Screenwriting Best of the Web 27/09/09

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Here’s my weekly selection from the blogosphere. Feel free to recommend anything or give your feedback in the Questions and Comments below. And don’t forget you can subscribe to our posts so you don’t miss any of this, ever. Just in: Roman Polanski arrested in Switzerland on 31yr old warrant. Something for those who don’t … Read more

Confessions of a Scriptwriter (3)

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What makes a scriptwriter? Have you really got what it takes to be successful? In this third contribution to The Story Department, Jack Feldstein gives us his honest advice on the matter. Previously: Confessions of a Scriptwriter (1) Confessions of a Scriptwriter (2) 21. IF YOU ASK FOR AN OPINION YOU’LL GET ONE A scriptwriter … Read more

Structure: Up

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A structural overview of UP (Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Thomas McCarthy 2009 I’ve been a big Pixar fan since stupidly missing out on the theatrical run of The Incredibles. In 2008 the festival potential of my own short animation Tin Can Heart – wr/dir. by Rod March – vaporised when Wall-E appeared weeks after the … Read more

Confessions of a Scriptwriter (2)

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What makes a scriptwriter? Have you really got what it takes to be successful? Fresh back from presenting The Fantastical World of Scriptwriting in New York for the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock, in this second contribution to The Story Department, filmmaker and teacher Jack Feldstein bares all and gives us his honest … Read more