Story. Screenplay. Sale.
Before I left for the cinema, I checked Rotten Tomatoes. They had this movie rated at 41% critics/ 51% fans. Normally, that’s a pretty good sign to avoid a film, but I’m a fan of some of those reality TV shows about gold mining, and of Matthew McConaughey, so I ignored them all and went … Read more
In Falling Down (1993), recently retrenched defence worker William “D-Fens” (Michael Douglas) goes out of control on a sweltering day in L.A.
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 :: Why Good Description Worked for the Matrix but Didn’t for Matrix Reloaded :: Screenplay Review – Cloud Atlas :: Brandon Cohen – Finding YOUR Voice :: Walt Disney/Touchstone ‘Titanic’ Coverage Script Perfection :: How To Make A Genre Movie – Infographics! :: Is Your Hero Wrong? :: Your Audience is Intelligent … Read more
Story & Structure :: Create A Compelling Protagonist :: Is Your Hero Wrong? :: Are We Hardwired to Interpret the World Through Stories :: Inception Breakdown :: How To Write A Treatment :: Some Winning Synopsis’s :: ‘The Storytelling Animal,’ by Jonathan Gottschall Script Perfection :: 100 Exquisite Adjectives :: Screenwriting Tip #1069 – Readability … Read more