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Writing loglines is an essential skill for screenwriters, from early development through to the pitch. In this section, every week our panel reviews a few loglines posted to www.loglineit.com. Learn from the feedback and perfect your own loglining skills. by The Judges Model Behaviour “Jordan Rhodes is an honest detective investigating the heinous murder of a … Read more
Alex Garland (writer of the iconic 28 Days Later) talks about why writing a fascist cop protagonist contains the seeds of its own subversion, how to make him a functional anti-hero, and the relationship between comic books and film. If you liked this, check out more videos about screenwriting or filmmaking. And if you know … Read more
In my past essays I have explained how Australian feature film stories could be improved by paying attention to originality, substance, and universal themes. Today I will focus on another consistent weakness I see in Australian features: Central characters who are unimpressive, unheroic, and quite often dubious. by Steven Fernandez Some writers may try to … Read more
Story & Structure :: The Best of Times, The Worst of Times :: Openings and ‘Goodfellas’ :: 10 Tips for Generating Killer Science Fiction Story Ideas :: Training Day Script Review Script Perfection :: An Interview with Kim Krizan on Writing :: George Carlin’s “Seven Dirty Words” and Other Profanities :: F-Bombs on Mom :: … Read more
Killing Them Softly: How A Screenwriter Murdered His Own Protagonist Character Analysis by Jamie Wynen Andrew Dominik’s (The Assassination of Jesse James, Chopper) latest film is an adaptation of the novel 1973 crime novel Cogan’s Trade, starring Brad Pitt as the excitingly dangerous Jackie Cogan, Animal Kingdom veteran Ben Mendelsohn, and the implausibly named Scoot McNairy. … Read more