Nov 05 Love4 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) By Michael Schilf Five Plot Point Breakdowns Screenplay Genre: Crime / Thriller Movie Time: 118 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT FBI Academy student Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) arrives…Read More
Nov 03 Love1 Fight Club (1999) By Michael Schilf Five Plot Point Breakdowns Screenplay Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller Movie Time: 139 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT During a flight for a business…Read More
Nov 03 Love1 Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) By Michael Schilf Five Plot Point Breakdowns Screenplay Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi Movie Time: 124 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT When ground scans detect an object…Read More
Nov 01 Love0 Understanding Your Audience By Michael Schilf Script Tips Recently, I was a guest speaker at a high school in the Los Angeles Unified School District somewhere in the…Read More
Nov 01 Love4 Saw (2004) By Michael Schilf Five Plot Point Breakdowns Screenplay Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller Movie Time: 103 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Trapped inside a grimy industrial bathroom…Read More
Oct 29 Love1 Psycho (1960) By Noelle Buffam Five Plot Point Breakdowns Screenplay Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller Movie Time: 109 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Fed up with her life, Marion…Read More
Oct 29 Love0 Surviving Story Structure By Michael Schilf Script Tips Ernest Lehman, the six-time Oscar nominated screenwriter, is quite succinct in his broad stroke framework of screenplay structure: "In the…Read More
Oct 28 Love1 Aliens (1986) By Michael Schilf Five Plot Point Breakdowns Screenplay Genre: Action / Sci-Fi Movie Time: 137 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Outside the colony headquarters on LV-246, one of…Read More
Oct 28 Love1 Platoon (1986) By Michael Schilf Five Plot Point Breakdowns Screenplay Genre: Action / Drama / War Movie Time: 120 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT The new recruits, including Chris Taylor…Read More
Oct 28 Love1 Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) By Michael Schilf Five Plot Point Breakdowns Screenplay Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi Movie Time: 121 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT On the planet Tatooine,…Read More