Oct 31 Love7 Five Plot Point Breakdown: The Blue Lagoon (1980) By Anthony Faust Five Plot Point Breakdowns, Screenwriting 101 Screenplay Genre: Drama/Teen Movie Time: 104 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Richard (Glenn Kohan) and Emmeline (Elva Josephson) Lestrange are two…Read More
Oct 09 Love1 First Ten Page Breakdown: Fright Night (1985) By Anthony Faust First Ten Pages, Main, Screenwriting 101 Screenplay by: Tom Holland Tom Holland wrote this campy horror screenplay about a teenager named Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) who…Read More
Sep 21 Love4 5 Plot Point Breakdown: Quick Change (1990) By Anthony Faust Five Plot Point Breakdowns, Main Screenplay Genre: Crime film/Heist film Movie Time: 89 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Grimm (Bill Murray) is just another balloon-holding clown…Read More
Sep 14 Love3 Five Plot Point Breakdowns: Fright Night (1985) By Anthony Faust Main, Screenwriting 101 Screenplay Genre: Thriller/Teen film Movie Time: 108 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) and his girlfriend Amy (Amanda…Read More
Sep 06 Love6 5 Plot Point Breakdown: Three O’Clock High (1987) By Anthony Faust Five Plot Point Breakdowns, Main, Screenwriting 101 Screenplay Genre: Farce/Teen Film Movie Time: 101 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT There is a new kid on the campus of…Read More
Aug 28 Love5 Screenwriting 101: Character is Decision Plus Action By Anthony Faust Main, Screenwriting 101 Character = Decision + Action In the world of film, this formula can mean the difference between a poorly told…Read More
Jul 19 Love5 The First Ten Pages: Die Hard (1988) By Anthony Faust First Ten Pages, Main Screenplay by: Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza Bruce Willis stars in this action adventure film that rewrote the…Read More
Jun 23 Love4 The First Ten Pages: Silence of the Lambs (1991) By Anthony Faust First Ten Pages, Main Screenplay by: Ted Tally Jodie Foster stars along with Anthony Hopkins in this shocking, pulse-pounding thriller about a young FBI…Read More
Jun 16 Love4 The First Ten Pages: The Last of the Mohicans (1992) By Anthony Faust First Ten Pages Screenplay by: Michael Mann and Christopher Crowe In a role he was born to play, Daniel Day-Lewis stars in this…Read More
Jun 05 Love5 First Ten Pages: An Officer and A Gentleman (1982) By Anthony Faust First Ten Pages, Main Screenplay by: Douglas Day Stewart Richard Gere stars in this classic story about a young troubled man who must endure…Read More