Video: Plot Device

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I can’t believe I had not posted this video yet. I love it, have used it in some of my classes and I think it is brilliantly written and executed. It is also plain fun.



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Video: The Battle of Long Tan

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It’s Australia Day and I have been working on my favorite project for the moment: the feature screenplay for LONG TAN, the feature based on the eponymous Vietnam battle from 1966. For the occasion I wanted to share something special with you. This week Sam Worthington mentioned our project in an interview to the press … Read more

Best o/t Web – 22 Jan

Story & Structure :: So what is a Sequence, really? :: Romantic Comedy: Rethinking the Happy Ending :: the “mirror moment” as the key to understanding story arc. :: ‘The Avengers’ Mostly from Steve Rogers’ Perspective. Script Perfection :: You want on-the-nose dialogue? Watch a soap opera. :: ScriptShadow review Good Kids :: In defense of Diablo Cody’s dialogue. Pitching & … Read more

Video: Steven Derosa

If you have tried financing a genre film or get development funding for your script in Australia over the past ten years, chances are at some point you were rejected by the gatekeepers on the basis of plausibility. Some people simply don’t understand how film works. If anyone did understand how film works, it was … Read more