Articles related to "Screenplays"
StoryCraft Makes the Writing Process Manageable
Review of StoryCraft writing software, which breaks the process of writing novels and screenplays into manageable steps.
review • storycraft • writing software • novels • screenplays
Review of StoryCraft writing software, which breaks the process of writing novels and screenplays into manageable steps.
review • storycraft • writing software • novels • screenplays
Research and the Screenwriter, II
This article is a continued discussion of the necessity of good research in screenwriting and military research sources for the writer.
screenplay writing • military movies • military fillms • research • web sites
This article is a continued discussion of the necessity of good research in screenwriting and military research sources for the writer.
screenplay writing • military movies • military fillms • research • web sites
WB grabs Affleck screenplay
Casey Affleck will be executive producer of own script of animated family film.
casey affleck • animation • film • aardvark art's ark • warner bros.
Casey Affleck will be executive producer of own script of animated family film.
casey affleck • animation • film • aardvark art's ark • warner bros.
Casablanca's Corner Men
The WGA crowns Casablanca the greatest screenplay of all time - a script that had more collaborators than Vichy France.
casablanca • wga • screenplay • greatest • bogart
The WGA crowns Casablanca the greatest screenplay of all time - a script that had more collaborators than Vichy France.
casablanca • wga • screenplay • greatest • bogart
Continued Freshness
Boredom is the worse possible audience response. On the other hand, if an audience hates your show, at least you garnered a strong reaction.
script • stage • theater • theatre • screenplay
Boredom is the worse possible audience response. On the other hand, if an audience hates your show, at least you garnered a strong reaction.
script • stage • theater • theatre • screenplay
Final Draft
Final Draft offers two versions: Final Draft for screenplays and teleplays, and Final Draft AV for dual-column scripts, such as documentaries.
software • screenplay • documentary • script • theater
Final Draft offers two versions: Final Draft for screenplays and teleplays, and Final Draft AV for dual-column scripts, such as documentaries.
software • screenplay • documentary • script • theater
How Long Does it Take?
How long will it take to write your script? Obviously, any writer would like to speed up the process, but writing just doesn't work that way.
scriptwriting • script • screenplay • theater • theatre
How long will it take to write your script? Obviously, any writer would like to speed up the process, but writing just doesn't work that way.
scriptwriting • script • screenplay • theater • theatre
Juno's Excessive Backlash
For every bit of praise Juno has received, an equivalent backlash has followed. Why the strong dissent?
juno • ellen page • diablo cody • jason reitman • screenplay
For every bit of praise Juno has received, an equivalent backlash has followed. Why the strong dissent?
juno • ellen page • diablo cody • jason reitman • screenplay
Maintaining Freshness
What constitutes "freshness"? What makes one script stand out from the others? And how do you achieve that freshness?
script • theater • theatre • screenplay • scriptwriter
What constitutes "freshness"? What makes one script stand out from the others? And how do you achieve that freshness?
script • theater • theatre • screenplay • scriptwriter
Plan Your Scriptwriting
When you sit down to work on your script, do you know exactly what you'll be working on? Or do you just wing it, hoping the muses will cooperate?
planning • theater • screenplay • script • play
When you sit down to work on your script, do you know exactly what you'll be working on? Or do you just wing it, hoping the muses will cooperate?
planning • theater • screenplay • script • play
Plan Your Scriptwriting – II
Myriad writers have endless methods for developing scripts. Even for myself, each script begins from an entirely different point than any of its predecessors.
scriptwriter • scriptwriting • script • theater • screenplay
Myriad writers have endless methods for developing scripts. Even for myself, each script begins from an entirely different point than any of its predecessors.
scriptwriter • scriptwriting • script • theater • screenplay
Scriptwriting Software
Good tools help good talent go farther, and increase productivity. But a tool cannot substitute for talent.
scriptwriting • script • screenplay • play • theater
Good tools help good talent go farther, and increase productivity. But a tool cannot substitute for talent.
scriptwriting • script • screenplay • play • theater
Sophocles Script Software
Sophocles was a classic Greek playwright. Many of our dramatic styles are based on his works. This scriptwriting software program is named after him; with good reason.
software • screenplay • script • format • movie
Sophocles was a classic Greek playwright. Many of our dramatic styles are based on his works. This scriptwriting software program is named after him; with good reason.
software • screenplay • script • format • movie
StoryBoard Pro Software
One major aspect of scriptwriting is planning - whether in outline form or bullet points or some other fashion. One way to accomplish this is through story boarding.
