Story. Screenplay. Sale.
Last month THE MUPPET MAN was voted to the top of the industry’s Most Wanted: The Black List. Screenwriter Chris Weekes talks to Karel Segers about his work, inspiration and what makes an attention-grabbing screenplay. They wouldn’t listen to him in Australia, so Chris Weekes moved to New York, where BITTER AND TWISTED, his debut … Read more
Hollywood: ultimate destination for your script. But what happens once it’s there? Whose hands does it pass through? Hollywood insiders Rona Edwards and Monika Skerbelis know… STORY DEPARTMENTS Movies about Hollywood, from “Sunset Blvd” to “The Player” all allude to the infamous “Studio Story Department,” that complex system which keeps the studio’s creative team in-the-know. … Read more
For many of the planet’s children the impossible unfolded on Christmas Eve… A benevolent, unshaven fat guy in a red suit will be hauled around the globe on a ten tonne sleigh stuffed with toys by a team of reindeer (one red-nosed) who can fly. Who would’ve dreamed it? Well someone did. They found a … Read more
Jeffrey Hirschberg says: “While it is impossible to have a foolproof formula, I have learned certain principles dramatically increase the probability of your story achieving a modicum of greatness.” by Jeffrey Hirschberg Throughout my years of screenwriting I have read and analyzed thousands of scripts from writers of all levels, including screenplays from my students … Read more
Does the guy appearing only in the second scene of your script for half a page really need a two-page intro? Christina Hamlett shows you how and why you should put your energies into the characters that count. EXT. CHICAGO STREET – NIGHT JOSEPH TAMBERLIN, a homeless man of 47 is asleep between two garbage … Read more