand language in a powerful new way. Say you have a meaning in mind, like "happy." The VT helps you

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By Sid Kali When I first got into screenwriting I was told to read Aristotle's Poetics, Syd Field's Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting, Lew Hunter's Screenwriting 434, and host of other books by brilliant people that I devoured religiously. I was a regular at screenwriting workshops, took classes, and felt very much the screenwriter despite not having wrote any part of a script.

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Have you ever thought of taking some writing classes online? I was at the Writers Store the other day and came across some good stuff. Reader Beware: The classes are kind of expensive.Here's the quick list of online classes offered.Screenwriting Courses:Screenwriting I - The BasicsTelevision Writing I -The BasicsCreating A Production Company: Online CourseNow for the "More" Courses:Children's

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It's a wonderful film. Frank Capra's inverted take on A Christmas Carol stars Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, a good man who's spent a lifetime giving up on his dreams in order to keep life in his small town humming. When a guardian angel named Clarence finds a despondent George poised to jump off a bridge, he shows George what life would've been like had he never been born. Download the It's a

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A screenplay or script is a blueprint for creating a motion image. It can be modified from a previous work. For example—from a short story, play, novel or it could be from an original work in and of itself. Most screenplays are anticipated to be written in 12 point Courier or Courier New typeface, devoid of bolding or italicizing. This section depicts the elements used to develop a screenplay.

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Director Stanley Kubrick's last silver-screen odyssey dishes up a chillingly distant examination of carnal desire and obsession. A rhubarb about fidelity with his wife, Alice (Nicole Kidman), sends Dr. Bill Hartford (Tom Cruise) reeling into the Manhattan night. He soon finds himself in a surreal succession of sexually charged encounters, capped off by a clandestine visit to an upper-crust orgy

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Isn’t it funny how the court jester has become the superhero of the entertainment world. Yes, the comedian, the funny man, has surpassed the movie star or rock musician in the popularity league. Think of the likes of John Cleese, Steve Martin or Woody Allen and you are seeing writer/actors that people aspire to be. A far cry from the local fool or village idiot. So what drives people to comedy?

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Classic Linen Script Covers DescriptionThese are not just your ordinary covers! Crafted of heavy-weight stock containing 25%linen, these brand-new Classic Script Covers give off a ‘feeling’ that your script is special before your reader ever turns the first page. Richer colors - now even in stylish black - will set your entry apart from others.

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Wes Anderson's New York fairy tale about a dysfunctional family features martini-dry comedy and a superb ensemble cast. The early promise of Tenenbaum child prodigies Chas (Ben Stiller), Margo (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Richie (Luke Wilson) was short-circuited by the flaws of patriarch Royal (Gene Hackman). Despite Etheline's (Anjelica Huston) maternal influence, the Tenenbaums -- now grown -- display

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Screen writing is a very completive branch of writing and it can easily be done at the comfort of your home. To distinguish yourself as a prize- winning screenwriter, you will need to master great organizational skills, be uniquely creative and learn the best ways to present your final product to the buying studios. There are many techniques for screen writing. These are; Organization Any one

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THIS MONTH'S WINNER WILL RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING PRIZES: $500 CASHA FREE 6 Month Membership and Project Archival at ScreenWritersVault.com A FREE listing on Inktip.com and the following additional Inktip prizes: An email sent to Inktip's list of industry professionals about your screenplay. Your logline in Inktip's printed publication that goes out to 4500 executives.Prizes from SellaScript.com:

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Your script is finished. Now what? It's time to make your script look professional. The following products are industry standard and a must if you want to make a good first impression with a prospective agent.Acco Brass Fasteners #5 - 1 1/4" Description:1 1/4" for the screenwriter These are THE brads used by Hollywood studios, scriptwriters, and production companies, the legendary ACCO #5

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The premise of a film or screenplay is the fundamental concept that drives the plot. Most premises can be expressed very simply, and many films can be identified simply from a short sentence describing the premise. For example A lonely boy is befriended by an alien; A small town is terrorized by a shark; A small boy sees dead people.The uniqueness or compelling nature of a film story's premise is

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The Oscars are here once more. If you would like to read the scripts from the movies that have been nominated for best film, follow the links below. The only script that is not available is Slumdog Millionaire. Oddly enough, this is the movie that should win the Oscar. The only nominated movie I have not seen is Milk. Hopefully I will get a chance to see it before the awards show.Learn More about

