Video: Script Cops

Apart from the fact that you can purchase Final Draft at a serious discount from us, we don’t have any affiliation with the company.  But this is not keeping me from showing you their hilarious ‘branded videos’. Here is the first one.


With thanks to Dana Skowrnowski and Adrian Kok.

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Best o/t Web 3 July

Story & Structure :: 10 screenwriting tips you can learn from Say Anything :: The Long Goodbye by Robert Altman Script Perfection :: Screenwriting Tips: A good twist | Everyone’s carrying something :: Formatting an interview montage :: Zen and the art of scribal maintenance Pitching & Selling :: What sells a scipt? Hollywood exec weighs in :: Don’t ask, tell Best of … Read more

Structure: E.T.

As a young teenager, Close Encounters made the deepest impression on me. Five years later, E.T. became the first movie I ever went to see a second time in the cinema. It made me officially a Steven Spielberg fan. by Dave Trendall (structure breakdown) and Karel Segers (notes). I’m still a big Spielberg fan, although … Read more