Jan 20 Love8 Five Things Star Wars Borrowed from American Graffiti By Tom Dever Character, Events, Filmmaking, Industry Events, Screenwriting 101 The Film Independent screening of American Graffiti at LACMA followed by a Q&A with director Rian Johnson felt like a…Read More
Jan 18 Love6 Five Plot Point Breakdown: Crocodile Dundee II (1988) By Anthony Faust Five Plot Point Breakdowns, Screenwriting 101 Screenplay Genre: Action/Action/Adventure Movie Time: 112 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Michael J. Dundee (Paul Hogan), known as “Mick”, is living…Read More
Jan 17 Love3 First Ten Pages: Mother! (2017) By Danielle Karagannis First Ten Pages, Screenwriting 101 Screenplay by: Darren Aronofsky Disclaimer: as any film, much can be open to interpretation. But with Mother!, especially so. Below…Read More
Jan 16 Love1 Box Office Recap — January 16, 2018 By Tom Dever Box Office Recap, Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101 With a move into China and $300MM-plus foreign box office, the Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle train keeps rolling with no…Read More
Jan 16 Love0 From the Desk of Richard Walter: Right Place, Right Time By Richard Walter Authors, Education, Mentoring, Screenwriting 101 I first came to California in August of 1966 for what I thought would be a three week visit. Instead…Read More
Jan 14 Love0 From Script to Screen: The Wolf of Wall Street By Jeff Legge Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101, Script to Screen Quentin Tarantino. Aaron Sorkin. David Mamet. Martin Scorsese. If there’s one thing all four have in common, it’s a distinctive…Read More
Jan 14 Love2 Interview with Houston Howard, Transmedia Instructor at The Los Angeles Film School By Tom Dever Education, Interview, Screenwriting 101 Odds are you have heard or read the term "transmedia" in the past few years. Also, odds are you didn't…Read More
Jan 14 Love2 The Great Screenwriters: Part 23 – Diablo Cody By Martin Keady Main, Screenwriting 101, The Great Television Writers All screenwriters have their “inspirational quotes”, the expressions and sayings that often litter their desk but also provide that all-important…Read More
Jan 10 Love2 Atlanta Film Festival and ScreenCraft Announce The ScreenCraft Writers Summit (2018) By Natasha Guimond Industry Events, Screenwriting 101 The Atlanta Film Society and ScreenCraft are proud to partner in 2018 to co-present The ScreenCraft Writers Summit, to take…Read More
Jan 09 Love27 Which Hollywood Literary Management Company is Best For You? By Admin Quiz, Screenwriting 101 Whether you're overwhelmed by choices, or you're just not quite sure what direction to take, when it comes to choosing…Read More