screenplay • screenwriting • playwright • software • storyboard
One major aspect of scriptwriting is planning - whether in outline form or bullet points or some other fashion. One way to accomplish this is through story boarding.
screenplay • screenwriting • playwright • software • storyboard
What Kind of a Script Is It
Is it a screenplay? A stage play? Some other type of script? Writers may know what genre they want, but the writing may not always show it.
screenplay • stage • theater • theatre • writers
Is it a screenplay? A stage play? Some other type of script? Writers may know what genre they want, but the writing may not always show it.
screenplay • stage • theater • theatre • writers
Write a Script With No Plan?
Though I often tout the effectiveness of having a solid plan when creating a script, many writers tell me they want to write freely, without being rigidly controlled.
script • scriptwriter • screenplay • play • stage
Though I often tout the effectiveness of having a solid plan when creating a script, many writers tell me they want to write freely, without being rigidly controlled.
script • scriptwriter • screenplay • play • stage
Writing Scripts or Directing Them
There's a very fine line between writing a well-detailed script and over-writing a script that may offend a potential director.
stage • direction • script • screenplay • play
There's a very fine line between writing a well-detailed script and over-writing a script that may offend a potential director.
stage • direction • script • screenplay • play
Writing Stage Directions
Your dialogue tells the actor what to say. Your stage directions suggest what the actor might do.
scriptwriting • playwright • stage • directions • emotional
Your dialogue tells the actor what to say. Your stage directions suggest what the actor might do.
scriptwriting • playwright • stage • directions • emotional
eXistenZ | Lost and Found | Pushing Tin
Dangerous game, doggie shame, airplane fame.
movie reviews • existenz • david cronenberg • jennifer jason leigh • jude law
Dangerous game, doggie shame, airplane fame.
movie reviews • existenz • david cronenberg • jennifer jason leigh • jude law
South Park | Summer of Sam | Wild Wild West | and More
Reviews of <i>Run Lola Run</i>, South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, Summer of Sam, This is My Father, and Wild Wild West.
south park • bigger longer and uncut • wild wild west • summer of sam • will smith
Reviews of <i>Run Lola Run</i>, South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, Summer of Sam, This is My Father, and Wild Wild West.
south park • bigger longer and uncut • wild wild west • summer of sam • will smith
The Blair Witch Project | Eyes Wide Shut | And More
A hyped witch, a descent of the rich, a croc, some muppets, and a wedding.
blair witch • eyes wide shut • daniel myrick • eduardo sanchez • heather thomas
A hyped witch, a descent of the rich, a croc, some muppets, and a wedding.
blair witch • eyes wide shut • daniel myrick • eduardo sanchez • heather thomas
Hugo Nominations 2006
Here's the list of 2006 Hugo and Campbell Award nominations.
hugo • campbell • sfwa • science fiction • awards
Here's the list of 2006 Hugo and Campbell Award nominations.
hugo • campbell • sfwa • science fiction • awards
Austin Powers 2| King of Masks | Limbo | The Winslow Boy
Shag me, mask me, and throw me in limbo -- or a David Mamet film.
austin powers • the spy who shagged me • dr. evil • heather graham • mike myers
Shag me, mask me, and throw me in limbo -- or a David Mamet film.
austin powers • the spy who shagged me • dr. evil • heather graham • mike myers
British Bad Boy Joe Orton
Did this lewd scribe take his dead mum's dentures, switching them for props in his black comedy Entertaining Mr.Sloane? Joe Orton: the playwright who "got away with it".
prick up your ears • entertaining mr sloane • loot • what the butler saw • kenneth halliwell
Did this lewd scribe take his dead mum's dentures, switching them for props in his black comedy Entertaining Mr.Sloane? Joe Orton: the playwright who "got away with it".
prick up your ears • entertaining mr sloane • loot • what the butler saw • kenneth halliwell
Profile of Jean Anouilh
French master Jean Anouilh's winning plays were translated to film with Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, and Richard Burton, and his plays are as eccentric as their creator.
jean anouilh • anouilh jean • playwrights • french playwright • the lark
French master Jean Anouilh's winning plays were translated to film with Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, and Richard Burton, and his plays are as eccentric as their creator.
jean anouilh • anouilh jean • playwrights • french playwright • the lark
Silver Bullet Best Werewolf Movies
Classic 80s horror flick adapted from Stephen King's story and screenplay. Two kids try to escape a werewolf with the help of their uncle.