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There are many screenplay contests available to the aspiring screenwriter. These contests can be a good avenue to getting one’s work noticed and/or make a sale. So, it’s important to make certain that you have written your screenplay to the best of your ability and according to industry standards. The most important thing to do for any aspiring screenwriter is to first learn the basic techniques

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GRAND PRIZE:- A PRODUCTION DEAL!- Flight and Hotel accommodations to the set of YOUR MOVIE PRODUCTION!PLUS,Movie Magic Screenplay Studio! ($699) A Complementary Pass to an industry pitchfest ($275) A Computer Discount Warehouse Giftcard ($100) A Complimentary VirtualPitchFest.com Package (up to $150)The TMD! TOP 100 writers each season will also have a chance at landing production deals! We're

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The Write Stuff: The search to discover and develop new and creative writing talentcontinues...Nickelodeon is offering writing fellowships in live action and animated television to writers with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Participants will have hands-on interaction with executives writing spec scripts and pitching story ideas. The program, developed to broaden Nickelodeons outreach

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Regular Deadline March 5, 2009 Why should you submit your script to Scriptapalooza? — Grand Prize: $10,000; 2 writers got their scripts made into movies by LifeTime Network in 2007; All the reading is done by 90 production companies; Entertainment Weekly Magazine calls us 'One of the Best'; they promote the winners, runners-up, finalists and semifinalists for a full year; they are considered one

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Screenwriting is a competitive trade. To distinguish yourself as a prize-winning writer you need to master organizational skills, take creative risks, and learn how best to present your final product. For the aspiring screenwriter, Tom Lazarus' book, "Secrets of Film Writing" is one of the best. An exceptional screenwriter with five produced screenplays, Lazarus developed this book for beginning

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Think You Know Oscar?Think you know who will win on the big day? Sure, you may have won your office Oscar pool in years past, but what's the fun in beating Joe from Accounting who used a dartboard to make his picks?It's time to for you to take your predictions to the next level! Join us for our free online Oscar Contest, where the winner receives a copy of Final Draft software and full bragging

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ScreenwritersUtopia is proud to announce "SU's ScreenTalk" radio program broadcast via BlogTalkRadio with a potential audience of millions! Er, yeah right.Devin (M.) Watson and myself (Chris) will be the show’s hosts, we will cover all sorts of topics related to screenwriting, movies, and Hollywood.For those of you who do not know, Devin Martin Watson is a professional screenwriter with his first

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Simon Beaufoy, winner for Best Screenplay at The Golden Globes and Best Writer (Original or Adapted Screenplay) at The Critics' Choice Awards, will answer questions from the StoryLink Community. (Beaufoy was Oscar-nominated for The Full Monty.)A critical darling this awards-season, Slumdog Millionaire also won Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director Danny Boyle, and Best

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Download a copy of this great script from the Screenplay Library at ASVW.comThe Usual Suspects Screenplay

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Netfilm has teamed up with the Rhode Island International Film Festival and Movie Outline software for the Split-Short Film Contest. They are extremely excited about this year's contest and are looking forward to all of the creative entries. Prizes for this contest include festival screenings, a Hi-Def Sony Camcorder, Movie Outline Software and much, much more. The best part of all - Entry is

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Structure is beneficial to creative output in a number of ways. There are at least two types of structure, work processes and frameworks: a) Work processes such as incremental production produce more output than a "do your best" approach. Writing four pages a day completes a words-on-paper first draft screenplay in one month. A "do your best" or "waiting for inspiration" approach can take months

semajinoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9989147.post-4762782521378241512008-12-01T10:24:00.000-08:002008-12-01T10:27:22.910-08:00

How to Start a Screenplay: Treatment or Free Fall?Starting a screenplay can sometimes be as hard as finishing one. Impatient to pull up to the front door of a classic motion picture, I want to get everything right so quickly. This impatience challenges my trust in the work, the creative process of screenwriting. What exactly does trust mean? If I don't trust my writing, then what am I? Frightened

semajinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9989147.post-71419629798560204822008-11-26T06:13:00.000-08:002008-11-26T06:15:13.086-08:00

