Cameron Pattison

Logline it! Week 27

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Writing loglines is an essential skill for screenwriters, from early development through to the pitch. In this section, we review the loglines and short synopses of the screenplays that made it into the Blacklist 2012. Learn from the feedback and perfect your own loglining skills. by The Judges  Wunderkind “A Mossad employed father and his … Read more

Mini Review – Elles

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Elles Mercifully Short Review by Jonathan Empson Anne (Juliette Binoche) is a writing a magazine feature on two young women who are paying their way through college by working as prostitutes. It seems they see more positives than negatives, and Anne starts to consider the emotional price tag of her own life as a middle-class … Read more

Mini Review – Zero Dark Thirty

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Zero Dark Thirty  Mercifully Short Review by Jonathan Empson  This is not an action film. At least, not until late in the piece. The story of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden is based on painstaking research by writer Mark Boal, and the story covers the ten years of grinding intelligence work (and grinding of … Read more

Logline it! – Week 25

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Writing loglines is an essential skill for screenwriters, from early development through to the pitch. In this section, we review the loglines and short synopses of the screenplays that made it into the Blacklist 2012. Learn from the feedback and perfect your own loglining skills. by The Judges  Serial Killer Sister “When a Newly recruited … Read more