Scarlett Johansson Naked [Under The Skin Undressed]

scarlet johansson naked in under the skin

It doesn’t happen often that you can write a title with pure Scarlett Johansson link bait, yet keep a clear conscience. Unless you’ve read the original novel, you won’t know until late in the film that Under The Skin is the story of an alien in human form. Still, the filmmakers reveal in interviews: “part road … Read more

Learn Screenwriting By Doing It – Online And In Your Own Time

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The below is a report of an experiment: the trial run of the legendary Immersion Screenwriting course. The beta version was a little rough and dirty – but free, and effective! A free screenwriting course? Too good to be true. Of course it is. But hear me out. As my boss in London told me, you … Read more

Writing For Film – Filmmakers Quoted

Flavorwire published 20 quotes from filmmakers on writing. So you don’t have to flick through all 20, I put the best ones on a single page for you. (I even added one for free.) Stupid auteur theory (Billy Wilder) “What does the director shoot—the telephone book? Writers became much more important when sound came in, but they’ve … Read more

Great Characters In Movies Share One Thing…

Great Characters in Firestarter

People will say a lot of things about what it takes to create great characters: they require depth and complexity. They must be multi-dimensional, they need to transform, etc. Until recently, if you had asked me about one thing more important than all the above, I would have replied: goals. Characters must have a clear … Read more