Probably the most pertinent topic around here with so many Authors roaming about the Society is 'How the hell do I adapt my novel into a script?' 'Cause let's face it, yeah you can potentially make some good money off being an author but the potentia
Read more…Here's a sample Theatrical Script from the film "Catwoman". Whether you liked the film or not is irrelevant. What is of worth you'll find in the format and structure of a 'polished' script. Obviously you don't have to read the entire script, but you
Read more…One thing amateur game creators and particularly 3D animators have in common is a long and languid video intro to their world often with nothing more than just the grand vistas they've created as it almost endlessly scrolls by. Ugh! One thing if you'
Read more…How many times have you seen or played a videogame that looked awesome but the storyline seemed disjointed, unrealistic for the scenario or just plain sucked? 10 times out of 10 that was because there was no effort to fully develop the v-game's scrip
Read more…EXT. DAWN - SUMMIT OF AN ACTIVE VOLCANO
With one last great pull, the Acolyte reaches the summit rim of an active volcano. Haggard and threadworn, the Acolyte's once brilliant white robe now a mottled mix of sand, mud, ash and blood hangs tattered of
INT. NIGHT - UNDERGROUND BOG
Having survived the perilous trial of the Dunes, the Acolyte now stands within the entrance of a seemingly endless cavern containing a wet and festering Bog. Through uncounted holes in the cavern ceiling silvery shafts of
After many hours, days, weeks, possibly months or God forbid years, you've finished your script. So what do you do with it?
Once you've had it proofread the first thing is to establish the 'Chain of Title'. Unfortunately, we live in a world were mofo'
Well as anyone who has ever successfully completed a script knows, in order to do so you have to start! Here's a Scriptwriting Exercise and Challenge that will be a valuable training evolution for you in addition to forcing you to become disciplined
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EXT. SUNSET-ANCIENT DESERT ADOBE WALLED TRAINING YARD
A white hooded Acolyte steps barefoot onto the warm sands of an ancient training ground hidden deep within the desert. Above the high crumbling adobe walls the wind howls in chorus with the
All right. All 'Jar's lifted' and you've got your Treatment and Log Line in hand and now you're ready to 'chop a mofo in half' right? Almost. Now's the part where the 'Master' teaches you the fundamental 'moves' which will allow you to do your thing.
Read more…Okay so you've written your script, you've got the forms and fees ready to send your work off to be registered with the WGA and the US Copyright Office. That's fine but before you shuffle that out the door ask yourself, "Is my script ready to be seen
Read more…So now that you have your script properly formatted either from the standard guidelines or via a Scriptwriting program now, you are ready to 'chop a mofo' in half' right? Yup! However, it's not going to be a sudden 'burst' of energy and instantly eve
Read more…Okay, so everyone and their mother and grandpappy has at one time or another said, "I've got a great idea for a movie!" They'll talk about it for a while and once the excitement of the idea wears off, it's gone into the ether.
Two things make the 'Pre
All right, you've lifted the first two Jars (Premise and Treatment) now you're nice and 'muscled up' ready to get after what must obviously be an even bigger jar. Yet in front of you is a jar you could hold in one hand. But, despite your new 'strengt
Read more…All right, so you've lifted the first 'Jar' the Premise and you're feeling pretty strong. Now there's this much bigger jar standing in front of you and it's called the treatment. The Treatment is going to be a much heavier 'lift' because it is the 'm
Read more…We've all seen the scene in the martial arts movies where the young acolyte comes to a master all ready to 'chop a mutha' in half but the Master gives the Acolyte what seems to be a BS task to take care of first. Same thing's gotta happen on your way
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Genre: Crime / Thriller
Time: 118 minutes
1. INCITING INCIDENT
FBI Academy student Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) arrives at the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane to present a VICAP questionnaire to the n
At it's barest description, a three-act script is a screen (theatrical movie) or teleplay (television movie) that tells a story in three distinct sections (beginning, middle and end) called 'Acts'.
With a script the writer has to establish very quickl
Other than a kind of cool sounding title with a martial arts tinge to it, a Master of 3 Acts is someone who can tell an engaging if not memorable story in the space of a three-act script. Though it can be broken down into more specific points, the ba
Read more…Good question. Other than money (forget fame as few successful screenwriters ever get that), it's really the same as with novel writing. You get to create 'worlds' and 'people' from the ether. Unlike novels though, scriptwriting is the precursor to f
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