Scene headings or slug lines, as they are commonly called, are a widely accepted convention of “spec” or “master scene” screenplay form. Over the years, I’ve found that new writers frequently have confusions and misunderstandings on the subject, despite having read a basic book or two on the craft aspects of screenwriting. Hence, the reason for this article.Every time the “where” or the “when” of

semajinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9989147.post-50347451300687061392008-11-25T06:15:00.000-08:002008-11-25T06:17:48.980-08:00

The FREE SCREENPLAY CONTEST is presented by www.ScreenplayContests.com - The #1 site for screenplay contests. This contest is open to all writers age 18 and over and features cash prizes and industry contacts to winners. There is NO entry fee for mailed entries and a $5.00 service fee for online entries. Deadlines and FeesDescription Date Fee Final Nov 30, 2008 - Awards1st Place - $250 cash prize

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The Exposurama Screenplay Contest offers great prizes to its writers, but what sets us apart is our commitment to getting our writers the exposure they deserve! How do we plan on doing this?* WIN $1000.00* A Hollywood billboard featuring all of our Winners!* A full-page ad in a major industry magazine featuring our winners, their log-lines, and the contact information of their choice! *

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Considered the best screenplay competitions by agents, managers and producersFINAL deadline is April 15 - We now accept scripts by EMAIL or regular mailwww.scriptapalooza.comWhy should you submit your script to Scriptapalooza?Grand Prize: $10,000We now accept scripts by EMAIL or regular mail2 writers got their scripts made into movies by LifeTime this yearSemifinalist Ben Monaghan shooting film

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Professional instructor! Published author & writer Deadlines approaching: 4/1/08 April and May, 2008 class Rated Top Online Screenwriting Class by Screenwriter’s Monthly Screenwriting 101 is an online class for beginning writers or writers wanting to brush up on the fundamentals. For four weeks you will interact and study under the guidance of your instructor to jump start your writing and hit

semajinoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9989147.post-32022407641417126522008-03-22T06:30:00.000-07:002008-03-22T06:40:01.015-07:00

A horror movie has certain rules. If you break too many the audience will be disappointed. This is a very short, no fluff, blueprint of how to write a horror script. 1. The Hook. Start with a bang. Step right into a suspense scene. ("Scream" opens with a terrifying sequence with Drew Barrymore on the phone with a killer) 2. The Flaw. Introduce your hero. Give him a flaw. Before you can put your

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FINAL DEADLINE: APRIL 1st * Winner receives $10,000 * Four finalists receive $1500 * Every writer receives a written script analysis of their screenplay Now in its 10th year, the BlueCat Screenplay Competition has discovered more successful writers and provided more support through our analysis and feedback to more writers than any screenplay competition in the world. We are the leading voice for

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I am lucky. I have no problems coming up with very good ideas for movies. If I never had another idea for the rest of my life, I would not make a sizable dent in the ones I already have. Screenwriters who struggle with coming up with an idea tend to be visibly annoyed when I tell them this. I think I’m comfortable sharing this with others because I know movie ideas really mean nothing and please

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This is a movie I have been eager to see. I am a big historical fiction buff. Just the thought of giant wooly mammoths coming to life on the big screen gets me going.By no means is it a cinematic masterpiece, but you should have that mindset already when you sit your tush down in a seat. My expectations sought a visual experience. I got what I paid for. 10,000 BC is a theater must. How often do

semajinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9989147.post-19245706773823110312008-03-07T06:11:00.000-08:002008-12-09T20:36:40.775-08:00

Genre: DramaRun Time: 121 minutesRated: MA 15+Country: United StatesDirector: Ethan Coen, Joel CoenActors: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald.Read the screenplay:No Country for Old Men by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy) - undated, unspecified (probably shooting) draft script in pdf format (hosted by Miramax Films)

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Once upon a time, there was a young man who very much wanted to be in show business, or more specifically, making movies. He attended one of the best film schools in the world, while there discovered the joys of writing and producing and everyone around him had high expectations about his career. Yet for more years than he cares to admit, that career was stalled. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, that

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Filmaka is here to turn your passions into professions, and so we are excited to present the latest professional opportunity for our members. We are proud to announce our latest competition, in collaboration with General Motors Corp., the world’s largest automobile manufacturer. GM wants to support storytelling on the web, and they have come to Filmaka because of our creative and sophisticated

