Symbols are a powerful tool that can be used in virtually any story -- whether feature, pilot, short, or other. In one of his recent Lessons from the Screenplay videos, Michael Tucker (@michaeltuckerla) takes a look at two of the most powerful symbols used in the film Parasite. Take a look at the video below,... Continue Reading →
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 →
The Oscars have come and gone, and we would like to extend our most sincere congratulations to all of the nominees. Below you'll find the official links to all of the 2019 nominees, but you need to act quickly -- these links routinely go bad within a few weeks of the Academy Awards. BONUS: Be... Continue Reading →
The Globes First off, congratulations to all of the winners from last night's Golden Globes! THR has a partial list of the winners here. (For those interested, the best screenplay trophy went to Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly & Nick Vallelonga for Green Book. I've searched for fifteen minutes now, and there don't seem to... Continue Reading →
It's that time of year again -- the time when all the best films from the last year put their screenplays online in the hope they'll earn a coveted nomination from the Golden Globes, the Oscars, and all the rest. We don't have our script index anymore, so we're not hosting any of these scripts... Continue Reading →
by Ashley Scott Meyers This week I talk with Executive Producer Jeffrey Giles about his long career as an independent producer and sales agent. We talk about strategies for how screenwriters can break into this market. Jeffrey hired me a couple years ago to write Snake Outta Compton, so we dig into that film as... Continue Reading →
by Angela Bourassa (@angelabourassa1) William M. Akers is the author of one of the most well-known screenwriting tomes, Your Screenplay Sucks! 100 Ways To Make It Great. He is also a WGA Lifetime Member with three films produced from his scripts. William teaches screenwriting at Belmont University where he is the chair of the Motion... Continue Reading →
by John Bucher (@johnkbucher) A24 might not be a household name in the tradition of Warner Bros or Paramount Pictures. However, few companies have brought as much high quality storytelling to the screen as consistently as they have over the past few years. When sophisticated movie goers see their logo before a trailer, we know what... Continue Reading →
by John Bucher (@johnkbucher) For many people, this week is about endings and new beginnings. The long days of summer are over and it’s time to go back to school. Institutions of education have long been settings of interest to writers. They work as controlled, confined metaphors for the rest of life in “the real world.”... Continue Reading →
by John Bucher (@johnkbucher) Some issues are tough to narrow down to a sound bite, despite our media’s best efforts. There are matters that shouldn’t be watered down. They deserve a story. The power of story allows us to communicate with each other in ways that defy the articulation of human language. Not all stories are... Continue Reading →
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