Action lines and Dialogue. Less the slugline and a transition or two, that is all there is to a screenplay. While it might be argued that dialogue is far more important, the ability to write clean, crisp screen direction is essential. What is the best way to go about it? You hear talk of unfilmables—and […]
“Alan Smithee was an official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project, coined in 1968.”- Wikipedia I’ve bemoaned Jane Doe way too often here on Script Gods. It’s the single feature-film I directed, a doomed movie project that somehow ended up making a couple million bucks and landing on Entertainment Tonight […]
Summer almost done. Time for a pallet-cleanser. This is a real-time journal written by my very own brother Chris Peditto as he directed his recent micro-budget film Light & The Sufferer for $50,000 bucks a couple years ago. This movie features Paul Dano from 12 Years A Slave and There Will Be Blood. I love […]
Hey, I admit it, it’s summer and writing this week’s blog didn’t quite make it to the top of the priority pyramid. Shoot me, but I’m outside actually NOT thinking of screenplays! But, for you true screenwriting junkies, I didn’t want to leave you hanging, so here’s a killer post provided by entertainment lawyer Robert […]
So you’ve got an idea for a screenplay. You’re ready to write it but you’re not sure how to get started. It’s intimidating so you buy a couple screenwriting books, look in on a few of the 10,001 screenwriting websites and blogs, read the message boards on Black List or Done Deal Pro diligently, take […]
