Category: Screenwriter Articles
September
1
2010
Plot
Note: There are several versions of Blade Runner.
In Los Angeles, November 2019, Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) a retired police officer, is arrested at a noodle bar by officer Gaff (Edward James Olmos). His former supervisor, Bryant (M. Emmet Walsh), tells him that several “replicants”, biologically engineered humanoids that serve as soldiers and slaves in colonies on other planets, have escaped and come to Earth illegally. As a “blade runner” while active, Deckard’s job was to track down replicants on Earth and “retire” them.
Bryant shows him a video of another blade…
August
17
2010
While books and plays have made for financial success at the movie box office, adaptations of literature for the screen have the challenge of being faithful to the source material while also appeasing audiences enough to feel as though they got their money’s worth. Plays, especially staged in London’s West End or New York’s Broadway, work on an engaging level within the confines of a darkened theater—the applause, the actor’s pause, the special relationships of characters and audience. Works that are performed in these spaces tend to carry a certain kind of audience member. Prices to see these plays…
June
16
2010
Screenwriting poses many challenges, how you go about introducing characters specific to your story is often overlooked. As we say in show biz, entrances and exits are everything. A strong entrance literally sets the stage for a character. First impressions are extraordinarily important, not just in life, but in screenwriting as well. Alternately, a memorable exit is just as meaningful and leaves people with a strong last impression.
June
7
2010
Is your film career worth 30 minutes of your time everyday?
As you make your professional journey through the film industry, you will encounter both challenges and uncertainty that might leave you feeling hopeless and discouraged.
But there is always an answer/solution to any problem you might face as a movie director, producer or scriptwriter.
“There will never be a new problem. Somewhere… someone had the same problem as you, find the solution and wrote it down in a book” – Will Smith
Here are 5 must read books for any passionate moviemaker:
1) Reel to Deal: Everything You Need to…
June
3
2010
Who is the “Desperate Italian Stallion?” I believe you know who I’m talking about, but… if by any chance you do not know who the hack is the “Desperate Italian Stallion,” well… his an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter and a Hollywood action heroism. He was nominated for ten Academy Awards in all, including Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay nominations for Stallone and win the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Directing and Best Film Editing for the movie “Rocky.” He is none other than the great…
Sylvester Stallone !
Well… may be you already know his amazing story,…
June
2
2010
By Debra Hildebrand
One of the most difficult parts of writing a great screenplay is creating captivating dialogue. The primary reason is because dialogue is not real-life speech. It might sound like it when you hear it on the screen, but if you really focus on what the characters are saying you’ll realize screenplay dialogue is much more focused.
With that in mind there are some very key elements to writing the kind of dialogue that can move a story along by creating the right atmosphere and shaping the story without just telling the story.
Dialogue Needs to Convey…
May
24
2010
3 is called twilight eclipse has all the predecessors. New arguments, which is a success in Seattle with a bunch of mysterious deaths. This year before grunge in 1990, when the majority of deaths can be linked to heroin in Seattle. Time around each other blush vampire in search of revenge. Reading it, you say, “are not a bad history.
Hold Your Ass with both hands, because there is money. Home History Bell Kristen Stewart must decide between the romantic vegan vampire Edward Cullen, who sweetness Plays Robert Pattison and the black wolf, played by James Taylor Lautner…
May
22
2010
The stage of the Transformation, also known as the Road of Trials, is one of the most deliberate and structured parts of a screenplay.
May
17
2010
The Atonement with the Father is a critical part of any story and the Hero’s Journey in general. Often, the build up consists of a few phases:
May
12
2010
Once the Hero pushes past the Physical Separation (Belly of the Whale), he enters the New World of the Transformation. But there is often a resistance to entering (even if the hero is willing) the New World of the Transformation and engaging in the Transformation itself.
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