[Video]: Pitching scripts to Bourne Legacy’s Tony Gilroy

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You’ve been judged on your pitch before, by your mum, your best friend, maybe by a producer. Here is top writer/director Tony Gilroy giving immediate feedback to the story ideas of a few emerging writers. If you liked this, check out more videos about screenwriting or filmmaking. And if you know of a great video … Read more

Story catalyst: the most exciting scene in the movie?

The term ‘inciting incident’ or ‘story catalyst’ has been defined by scholars and enthusiasts alike, and often they define the term with regard to the opening or starting of a film. The “catalyst” is the event that takes place that causes the protagonist to take action – it motivates the character or hero to begin his journey. … Read more

Best of the Web 5 Aug

Story & Structure :: Film Review – The Dark Knight Rises :: Opaque Heros: They Don’t Have to be Likable, But Make Them Relatable :: Real Conflict Script Perfection :: LEGOs Explain 12 Rules For Pixar Story-Telling :: Screenplay Advice – We Can Do Better :: Great Character: Marty McFly (“Back to the Future”) :: … Read more

[Video]: Christopher Nolan on The Dark Knight Rises

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With the recent release of The Dark Knight Rises there has been an avalanche of interviews unleashed onto the web. This one is in my view the most interesting, as it addresses among other things the tone of Nolan’s Batman trilogy. If you liked this, check out more videos about screenwriting or filmmaking. And if … Read more