Analyzing the Original 'Rocky' Script
Where were you the first time you heard the Rocky theme song? I was on the floor of my basement. It was family movie night, and I was about to have my mind blown. Rocky is an aweso...
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Where were you the first time you heard the Rocky theme song? I was on the floor of my basement. It was family movie night, and I was about to have my mind blown. Rocky is an aweso...
There is a moment every development executive knows. A script lands on your desk. Coverage tells you the plot. Genre tells you the surface. And somewhere in the read, you feel some...
Screenwriting is incredibly hard. I am sure you know that, but there are times it's worth acknowledging so you don't go crazy. But really, what you're doing is both telling a story...
What makes 'Backrooms' work? See the 15 beats of the horror box-office hit in a detailed story structure analysis for writers The post <i>Backrooms</i> Beat Sheet Analy...
Whether you’re drafting your very first short screenplay or you’re a seasoned veteran with half a dozen features under your belt, the time will always come for feedback on your wri...
Jeff Kitchen is a screenwriting consultant whose work centers on what he describes as seven dramatic tools for building a story. In a Film Courage video, he works through a pitch i...
When you're deep in a screenplay draft, it's easy to obsess over dialogue and structure and forget entirely about how your scenes might be lit. That's a production concern, right?...
Screenplay by Carl Gottlieb and Cecil BrownContinue reading on Go Into The Story »
“With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 masterpiece, Psycho, broke new ground for the horror genre in countless ways. From dropping hints about the twist everywhere you look, to switching main cha...
Screenplay by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz, story by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz and Brian Klugman & Lee Sternthal, characters by…Continue reading on Go Into The Sto...
Whenever I sit down to break a new story or to give someone notes, I always think deeply about the shape of the story I want to tell and how it will affect the characters inside it...
What makes 'Obsession' work? See the 15 beats of Curry Barker's box-office smash in a detailed story structure analysis for writers The post <i>Obsession</i> Beat Sheet...
START WITH CHARACTERS: “The plot is just the vehicle by which the characters are revealed. You create a bunch of characters and let them…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“Something has to happen in every scene.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Screenplay by Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman, based on the book: “Who Censored Roger Rabbit?” by Gary K. WolfContinue reading on Go Into The Story »
“Every scene should be able to answer three questions: “Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don’t get it? Why now?”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Wade Patterson is a cinematographer, writer, and producer who recently shared his experience making shorts and features with Film Courage. His projects include Death Cipher and the...
Screenplay by Anthony ShafferContinue reading on Go Into The Story »
What do Katy Perry, Charles Dickens, and the Bible have in common?According to writer Mark Forsyth, they're all leaning on the same handful of ancient formulas or patterns of langu...
It's funny, when I run into problems with my screenplays in terms of how to write a scene or how to make it engaging, I often turn to the movies I think did it best and seek out th...
I cannot tell you how exhausting it is to sit and write a screenplay to try to get it to sound both good and like real life. See, real life is boring most of the time. But movies h...
I was talking to a friend earlier this week about revisions and how we approached them. He asked me what kind of notes I like to get as a writer, and I don't think I had a preferen...
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