Remember when feature films used to be the leaders in cinematic expression?
No?
Well, come to think about it, that was pretty long ago. Here’s an interesting video about the new leaders of the media pack. Enjoy and learn, gang!
Category: screenwriting
Learning from the Best – Lawrence Kasdan
Lawrence Kasdan on how he writes those beautiful scripts. (Don’t worry if you aren’t sure who he is. The second paragraph below will fill you in.)
How They Write a Script: Lawrence Kasdan
by Scott Meyers
“I wrote screenplays as a way to get into production. I wrote six or seven before I sold one; that was The Bodyguard. I thought if I started selling these screenplays, I’d get a chance to direct. I thought that was the way in.”
How They Wrote Fight Club
How in the world could anybody who has ever heard of Fight Club resist watching a video about the creation of this classic film?
Chuck Palahniuk (author), Jim Uhls (screenwriter), David Fincher (director), plus a host of others who were involved with the project are here for our educational pleasure. Who needs clickbait when you have info like this?
See more videos like this on the Behind the Curtain YouTube Channel
John August Talks About Writing
When the writer of Aladdin, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Charlie’s Angels talks about screenwriting, we listen. And we think you should too.
John August: ‘The Greatest Barrier To Writing Is Just Starting”
by Lucy V Hay
I had the pleasure of talking with ALADDIN, BIG FISH, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, and CHARLIE’S ANGELS screenwriter John August recently.
How Dungeons & Dragons Can Improve Your Screenwriting
Found on the interwebs, a writing trick that not only makes sense, it also embodies that much misunderstood TV term, “high concept.”
This TVWriter™ minion is telling you straight from the, um, well, the place where most people have their hearts but I’m too snarky to admit it, the following info is gold. Way to go, Beverly Peders and WeScreenplay.Com.
