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281 Favorite Films
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
I started to make a list of my top 10 favorite films. But that was impossible. Then I thought: I’ll do my top 100. No, better make it 250. I finally had to draw the line at 281. I thought maybe I should break them down by genre classics or set apart the 80s high [...]
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The Great Linda Seger Has Done It Again!
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
In this, her ninth book on screenwriting, the industry’s matriarch who essentially created the job of script consultant three decades ago, Dr. Seger has gone on to clarify one of the most elusive elements of screenwriting in her latest book: WRITING SUBTEXT: what lies beneath. “Subtext is the true meaning simmering underneath the words and actions,” she [...]
Tags: Book Reviews, Linda Seger, on the nose, rewriting, Screenwriting, subtext, what lies beneath, Writing Subtext
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My Story Can Beat Up Your Story
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
In My Story Can Beat Up Your Story, Jeffrey Alan Schechter promises “Ten Ways to Toughen Up Your Screenplay From Opening Hook to Knockout Punch.” Like the old Arthur Murray dance classes where students would learn by stepping on the cut out footprints on the floor, Schechter simplistically breaks down basic screenplay elements into bite-sized pieces, [...]
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2011 Academy Award Nominated Screenplays
Friday, February 11th, 2011
Scripts the studios have made available to the public for free for download for awards consideration. DISNEY: http://www.waltdisneystudiosawards.com Alice in Wonderland (2010) Toy Story 3 FOCUS: http://www.focusawards2010.com The American Greenberg It’s Kind of a Funny Story The Kids Are All Right Somewhere LIONSGATE: http://www.lionsgateawards.com For Colored Girls Rabbit Hole OVERTURE: http://www.overturefilms.net/awards City Island Jack Goes [...]
Tags: Academy Awards, Alice in Wonderland, Animal Kingdom, awards, Barney's Version, Blue Valentine, City Island, Dan Margules, Despicable Me, Disney, downloads, education, Focus, For Colored Girls, free screenplays, free scripts, Get Low, Greenberg, I Love You, It's Kind of a Funny Story, Jack Goes Boating, Let Me In, Lionsgate, Made in Dagenham, Mother and Child, Oscars, Overture, Phillip Morris, Please Give, Rabbit Hole, Roadside Attractions, screenplays, screenwriter, scripts, Somewhere, Sony, Sony Classics, Stone, Storyboard, The American, The Kids Are All Right, The King's Speech, Toy Story 3, Universal, Weinstein Company, Winter's Bone
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Which Show Should I Spec?
Sunday, February 6th, 2011
Writers are unfortunately often perceived to be at the bottom of the food chain in the feature world. But in the world of TV, it’s a very different story. TV Writers are some of Hollywood’s best-paid and most respected professionals. But the odds of breaking in (or back in) to that coveted writer’s room seem [...]
Tags: 30 Rock, 90210, Aaron Spelling, All is Lost, big bang theory, Breaking Bad, cable, Castle, CBS Diversity Program, character’s point of view, Charmed, close-ended, Comedies, Community, Cougar Town, Criminal Minds, CSI:NY, Dexter, dilemma, episode, feature, Girlfriends, Glee, goal, Hollywood, How I Met Your Mother, irony, Jen Grisanti, Mad Men, Medium, Melrose Place, modern family, multi-camera, NBC Writer’s on the Verge, NCIS, network, Numbers, Nurse Jackie, one act play, Parenthood, pilot, procedural, screenplays, serial, series, single camera, sophomore shows, Spec, speculative, subtext, Supernatural, The 4400, the closer, The Good Wife, The Mentalist, The Walking Dead, three camera, Tracking Board, True Blood, TV Writers, Two and a Half Men, unique voice, United States of Tara, White Collar, writing portfolio
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