From the book Script Tease by Dylan Callaghan: Question: What guides you through a story if you don’t outline? is it character or a certain voice? Diablo Cody: “I like to pick a theme. I know that sounds stupid. It’s not a super advanced technique. They pick a theme on Laverne and Shirley. I think about […]
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Archive for July, 2013“Is there are difference between crows and blackbirds?” The Birds Since I mentioned coincidence in the post Screenwriting and Coincidence (2.0) I’d like to add what could be called one of the biggest (blatant?) misuses of coincidence by a major director in a major film. When Alfred Hitchcock used coincidence in The Birds he didn’t […] “Is here are difference between crows and blackbirds?” The Birds Since I mentioned coincidence in the post Screenwriting and Coincidence (2.0) I’d like to add what could be called one of the biggest misuses of coincidence by a major director in a major film. When Alfred Hitchcock used coincidence in The Birds he didn’t try […]
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Screenwriting & Coincidence 2.0 (Tip#11)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaSince much of the story of JAWS takes place over the Fourth of July weekend, it seems fitting on this Fourth of July weekend that on today’s repost Saturday I at least touch on the classic summer blockbuster movie. If you don’t have time to read the whole post, I’ve since found what I believe […]
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“The Godfather” Meets “Big Wednesday”Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Charlie don’t surf.” Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore (Robert Duvall) in Apocalypse Now Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and John Milius This morning I took the above photo and decided to make it a challenge to use it as a springboard for a new post. How could I take a sunrise surfer shot and tie it […] Ain’t that America Something to see, baby Ain’t that America Home of the free, yeah Pink Houses/ John Mellencamp Proving once again that at this point in my life I’m a better photographer than screenwriter, I took this photo at sunrise today as this sea turtle was making its way back to the ocean after […] “A logline conveys the dramatic story of a screenplay in the most abbreviated manner possible.” Christopher Lockhart The Construction of a Logline (Get this free PDF.) Recently I was listening to Adam Levenberg’s podcast Official Screenwriting and he hit on the ever popular topic of writing loglines. Levenberg is the author of The Starter Screenplay and in […] Once upon a time most screenwriters used typewriters to write scripts. Though some still do, I would venture to guess that most screenplays are written on a computer these days. So a word of warning—the wite out test isn’t advisable on computers except in a metaphorical sense. Wite out being the white liquid that was […]
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Screenwriting Quote #184 (John Logan)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I personally get up at four, because I’ve found the hush of silence and darkness very conducive to me writing. The phone’s not ringing, there are no distractions, it’s just me and the whimsical characters moving about. So I start very early. I write until I’m tired and then I stop. And if I’m writing […] |
