Star Trek needs no introduction. The amount of books covering every aspect of the successes (and failures) of the saga created by Gene Roddenberry is staggering. So I’m not going to try to summarise a work which achieves epic proportions.…
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No Small Parts
Have you ever seen an actor or actress in a movie, you know instantly that you’ve seen him or her many times before, but can not remember a single time you did? Those “unknown” actors, who fill the spinal cord of many…
The Art of David Lynch
Great work from VoorDeFilm about the painters that influenced Lynch here. More about Making Movies? Please check our posts The 5 Best Books on Making Movies, by Darren Aronofsky, Film Blocking, What is it?, Best “Making Of” Books: EASY RIDERS, RAGING…
Screenwriting and Social Issues (part 2): Dylan Marron
Let’s talk about screenplay. Let’s talk about race. I was lucky enough to attend a chat with Dylan Marron at the fantastic Independent Filmmaker Project‘s Film Week last September. What Dylan, an actor and a writer, showed to us was very…
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Ensemble Staging Vs Dull Coverage
Scene coverage is essential. As a film lecturer I see that, the most common mistake students make is to not overlap shots, not to cover the scene in a way that gives them a range of possibilities in the editing…
Screenwriting and Social Issues (Part 1): The Bechdel Test
Let’s talk about screenwriting. Let’s talk about gender. “The Bechdel Test is a simple way to gauge the active presence of female characters in Hollywood films and just how well rounded and complete those roles are. It is astonishing the…
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A Film has Three Directors
Yes, it does. But what do we mean by “director”? We mean “storyteller”. The screenwriter, the director and the editor share that role. Those three are the ones telling you the story. The first “storyteller”, and the only one 100%…
Guide to Hollywood Terminology
For you, The Screenwriter’s Ultimate Guide To Hollywood Terminology from Screencraft. Do you know the meaning of…. & (AND), ABOVE THE LINE, AGAINST, BEAT SHEET, BELOW THE LINE, BIDDING WAR, COVERAGE, CREATIVE EXECUTIVE, DEVELOPMENT HELL, ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER, ELEVATOR PITCH, FILM CANON (OR JUST “CANON”), FOUR QUADRANT MOVIE, SCALE, SPEC SCRIPT, STORY CANON, TENT POLE …? Well, you…
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Best Screenwriting Books: ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN TRADE
William Goldman (1931-2018) is one of the best screenwriters Hollywood has seen. He was the author of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (an original script that won him his first Oscar), “All The President’s Men” (maybe the most difficult…
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