Best of the Web 19 Aug

Story & Structure :: Why Good Description Worked for the Matrix but Didn’t for Matrix Reloaded :: Screenplay Review – Cloud Atlas :: Brandon Cohen – Finding YOUR Voice :: Walt Disney/Touchstone ‘Titanic’ Coverage Script Perfection :: How To Make A Genre Movie – Infographics! :: Is Your Hero Wrong? :: Your Audience is Intelligent … Read more

[Video]: Peter Hedges about “The Odd Life of Timothy Green”

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Did you know Google talks to Artists? Well, here’s the most in-depth recent interview I could find with Peter Hedges, writer-director of the much anticipated Timothy Green. Peter Hedges also talks about What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, which he wrote for Lasse Hallstrom and later in the interview he has few very nice words for Australian … Read more

Ozzywood to Hollywood – Part Deux

So I’m two months into my Los Angeles, Hollywood life and for the most part it’s gone smoothly. There’s been very few hiccups (if any), and you could say it’s been relatively easy to adjust. by Mark Rasmussen Perhaps even more remarkably, I am making my way and achieving results. And that’s great. I need … Read more

Best of the Web 12 Aug

Story & Structure :: Create A Compelling Protagonist :: Is Your Hero Wrong? :: Are We Hardwired to Interpret the World Through Stories :: Inception Breakdown :: How To Write A Treatment :: Some Winning Synopsis’s :: ‘The Storytelling Animal,’ by Jonathan Gottschall Script Perfection :: 100 Exquisite Adjectives :: Screenwriting Tip #1069 – Readability … Read more

Logline it! – Week 5

Writing loglines is an essential skill for screenwriters, from early development through to the pitch. In this section, every week our panel reviews a few loglines posted to www.loglineit.com. Learn from the feedback and perfect your own loglining skills. by The Judges Joe Cinque’s Consolation “In early 1997, Anu Singh, a young law student at the … Read more