Story. Screenplay. Sale.
:: Back To The Future, Bollywood style! :: 13 lucky tips for pitching :: Cut a character, save a scene :: Top spec script deals :: How can you tell if your novel is just an overgrown short story? :: The myth of multitasking :: Toy Story 3 screenplay :: Bill Murray as other Wes Anderson characters :: First images from Steven Spielberg’s Tintin … Read more
A question I always like to ask people in the know is, “What kind of character should you write to give yourself the best chance to attract an A-List actor?” The reason I ask is because there’s no quicker way to get your script sold or produced than to attach a star. by Carson Reeves … Read more
What JJ Abrams means is really how he wants to tell mythological stories and transcend reality while still talking about our reality. He also talks about the influence of Jaws and Alien on Cloverfield.
With thanks to Louise Lee Mei and Niels Abercrombie.
First, the opening scene from Hampton Fancher’s Blade Runner. He never used “we see” or camera angles, but his writing clearly implies with a Secondary Heading “THE EYE” that the scene opens with an extreme CU of an eye, which is essential to the story. His descriptions help visualize (without taking you out of the … Read more