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Links…The TV one…

August 23, 2024 0 Comment

Greetings and Felicitations! Today’s special, some spicy hot TV links, just for you, Good Reader. This set comes post- Strikes, post-Peak TV and pre-AI full takeover. It’s tough out there! We got that news early… https://deadline.com/2023/04/potential-strike-impact-on-business-in-hollywood-1235329823/ And certainly post-Strikes. Grinding productions to a halt and lots of folks out of work… https://deadline.com/2023/09/tv-business-changes-writers-strike-impact-1235553886/ But fear not, […]

Six Quick Tips To A Tighter Script

May 9, 2024 0 Comment

SHOW US THE MOVIE IN YOUR MIND Dump the screenwriting lingo, if possible. Fight to not write BACK TO SCENE, or SMASH CUT TO, or INSERT, or POV. Return to the character name in description. For instance, instead of this: INT. CAR- SUNDAY MORNING Traffic is at a standstill in the shadow of Soldier Field.  Professor Pauly […]

Screenplayed

February 21, 2024 0 Comment

Good Reader… Hopefully you are already hip to the SCREENPLAYED. This idea of “clips and scripts” isn’t new. Sit down with a favorite movie, pull up the screenplay, and let ‘er roll. You can see –maybe like you’ve never seen before–all sorts of unknown detail about the movie at script level. What was added? What […]

Devolve- Case Study

December 29, 2023 0 Comment

This week we’re going to look at the A to Z making of my second web series, Devolve. Hopefully you can learn from each stage of pre-production, production, and post. Vamos! CASE STUDY: DEVOLVE I got involved with Devolve in the summer of 2014 and helped produce it in late January, 2015. But let’s start […]

Screenwriting Links!

October 24, 2023 0 Comment

Good Reader… This week just some big juicy screenwriting links for you! Bring ’em on…  SCREENWRITING SOFTWARE  https://store.finaldraft.com/final-draft-11.html https://www.celtx.com/index.html https://nofilmschool.com/writersolo-screenwriting-software http://www.fadeinpro.com/ Writer’s Duet https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/screenwriting-software/ https://nofilmschool.com/Free-Script-Writing-Software THE TRADES  http://variety.com/ http://deadline.com/ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ BEST SCREENPLAY WEBSITES  http://www.imsdb.com/ http://www.simplyscripts.com/oscar_winners.html http://www.script-o-rama.com/table.shtml MasterClass PODCASTS https://johnaugust.com/scriptnotes –JOHN AUGUST SCRIPTNOTES PODCAST  http://scriptchat.blogspot.co.il/ -SCRIPT CHAT- PODCAST  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/broken-projector-movie-podcast/id592995322?mt=2 http://www.wga.org/writers-room/features-columns/3rd-fairfax-podcast http://davebullispodcast.podbean.com/ BEST SCREENWRITING BLOGS & WEBSITES  […]

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