The silliness wouldn’t be lost in a Monty Python film, but here is just looks like a ten year old write the screenplay.
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Save The Cat – The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need – laid out the basics to help any new (or current) screenplay writer. His second book – Goes To The Movies – gave examples of how his screenplay structure worked in big name movies. The third book is all about being a screenplay writer – in real life.
Continue reading...Thursday, August 6, 2009
Here’s two choices: first; look up any of the top thirty films out at the moment and analyze them. You’ll find that they almost all meet the Blake Synder method of screenplay writing. Second choice: if you’re new to the industry and are thinking about writing your first, second or third screenplay, you’ll almost certainly [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 3, 2009
4 stars**** Having considered reviewing this movie from a child’s point of view, I found I enjoyed it all the way through, so on reflection it’s better to give an adult, (a ‘child at heart’ adult) analysis of the movie. It’s a good screenplay, the laughs come along regularly and there aren’t any parts where [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 10, 2008
A full screenplay should be 90 to 110 pages if you want to match Hollywood’s expectations. It should have around 35-50 scenes, or in Blake Synder’s opinion (and his opinion is worth its weight in gold) it should have exactly 40 scenes. Save your three hour epic for your award winning second or third produced/released/in [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 19, 2008
5 stars***** There’s a substantial difference between wanting to write a superior screenplay that you would like to write and a killer screenplay that you want to win the academy award. If you follow Blake Snyder’s rules you’ll be on target for your academy award rather than the screenplay you really sought to write. Blake [...]
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Sunday, June 13, 2010
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