Open question to all our readers - you! If you have a copy of the movie’s screenplay, could you please send it to: www.FILMandMOVIEmaking.com As the leading movie of the year, I’d like to read it, without seeing the film. You can send it here, our contact page. Many thanks in advance. Related PostsMamma Mia! script search updateYou'll know from [...]
Continue reading...3. October 2008
In a recent article we looked at what the top earning screenplay writers achieve for top script sales, including some which don’t get made into movies. Now we can see whether you’d be better off moving your writing skills in to the world of novels. Forbes magazine has just unveiled its top list of novel writers [...]
Continue reading...29. September 2008
Someone was so kind to ask what screen play I’m currently working on. Here’s the beginning… (just click on words ’script sample one’ below, and you’ll download a PDF of the first pages) script-sample-one For the nervous types: * It isn’t finished yet * You won’t get to see the whole screenplay here * You can ask to see it if [...]
Continue reading...22. September 2008
Warner Bros lost their court case in India today. Their lawsuit was against the makers of Bollywood film, Hari Puttar. Hari is a popular name in India and Puttar means ‘son’ in Hindi and Punjabi. The court decided that Warner had waited too long to report their claim to the likeness of the title to those of [...]
Continue reading...19. September 2008
Beijing was wonderful. I’ve already talked about how the opening and closing ceremonies were so well planned and produced, with movie scale budgets. I thought I’d write a piece about the closing ceremony, which was excellent. I thought I’d write a post about the wonderful British section, where they accepted the flag and then introduced not [...]
Continue reading...10. September 2008
My latest writing assignment arrived last week. What a fun and an excellent challenge. I was asked by a theatre production company to write a piece for their next theatre show. Being one for a test I set off immediately to gather my thinking; in fact I had my initial thoughts during the briefing. My brief was [...]
Continue reading...30. August 2008
You go to the cinema. That horrible smell lingers throughout. You crunch some under your feet. It’s everywhere; it’s a mess. It’s worse than confetti for clearing up. That awful stuff we’re told we have to love at the movies – popcorn. I know it sounds like a very poor script and it certainly can’t be [...]
Continue reading...1. April 2008
I was lucky enough to run into (not literally) a world famous actress today. We chatted about making movies. We talked about the various film and movie making courses that were running locally. In particular, there’s a group who meet most Sunday afternoons (they’re not full time professionals yet and this is their free time) who [...]
Continue reading...11. March 2008
I want to employ the services of a female actor for a short ten minute low budget film. She will be the only actor in the film about a former music superstar talking about her career and the events of her life as they’ve unfolded since she stopped being the focus of media attention. She’ll need [...]
Continue reading...9. March 2008
You only get one chance to make a first impression, so you’ve got to ensure your screenplay is the best it can be; this is where I can help you. I write screenplays and I know how to make your screenplay better with my screenplay analysis – presuming your screenplay can be made better and it [...]
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29. October 2008
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