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ADAPTATION 101 Brimming with confidence, you've just signed the check purchasing the rights to adapt John Doe's fabulous, but little known novel, Lawrence of Monrovia, to screenplay form. Suddenly, panic sets in. "What was I thinking? How the devil am I going to convert this 400-page novel to a 110-page screenplay?" The answer is: "The same way you transport six elephants in a Hyundai… three in

semajinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9989147.post-87355434396844092122008-02-27T08:42:00.001-08:002008-12-09T20:36:40.982-08:00

Have you ever found yourself flipping through the on-demand movie lists eagerly looking for that one special movie? You know, the one that makes you laugh, then cry etc.… and ultimately, has you running out to the store to buy it on DVD the next day. A couple of nights ago, my wife and me found that needle in the haystack. I can’t tell you how many times I flipped past it in the menu.“The Holiday

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Screenwriting is a competitive trade. To distinguish yourself as a prize-winning writer you need to master organizational skills, take creative risks, and learn how best to present your final product. For the aspiring screenwriter, Tom Lazarus' book, "Secrets of Film Writing" is one of the best. An exceptional screenwriter with five produced screenplays, Lazarus developed this book for beginning

semajinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9989147.post-23751756240213753652008-02-26T11:05:00.000-08:002008-02-26T11:06:37.099-08:00

Almost everyone thinks they know how to write a screenplay. We’ve all heard someone watching TV saying “I could write a better script than that”! The truth is that just about everyone does have a story worth telling. Unfortunately most do NOT know how to write a screenplay. Most professional artists are very particular about their tools. The screenplay writer is no different. The key to writing

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Associated PressThe Coen brothers completed their journey from the fringes to Hollywood's mainstream on Sunday, their crime saga "No Country for Old Men" winning four Academy Awards, including best picture, in a ceremony that also featured a strong international flavor.Javier Bardem won for supporting actor in "No Country," which earned Joel and Ethan Coen best director, best adapted screenplay

semajinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9989147.post-11403917641919916912008-02-21T04:52:00.000-08:002008-02-21T04:55:49.357-08:00

The Right Course for Your SuccessWhere can you acquire all the knowledge you need to write your blockbuster screenplay or great American novel? Your destination is Writers University, a division of The Writers Store. Our online creative writing school delivers -- in just four short weeks -- exceptional instruction by world renowned experts in their fields who guide you through the right

semajinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9989147.post-74068593506965503232008-02-20T05:38:00.000-08:002008-02-20T05:40:26.252-08:00

Screenwriter Richard Showstack provides his "25 Steps to Becoming a Screenwriter"—some tongue-in-cheek humor on making it in Hollywood.There are about 10,000,000 people in the greater Los Angeles area. Of those, approximately 10 people have the power to decide what movies get made. All the rest want to be screenwriters.Why does anybody want to become a screenwriter? Is it because they love movies

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By Don Bledsoe The new screenwriter tends to have a love affair with is/her "baby." He's married to every word and nuance he's carefully scripted onto each page. Often, it reads more like a novel than a screenplay and usually it needs a serious rewrite. It's time to get a divorce.You must not be afraid to hack, chisel or cut-out ANYTHING that does not serve to push the story forward. Sooner or

semajinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9989147.post-26133027284295982052008-02-19T06:27:00.000-08:002008-02-19T09:55:14.398-08:00

Follow the links below to read this years nominated scripts.Best Adapted ScreenplayAtonement by Christopher Hampton (based on the novel by Ian McEwan) - undated, unspecified draft script in zip/pdf format (hosted by Focus features) Away From Her by Sarah Polly (based on the short story The Bear Came Over the Mountain by Alice Munro)The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le papillon)

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by John Gaskin Can a creative pitch alone get your script produced? Pitching the script is an art that is much talked about, put into college curriculums and lauded by the Pop Culture. But, there's a big factor missing from creative pitches. It's fundamental; but broadly ignored by key creative people.For over 20 years I've been hired by Film Financiers (Studio Exec's, Bonding Companies, etc.) to