silver bullet • corey haim • megan follows • gary busey • werewolf movies
Classic 80s horror flick adapted from Stephen King's story and screenplay. Two kids try to escape a werewolf with the help of their uncle.
silver bullet • corey haim • megan follows • gary busey • werewolf movies
Tony Winner Alan Bennett
Since 1960 playwright Alan Bennett has delighted audiences and actors from Monty Python alumni to Dame Maggie Smith and Sir Nigel Hawthorne.
alan bennett • the history boys • nicholas hynter • national theatre • england
Since 1960 playwright Alan Bennett has delighted audiences and actors from Monty Python alumni to Dame Maggie Smith and Sir Nigel Hawthorne.
alan bennett • the history boys • nicholas hynter • national theatre • england
Willy Russell's Shirley Valentine
Willy Russell's Shirley Valentine - from Underappreciated Ugly Duckling to mid-aged Gaia-like Goddess: Retsina, Calamari, and Opa! Life does exist beyond Wall.
willy russell • shirley valentine • pauline collins • bafta • golden globe
Willy Russell's Shirley Valentine - from Underappreciated Ugly Duckling to mid-aged Gaia-like Goddess: Retsina, Calamari, and Opa! Life does exist beyond Wall.
willy russell • shirley valentine • pauline collins • bafta • golden globe
Kubrick's Unproduced Films
Three films that Stanley Kubrick put a great deal of energy into - Napoleon, The Aryan Papers and A.I. - were eventually shelved and never produced by the director.
napoleon • a.i. • a.i.: artificial intelligence • aryan papers • kubrick
Three films that Stanley Kubrick put a great deal of energy into - Napoleon, The Aryan Papers and A.I. - were eventually shelved and never produced by the director.
napoleon • a.i. • a.i.: artificial intelligence • aryan papers • kubrick
Oliver Stone
With films such as Born on the Fourth of July, JFK, Nixon, and Platoon, is Oliver Stone vying for "Filmmaker Laureate" by capturing and marketing America's history?
oliver stone • martin scorsese and oliver stone • "scarface and oliver stone • hollywood directors • 9/11
With films such as Born on the Fourth of July, JFK, Nixon, and Platoon, is Oliver Stone vying for "Filmmaker Laureate" by capturing and marketing America's history?
oliver stone • martin scorsese and oliver stone • "scarface and oliver stone • hollywood directors • 9/11
Early Outlook for Oscar 2000 Nominations
It's not too early to look at what films from the first part of 1999 stand a chance to be major Oscar contenders in March of 2000 at the next Academy Awards.
major oscar contenders march 2000 academy awards • 1999 • stanley kubrick final film eyes wide shut • the blair witch project • the full monty
It's not too early to look at what films from the first part of 1999 stand a chance to be major Oscar contenders in March of 2000 at the next Academy Awards.
major oscar contenders march 2000 academy awards • 1999 • stanley kubrick final film eyes wide shut • the blair witch project • the full monty
Dreamlife of Angels | Lovers of the Arctic Circle | The Mummy
French angels, Arctic Circle lovers, Indiana Fraser and the CGI of doom.
erick zonca<br> dreamlife of angels • lille • france • slice of life • poverty
French angels, Arctic Circle lovers, Indiana Fraser and the CGI of doom.
erick zonca<br> dreamlife of angels • lille • france • slice of life • poverty
Election | Entrapment | Hideous Kinky | Idle Hands
School election, thief affection, hideous kinky, and a movie that's stinky.
election • matthew broderick • reese witherspoon • high school • class president
School election, thief affection, hideous kinky, and a movie that's stinky.
election • matthew broderick • reese witherspoon • high school • class president
The General's Daughter | The Red Violin | Tarzan
Murder of passion, passionate music, musical apeman.
tarzan • disney • the general's daughter • travolta • the red violin
Murder of passion, passionate music, musical apeman.
tarzan • disney • the general's daughter • travolta • the red violin
Book Review: Barefoot
The new book from Elin Hilderbrand examines life, love, and everything that really matters
barefoot • nantucket • elin hilderbrand • women • friendships
The new book from Elin Hilderbrand examines life, love, and everything that really matters
barefoot • nantucket • elin hilderbrand • women • friendships
Cookie's Fortune | Goodbye, Lover | Life
Glenn Close hams it up, Patricia Arquette glams it up, and Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence are in the slammer.
