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I’ve heard thousands of pitches in my thirty years as a screenwriter. What I’ve found is that the majority of pitches were too long, unfocused and boring. by Steve Kaire First of all, you should pitch what your story is about, not what happens in your story. Pitching what happens in your story is a … Read more
Adam Savage sits down with legendary showrunner Vince Gilligan for a gloriously rambling discussion. Why does TV allow you to get to know your characters better than film? Why is it so critical for an ending to be satisfying, rather than happy or clever? And how long did the seven Breaking Bad writers need to … Read more
Story & Structure :: TV Pilot Tuesday! – The Strain :: Chicken or the Egg? Pitching & Selling :: ‘Extant’: How a Contest Led First-Time Creator Mickey Fisher to Spielberg :: Screenwriting Box Office – The Transformers Debacle Best of the Rest :: Mystery Creative’s Funtime Bile: Willful Madness :: A Look at What’s Ahead … Read more
Script Perfection :: Drama Showrunner Roundtable: Watch The Full, Uncensored Interview :: Following Disciplines To Stay On Target… Pitching & Selling :: 29 Ways NOT To Submit To An Agent Best of the Rest :: Sony Buys Spec ‘Leviathan’ For Neal Moritz :: Jon Spaihts Tapped to Write Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’ _______________________________ With thanks to … Read more
The enterprising filmmaker Morgan Spurlock – of the McDonalds takedown documentary Supersize Me – jumps on stage for a Ted Talk on the relationship between art and sponsorship. What ideas are marketable, and does doing business with Business compromise a film’s integrity? Or is it a force for good? If you liked this, check out … Read more