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Paramount shuffles major releases for this year due to the Writers' StrikeBy Pamela McClintockVariety LOS ANGELES -- Paramount is pushing back the release of J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" from Dec. 25 to May 8, 2009, saying the picture's gross potential is greater as a summer tentpole. Move was part of a major reshuffling to the studio's release calendar, as well as to DreamWorks' release schedule. A

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We celebrate 10 of cinema's hottest smooches By Kathleen MurphySpecial to MSN Movies In "Bull Durham," while sizing up a potential bedmate, Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon), sexy baseball groupie and muse, asks veteran catcher Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) what he believes in. This baseball stud's been around the diamond a few times, so he drawls out a provocative list that includes everything from "

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Euphoria over returning to work quickly gave way to workaday cold sweats as Hollywood writers resumed the daily grind of cranking out scripts after a three-month strike. "I felt giddy," Craig Sweeny, a writer for the NBC drama "Medium," said about being back on the job Wednesday, a day after the Writers Guild of America overwhelmingly voted to end the walkout. "Then someone handed me a production

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DEADLINE: MARCH 3rd MIDNIGHT * Winner receives $10,000 * Four finalists receive $1500 * Every writer receives a written script analysis of their screenplay Now in its 10th year, the BlueCat Screenplay Competition has discovered more successful writers and provided more support through our analysis and feedback to more writers than any screenplay competition in the world. We are the leading voice

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By Henry Jones There are a lot of factors working against writers -- gaining access to the Hollywood system, finding representation, over 40,000 scripts registered at the WGA every year. But sometimes, a writer's greatest enemy is him- or herself. Henry Jones tells you four simple ways you can show a reader that you care about your script (and whoever's perusing your gem). There're a lot of folks

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"Very useful and professionally presented. I like how you show the different genres, projects that have management or representation attached and the success stories. Keep up the great work." --Mario Domina, MFD FilmsThe Players Marketplace is a printed publication that contains loglines of writers' scripts. It gets snail-mailed out to nearly 5,000 agents, managers and producers every two

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The following contests have deadlines coming up in the nextmonth:Screenwriter ShowcaseDeadline: September 30, 2005 (late)http://www.moviebytes.com/contestdetail.cfm?ContestNumber=585African Film CommissionDeadline: September 30, 2005http://www.moviebytes.com/contestdetail.cfm?ContestNumber=717WriteSafeDeadline: Quarterlyhttp://www.moviebytes.com/contestdetail.cfm?ContestNumber=309QueensDeadline:

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King Kong theatrical trailer. Coming to theaters December 14th. (2005) Enhanced Quality movie file. Triple Academy Award® winner Peter Jackson remakes the classic 1933 film, starring Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black, and a gigantic ape.  Click here to view the trailer.  

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Screenwriting Expo 4 is back at the Los Angeles Convention Center, November 11-13, 2005, with more than 350 seminars, a $5,000 writing tournament, and a pitchXchange to reach 60+ top prodcos & agencies.Click here to download the 48-page catalog of Expo events as a .pdf.Guests of Honor include William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid), John August (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory),

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Subscribe to MovieBytes' WHO'S BUYING WHAT to learn which agencies and managers have sold which screenplays to which Hollywood studios and production companies. Find the perfect match for your script!Subscribe today and you'll receive:* Unlimited online access to the Who's Buying What database of more than 5,000 recent scripts sales, indexed and categorized by genre, studio and agency, plus

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IF YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT SCREENWRITING, WE WANT YOUR SCRIPT.Top Hollywood Mgmt. Firm PICKS UP Phoenix Film Festival's 2005 Screenplay Winner. MGMT. FIRM and LIONS GATE FILMS to read 2006 Winners.CALL FOR ENTRIES: PFF & the Arizona Screenwriters Assoc. present 4th ANNUAL ARIZONA SCREENPLAY CHALLENGEObjective: To discover the most brilliant un-produced screenplays by talented writers and get it in

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TriggerStreet.com is proud to be once again be part of the fourth annual Orinda Film Festival. This year's festival takes place from September 22-25 in Northern California. We'll be showing a selection of shorts from the Second Season of our online Short Film Festival in a special TriggerStreet.com screening. We are looking forward to yet another opportunity to take great short films from the

