“You wanna try and show character THROUGH action, you wanna try and show character through story, psychology through story.
For me story always comes first.”
-Christopher Nolan
With thanks to Louise Lee Mei and Niels Abercrombie.
Story. Screenplay. Sale.
Here’s a scene from a script by our good friend Pat who participated in almost every study on our blog. When I posted Write the Shots, Pat shared a scene from her script and I just loved it. This captures exactly what we mean by writing the shots. Good job, Pat. INT. CELLAR -- NIGHT It’s … Read more
With thanks to Louise Lee Mei and Niels Abercrombie.
Here’s a scene taken from the completely visual screenplay written by a longtime friend, Bob Thielke. This writer found himself so inspired by Jennifer van Sijll’s book Cinematic Storytelling that he wrote for himself a nearly dialogue-free screenplay. The result is a creative exercise, just to practice the art of telling a story through visuals. The … Read more
Here’s a sequence from Robert Towne’s Chinatown, a script that really deserves no introduction. This is my favorite sequence in this script in terms of screenwriting techniques. Reading this for the first time was such a revelation to me. by Mystery Man I love the way Towne uses Secondary Headings to cut back and forth … Read more
What JJ Abrams means is really how he wants to tell mythological stories and transcend reality while still talking about our reality. He also talks about the influence of Jaws and Alien on Cloverfield.
With thanks to Louise Lee Mei and Niels Abercrombie.