movie reviews • cookie's fortune • robert altman • glenn close • julianne moore
Glenn Close hams it up, Patricia Arquette glams it up, and Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence are in the slammer.
movie reviews • cookie's fortune • robert altman • glenn close • julianne moore
Drop Dead Gorgeous | The Haunting | Inspector Gadget
Dairy queens, not-so-scary scenes, Broderick machines.
drop dead gorgeous • the haunting • inspector gadget • denise richards • kirsten dunst
Dairy queens, not-so-scary scenes, Broderick machines.
drop dead gorgeous • the haunting • inspector gadget • denise richards • kirsten dunst
Go | Never Been Kissed | Twin Dragons
Go crazy, go back to school, go Jackie go Jackie.
go • doug liman • sarah polley • katie holmes • jay mohr
Go crazy, go back to school, go Jackie go Jackie.
go • doug liman • sarah polley • katie holmes • jay mohr
New Despereux director
Mike Johnson replaces Sylvain Chomet on animated film The Tale of Despereux
the tale of despereux • mike johnson • sylvain chomet • universal pictures • newbury medal
Mike Johnson replaces Sylvain Chomet on animated film The Tale of Despereux
the tale of despereux • mike johnson • sylvain chomet • universal pictures • newbury medal
Notting Hill | The Thirteenth Floor
Movie star wooing bookseller almost sounds like virtual reality.
notting hill • julia roberts • hugh grant • romantic comedy • england
Movie star wooing bookseller almost sounds like virtual reality.
notting hill • julia roberts • hugh grant • romantic comedy • england
X-men Movie News! - Poll Results
Results of previous poll for Spider-Man Villian and Official Marvel Comics news relase on upcoming X-Men live-action movie and Marvel Knights comics news.
marvel comics • news release • x-men live-action movie • marvel knights comics • spiderman
Results of previous poll for Spider-Man Villian and Official Marvel Comics news relase on upcoming X-Men live-action movie and Marvel Knights comics news.
marvel comics • news release • x-men live-action movie • marvel knights comics • spiderman
Instinct
Show me the monkey! Hannibal the apeman meets Gooding Will Hunting.
instinct • anthony hopkins • cuba gooding • maura tierney • jon turtletaub
Show me the monkey! Hannibal the apeman meets Gooding Will Hunting.
instinct • anthony hopkins • cuba gooding • maura tierney • jon turtletaub
Remembering Back to the 1990 Oscars
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards in 1991, which honored the film achievements from 1990.
63rd annual academy awards 1991 • kevin costner's dances with wolves was the 12 nomi • best supporting acting oscars joe pesci goodfellas • best supporting actress whoopi goldberg ghost • best leading actress kathy bates misery
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards in 1991, which honored the film achievements from 1990.
63rd annual academy awards 1991 • kevin costner's dances with wolves was the 12 nomi • best supporting acting oscars joe pesci goodfellas • best supporting actress whoopi goldberg ghost • best leading actress kathy bates misery
Who Are the Best Writers of the Century?
Writer's Digest asks: Who Are the Best Writers of the Century?
writer's digest • best writers of the century • novels • writers
Writer's Digest asks: Who Are the Best Writers of the Century?
writer's digest • best writers of the century • novels • writers
Paramount buys Odd Todd
Paramount Pictures buys option to develop Todd Rosenberg's webtoon, will produce as part of Comedy Central Films.
odd todd • todd rosenberg • paramount pictures • comedy central • webtoon
Paramount Pictures buys option to develop Todd Rosenberg's webtoon, will produce as part of Comedy Central Films.
odd todd • todd rosenberg • paramount pictures • comedy central • webtoon
Stardust movie gets March 9th release
Film based on Neil Gaiman's bestselling novel to hit theatres in the spring. Movie stars Robert De Niro, Sienna Miller, Claire Danes, Charlie Cox and Michelle Pfeiffer.
neil gaiman • stardust • movie • robert de niro • sienna miller
Film based on Neil Gaiman's bestselling novel to hit theatres in the spring. Movie stars Robert De Niro, Sienna Miller, Claire Danes, Charlie Cox and Michelle Pfeiffer.
neil gaiman • stardust • movie • robert de niro • sienna miller
American Pie | Arlington Road
There's something all-American about apple pie and terrorism.
american pie • arlington road • jason biggs • natasha lyonne • tim robbins
There's something all-American about apple pie and terrorism.
american pie • arlington road • jason biggs • natasha lyonne • tim robbins
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