There’s no excuse for not just going out and making a movie – says film-maker Jason Brubaker. Just do it, is the advice.
Continue reading...Friday, January 9, 2009
It’s the classic comedy line endlessly repeated by Ernie Wise of (Eric) Morecombe and (Ernie) Wise fame, often used by straight man Ernie just as he’s trying to sell the idea of a short play to funny man Eric. The question these days is: How long should the play run? It terms of how many [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 7, 2008
Two online screenplay writing services are in their beta period. We take a brief look at them both, but firstly, why would you want an online version of screenplay software? I get the feeling we’re being forced to do everything online these days. A rumour tells me that we’ll even use full Microsoft Office online [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 24, 2008
I often wonder about deleted scenes. There’s a reason scenes are deleted – usually because they don’t fit in with the flow of the story or they just make the movie too long. Often they’re just not good enough. All screenplay writers should know to write too many scenes as the director is always going [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Our rating 5 stars***** If you only choose one book on being a screenplay writer, then this should be your choice. This is the book that takes you through the various parts of writing your screenplay, how to complete it, who to get it to and lays out all of your business resources exactly where [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 5, 2008
3 stars*** When a book isn’t a film. Bringing The House Down was a fascinating book from the pen of Ben Mezrich. It takes you through a four year period where a University professor builds a team of brilliant card counters who developed a system to win millions of dollars from top casinos. To those [...]
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