Next month’s movie: your choice!

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Every first Tuesday of the month, we publish a structural breakdown of a popular film. This month we did Avatar, last month you voted for Shaun of the Dead. Pick a film you know well or one you can watch over the next two weeks, so we can compare notes. ____________________________________________ [poll id=”3″] Thank you … Read more

The Twitter Pitch

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With movie executives making decisions in split seconds and people’s attention spans decreasing frighteningly rapidly (is this sentence getting a little long for you, already?) surely Twitter must be offering screenwriters a massive opportunity. Seriously, I think it does. I am one of the gazillion followers of Stephen Fry and Nia Vardalos. Perhaps I haven’t been in the game … Read more

Mystery Man & The Art of Exposition

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Let’s cut to the chase. If you have a scene that’s only about verbal exposition, in other words you have a character that’s just verbally explaining things, like the plot, and that scene is about explaining the plot and nothing else, generally speaking, you’re doing it wrong. Yes, my friends, I know. Exposition is a … Read more

Best o/t Web 17 Jan 10

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:: ‘Hurt Locker’ tops Critics Choice Awards :: Awkward moment: Reitman and Turner on stage :: Oscar predictions – The Screenplay Categories :: ScriptChat at the Golden Globes: Tune in! :: In case you had any doubts: Jack Sully will be back :: Daybreakers: Last week we had the twins, today the script :: To follow rules or … Read more