SCRIPT SECRETS @ Script Magazine: Writing Epic Battle Scenes! You have two armies of a thousand soldiers each fighting - how do you write that? We look at GAME OF THRONES for answers!
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Jun 12
Fridays With Hitchcock: Theresa Wright talks about playing Charlie in SHADOW OF A DOUBT in this interview clip! Santa Rosa, California was never so dangerous!
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Jun 10
Today's Script Tip: Weird Decisions. When a character does something that doesn't make any sense - usually for the sake of the plot. We look at outrunning a freeze and doing crazy things.
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Jun 10
Scene Of The Week: GOODFELLAS. Let's meet Tommy! Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) hangs out with Tommy (Joe Pesci) who has a bit of a temper. Don't say the wrong thing!
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Jun 10
Wednesday's Script Tip: Weird Decisions. When a character does something that doesn't make any sense - usually for the sake of the plot. We look at outrunning a freeze and doing crazy things.
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ScriptSecrets @ ScriptMag: CHANGE UP! There are plot twists, and there are movies where *everything changes*. We look at BARBARIAN (plus PLANE and MISSING) and how to make your story unpredictable.
Horror!
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today's Script Tip: Okay, Who Started It? We look at conflict instigators, and why Han Solo *had* to shoot first, and why your hero should never throw the first punch.
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Meet People. Do Things. Have a Life. It is important to have emotional experiences to write about. YOUR emotional experiences. Not from movies or books or traditional folk dances. scriptsecrets.net/meme/Write… #screenwriting #writing #amwriting #scriptsky #scriptsecrets
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Thursday's Script Tip: IT'S ALWAYS THE JOURNEY! Spoiler: Hero wins! But HOW do they win? What are the steps? The set backs? The emotions? The details are what matter. The specifics of the journey.
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Everything is a first draft! Don't worry about getting it right, just get it written! You can fix it later. And don't be in a hurry to send out a script that needs a rewrite or six! scriptsecrets.net/meme/Write… #scriptsky #amwriting #writing #screenplays #screenwriting #scriptsecrets
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Trailer Tuesday: THE DEVILS EIGHT. The low budget version of THE DIRTY DOZEN with Moonshiners instead of WW2 Nazis is now on Blu-Ray, so let's take a look at it, shall we? Ross Hagen steals the show!
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May 26
TRAILER Tuesday: PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE. DePalma and Paul Williams team for the story of a man who sold his soul for rock and roll! Great songs, funny and tragic story. Sign in blood for fame...
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May 21
Thursday's Script Tip: Character Signatures. Creating memorable characters through repeated or unusual behavior. What simple bit of action sums up the character? What is distinctive?
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May 21
Our job is TRANSPORTATION - taking people into another world... another life... another experience... for about two hours. Then safely returning them to their possibly boring life. scriptsecrets.net/meme/Write… #screenwriting #writing #filmsky #amwriting #scriptsky #scriptsecrets
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May 20
When I worked at the warehouse I would think of tomorrow's writing as I worked... so that I would be ready to work on my script the next morning. You *can* find the time to write! scriptsecrets.net/meme/Write… #screenwriting #writing #filmsky #amwriting #scriptsky #scriptsecrets
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May 16
Writing needs to be its own reward! Not fame or praise or money - you don't control those things. You *do* control how much you write every day. scriptsecrets.net/meme/Write… #screenwriting #amwriting #filmsky #writing #scriptsky #scriptsecrets
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Today's Script Tip: PIGEON HOLING. The benefits of being "typecast" in a genre as a writer. If you need open heart surgery, do you want your GP to perform the operation or a specialist?
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Apr 29
The audience is always trying to guess what happens next, our job is to surprise them with something so imaginative and amazing that they could never have guessed! scriptsecrets.net/meme/Write… #screenwriting #writing #filmsky #amwriting #scriptsky #scriptsecrets
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Apr 28
Trailer Tuesday: THE DELPHI BUREAU. What if you blended THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR and NORTH BY NORTHWEST and made a TV series about a government researcher who stumbled on spy stuff every episode?
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Apr 28
Tuesday's Script Tip: WRITING FOR ACTORS. The actor plays the character, the character doesn't play the actor. Cher was to play the accountant in MIDNIGHT RUN before Charles Grodin. Beatty as KILL BILL?
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