Jan 24 Love2 90th Oscars Nominations Announced! By Natasha Guimond Industry News, Screenwriting 101 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 90th Oscars this morning! Fox Searchlight’s The Shape of…Read More
Jan 23 Love1 Box Office Recap — January 23, 2018 By Tom Dever Box Office Recap, Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101 Whether by word of mouth or consistent critical praise, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle firmly retained the box office champ…Read More
Jan 22 Love1 From Script to Screen: Get Out By Jeff Legge Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101, Script to Screen Destined to go down as the most talked about film of 2017 (as well as one of the best), Jordan…Read More
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