CREATE YOUR SCREENPLAY NEWSLETTER Volume 2, Issue 5, December, 2002 The Screenwriter's Guide To the World of Movies and Television Editor and Publisher: Barry...
CREATE YOUR SCREENPLAY NEWSLETTER Volume 2, Issue 5, December, 2002 The Screenwriter's Guide To the World of Movies and Television Editor and Publisher: Barry...
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It's that time of year, and the "For Your Consideration" ads are widespread. What films haven't gotten a boost from millions of studio P.R. dollars but are...
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Hi everyone, I just posted an article to the ScriptForSale.com web site titled "What Born Comedians Know that Born Presidents Don't." It analyzes the first 5...
Hal, that's excellent. I agree about comedians being very serious people. "Death is easy, comedy is hard" only sounds like a joke, but it's true. Kudos for...
Hey Everybody: I just started working on my latest screenplay, and this is the premise for it. I'm a bit skeptical about it and was hoping somebody here could...
The first thing that struck me was how a straight-A student could be a drug dealer. You need to clarify how this is possible. Wendy At 04:12 AM 2/6/03 -0000,...
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Barbara, It is unique in some ways. Most people don't associate straight-A students with drug dealing, so like Wendy said, you'll need to justify that in some...
Barbara, What's the conflict? The old Dwight Swain Screiptwriting book formulates a story situation as "Who wants to do what, and why can't he (or she, in your...
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Well, the conflict is the main character, Remy, sees a close friend of her dies of a drug overdose. Because of this, she wants to get out of the drug business....
I'm still baffled by the straight-A student angle. Did you just choose this because you thought it was unique? The scenerio sounds contrived. If she were a...
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Feb 6, 2003 7:09 pm
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Original Screenplay Antwone Fisher, Written by Antwone Fisher; Fox Searchlight Bowling for Columbine, Written by Michael Moore; United Artists/Alliance ...
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Well, really what is anybody's motive for selling drugs other than money? Remy sells because she sees it as an easy venue for money. And why can't somebody...
Barbara: If she's got straight As and does drug deals, then there's something unique about her personality and/or background that's yet to come through. I ...
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Feb 7, 2003 12:29 am
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Wendy, My protagonist is falling into the same problem her parents did when she was born. Remy's parents left their native country, France, just a few days...
Barbara, You have a good set-up in Remy's story. It seems the logical thing to do--to flee. So her goal is to get far enough away from David to make it...
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Fred, Well, I think David is a very worthy villain, it's just that he doesn't find Remy right away. Would that be Ok? I mean, conflict and suspense-wise? Ya...
Barbara, I guess I was thinking more of David as the fox who gives up on the grapes. Yes, if Remy goes away and David is working hard at finding her, that's...
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Fred, Well, I've been thinking a lot about what you posted, about stakes. Now, if Remy does go on the exchange program, then most of Act II will be her...
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