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American Accolades Announces 2004/2005 Contest WinnersFunny Man by Lon Harris has been named the Grand Prize Winner ofthe American Accolades Screenwriting Comeptition:GRAND PRIZE WINNERFunny Manby Lon HarrisDRAMA1. Green Shag Carpet Girls by Tamara Farsadi2. The Summer My Brother Left Home by Adam and Paul Dooley3. Black and Pink Walls by Jennifer J. MassiCOMEDY1. Funny Man by Lon Harris2. Chick

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The new design is finally up! For those of you who have visited the site before you've already noticed the changes. The reason for the re-design is so the blog is compatible with the main site ASVW.com. Haven't been there yet? If you like the blog you'll love the web site. Click here to have a look.I'd love to hear your comments about the new design. Let me know what you think. Good or bad. After

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------QUESTION------What do you know about sending out your screenplay before sending a query or logline to ads seeking screenplay's on message boards? Any feedback appreciated, Delaney ------ANSWER------One of the first things you should do before sending your work to anyone is protect it. Make sure your script is registered with the WGA and/or copyrighted. Always fill out a company’s release

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IntroductionThere are many screenplay contests available to the aspiring screenwriter. These contests can be a good avenue to getting one's work noticed and/or make a sale. So, it's important to make certain that you have written your screenplay to the best of your ability and according to industry standards.The most important thing to do for any aspiring screenwriter is to first learn the basic

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"Rated BEST online Screenwriting Class" by Screenwriter's Monthly Magazine!Screenwriting 101 is an online class for beginning writers or writers wanting to brush up on the fundamentals. For four weeks you will interact and study under the guidance of your instructor to jumpstart your writing and hit the ground running. Also, two online LIVE lectures during office hours to help you as you do your

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Article By Mark GonneySimply put, it is the art of writing scripts for a visual medium. Unlike a play where the action is "talked out," the action within a screenplay is "acted out" visually. The old saying, "a picture is worth a thousand words" was never more appropriate in relation to screenwriting. Having had the benefit of reading many screenplays as a reader, one of the most annoying, teeth

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CALL FOR ENTRIES TO 5TH ANNUAL FILM AND SCREENPLAY COMPETITIONRachel Belofsky, president and founder of SCREAMFEST Horror Film Festival and partner Stan Winston announced its Call for Entries for its 5th annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival and Screenplay Competition. The festival takes place October 14 - 23 at Loews Cinemas at Universal CityWalk. Winners will be announced at the Dinner Award

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The grand opening of the new site, asvw.com, went great. From time to time I'll pull out a few of the informative posts and share them with visitors to the blog. So here we go, one of what I hope will be many great topics to share with you.------QUESTION------How do you know if you have a good theme or premise? What exactly constitutes a premise or a theme? The title? The dialoge or the

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The Website EditionA ScreenWriter's View "the website", located at http://www.asvw.com, is now open.ASVW.com is a community where screenwriters connect to share opinions, views, news and more. It all starts with one of the most comprehensive forums on the Internet about screenwriting. Members can contact one another directly with personal messages, become a member of a group or just post

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Writer's Digest sponsors several writing contests annually. If you'd like to receive contest news via email, subscribe to the Writer's Digest Competition Update.Writer's Digest Annual Writing Competition The 74th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition has ended. Winners will be announced in the November 2005 issue of Writer's Digest. A list of winners will be available on this site at that

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Are you IN yet?Inkwell Newswatch (IN), a no charge literary ezine and writers' resource publication. IN provides 'how-to' on writing fiction, non-fiction, journalism, screenplays, stage plays, comedy, internet, TV, radio, poetry and more. All forms of writing information available, plus profiles, interviews, features and professional resources for editors, journalists and writers. Published by

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scr(i)pt magazine and TV/Film Seminars present...THE SCREENWRITERS' SUMMIT+ Pitch Night with Robert Kosberg! Syd Field, John Truby, Michael Hauge and Jeff Kitchen. Los Angeles * June 25-26, 2005Four of the biggest screenwriting teachers in the world come together in Los Angeles the weekend of June 25-26, 2005 for the first Screenwriters'Summit. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear 4

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If you have a great story to tell, but need some doors opened to sell your script, nothing beats experience and inside knowledge of the movie business. Film Literary Group are former literary agents with more than twenty years of success in the film and television industry. Their goal is getting your script to the key people looking to purchase or produce new material. Knowing the real players

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