Story. Screenplay. Sale.
Jamie Wynen
THE LEGO MOVIE (mandatorily written in all caps, on pain of death) cashed in on the mass anticipation surrounding its release and broke a record $69.1 million on its opening weekend, outstripping even Disney’s powerhouse Frozen ($67.4 million). Though one might question the authenticity of a movie designed to cash in still further on the … Read more
The Writer/Director duo of Disney’s Frozen discuss long-running projects that take years to get off the ground, writing major roles for female characters, and distilling the spirit of Norway into a film’s world. If you liked this, check out more videos about screenwriting or filmmaking. And if you know of a great video on Screenwriting, … Read more
‘I’ve experienced so much cinema, and it’s meant so much to me… it was the way that I experienced certain emotions and ideas that couldn’t be expressed otherwise.’ ‘There’s no way that I could ever compare a movie of mine to the films that formed me… people say you’re a master at times… but the … Read more
‘They get tired of reading The Simpsons and Everybody Loves Raymond. The thing is now they love reading feature scripts in television because it tells you if can write characters and story, and also they’re probably bored out of their minds…’ Screenwriter Bob Nelson got a job in TV by writing a spec script for … Read more
A discussion between The Hobbit co-writers Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens on December 2, 2012 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. They cover rewriting from scratch, successfully adapting the tone of the novel into film, gender-swapping Gandalf and how the film’s inception was driven by its fans. If you liked this, check out more … Read more