Mar 06 2009
3 screenwriting articles, 1 interview, and a list
I’m lazy, so instead of writing I decided to make a list of cool articles I found while scouring the internet.
Subject: Screenwriting Blog: Unknown Screenwriter
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A friend of his is a Reader. He shares an e-mail he got from the Reader on what Readers are taught to look for when reading a screenplay—namely what traits make them pass on a screenplay immediately.
Subject: Interview with a director Blog: Fast Cheap Movie Thoughts
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An interview on Jonathan Lynn on directing “My Cousin Vinny”. At the end the interviewer asks if there’s any advice that Lynn can give to making a low-budget movie. He gives some good tips.
Subject: Screenwriting Help Message Board: Simply Scripts
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This is basically copied and pasted screenwriting checkpoints from “The Screenwriter’s Bible”. Very useful. Never actually used them, but I keep intending to.
Subject: Flashbacks Blog: Script Secrets
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Advice on how to, and how not to, use flashbacks in a movie.
The List:
100 Best Blogs for Film and Theatre Students Blog: Best University
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Something else:
Screenplay format: link
Outlines the basics of screenplay format.
