Lajos Egri (1888-1967) wrote The Art of Dramatic Writing back in the 40’s. The book is not about writing film but theatre. Still, it’s considered chronologically as the first “how to“ work ever made about screenwriting -even if the author didn’t know. Many concepts in this book will be an eye-opener for aspiring scriptwriters that read about the subject…
Did you notice that animation films tend to be shorter than real action films? And in them lots of things happen, more often than in most live action films. OK, I will not be unfair: in animation you control EVERY beat of action but still… The evolution of it’s story is just magnificent. We, real…
Yes, reading scripts IS important. It’s a very different way of assessing their values and strengths (and weaknesses too). Here are some places where you can find free movie scripts: Sfy.ru, Thescriptlab.com, Indiewire.com, Simplyscripts.com, Dailyscript.com, Whatascript.com, Script-o-rama.com, 8 scripts, some animation scripts here… And at Premiumbeat.com some links that you already know and some others that maybe you don’t… Enjoy!…
