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What is it about a movie?
Just what makes you want to rush from the cinema and tell everyone you know (and many you don’t know) about your experience, good or bad? Could it be the high emotions you’ve experienced looking out for your hero and fighting against the antagonist? It’s different for all of us. For some it might just be the [...]
Continue reading...FAMM movie awards 2008
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Award nominations for Movies: 2008 Direct from the desk of www.FILMandMOVIEmaking.com, The FAMM nominations for 2008 are in and here they are: Please hum along to: da da da, da da da, dah Best film/movie: • The Bank Job • Body of Lies • The Dark Knight • Mamma Mia! • Taken Best screenplay: • Barry Levy – Vantage Point • Catherine Johnson – Mamma Mia! • David Loughery – Lakeview Terrace • Guy Ritchie – Rocknrolla • William [...]
Continue reading...Screenplay adversary
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Your main antagonist is quite similar to your hero, except that they both have very different goals. It’s your adversary that causes your hero the main conflict in your screenplay. Your antagonist is usually a person, because it’s easier for your hero to be struggling against someone they can physically fight with, talk with and [...]
Continue reading...Writing scenes
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...Hot script v average script
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
What type of movie do you want to go and see; a dull one or a great one? While the question may appear a little (or a lot) on the brainless side, it’s a standard more screenplay writers need to apply. Often they have a great idea, but really only fifty pages of real [...]
Continue reading...Screenwriter’s fees
Saturday, September 13, 2008
When you look over what the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) say you should get for your screenplay at between $39,290 and $80,427 with another $26,495 to $43,875 for the treatment, you can look to screenplay writing as a good way to earn a more than reasonable living, providing you’re selling more than one a [...]
Continue reading...Screenplay rejection
Friday, September 12, 2008
I read this and didn’t know whether to cringe or cry. The tips are correct! I’ve reproduced this article with permisison. Screenwriting – 12 Rules to Get Your Screenplay Rejected Right Away By Ugur Akinci There is an art to getting your screenplays rejected right away. Do the following if you’d like to see your months and perhaps years [...]
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Friday, March 13, 2009
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