It's award season again, and that means that all the big and small studios will start putting the screenplays that they think have a shot at the big awards online for a short period of time. Use the links below to find the scripts, read them, and learn from them. These screenplays are only to... Continue Reading →
by Angela Bourassa (@angelabourassa1) I had the good fortune this year to win the Gold Prize in the sci-fi category at PAGE and to be a finalist with a different script at Austin. The year before, I had made the semifinals at Austin. Off of that semifinalist finish, I had meetings with two different managers... Continue Reading →
by Ashley Scott Meyers Filmmaker Kristin Alexandre is the guest this week. She has made a career by flying back and forth from Los Angeles and making movies in Boston. Her credits include producing Grey Lady and being the writer/producer of Altar Rock. It is interesting to hear how Kristin Alexandre makes this work form... Continue Reading →
This video by Michael Tucker of Lessons from the Screenplay is an excellent class in characterization, subverting expectations, and minimalism. It explains Andrew Stanton's Unifying Theory of 2+2 through the context of No Country for Old Men. For more masterclass videos like these, be sure to subscribe to Lessons from the Screenplay on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KADoPXknQCI
by Ashley Scott Meyers On this week's podcast, filmmaker Robert Conway discusses making movies in Arizona. Robert Conway's recent credit is as writer/director of Eminence Hill (2019). This western stars Barry Corbin (No Country For Old Men), Dominique Swain (Face/Off, Lolita) Lance Henriksen (Aliens, Scream 3). Some of the things he talks about include the... Continue Reading →
Walton Goggins as “Leon,” Richard Gere as “Dr.Stone,” Peter Dinklage as “Joseph” and Bradley Whitford as “Clyde” in Jon Avnet’s Three Christs. Courtesy of IFC Films. An IFC Films Release. by Angela Bourassa (@angelabourassa1) Jon Avnet has written, directed, and/or produced such classic titles as Fried Green Tomatoes, Up Close & Personal, and Risky Business.... Continue Reading →
by Ashley Scott Meyers In this episode, Ashley Scott Meyers goes into detail on the development and production of The Rideshare Killer, a movie he wrote and directed. Some of his behind the scenes stories include going to American Film Market, finding a new location because the house burned down in the Los Angeles fire,... Continue Reading →
I've been posting these free, one page, printable writing trackers (which you'll find at the bottom of this article) for the last four or five years, but 2019 was the first year that I really used it. Usually, I'd start with it on my wall and would try to set reasonable goals, but then a... Continue Reading →
by Ashley Scott Meyers Filmmaker Lisa Van Dam-Bates talks with us about being the actor/writer/director of the body horror movie, Marla (aka Marla Mae). She talks about how reproductive rights influenced her feature debut. Lisa also mentions how doing the special effects for Marla showed that she has a passion for make-up effects. You can... Continue Reading →
by John Bucher (@johnkbucher) Minhal Baig’s Hala was one of the first films acquired by Apple TV+ after taking Sundance by storm in 2019. The semi-autobiographical story centers around a seventeen-year-old Pakistani American woman coping with the unraveling of her family. LA Screenwriter’s John Bucher sat down with Baig recently to talk about how she made such... Continue Reading →
by Ashley Scott Meyers Filmmaker Adam Egypt Mortimer is on the Selling Your Screenplay Podcast for a second time to talk about his new thriller, Daniel Isn't Real. The movie's cast includes Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sasha Lane, and Miles Robbins. Adam Egypt Mortimer's other credits include the horror movie Some Kind Of Hate (2015), which he... Continue Reading →
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