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Akira Kurosawa’s Frame of Mind
Akira Kurosawa‘s framings have magic. His storyboarding work is magnificent. Sometimes though, the Master’s decisions come from very down to earth motives. In his book Making Movies, Sidney Lumet says: ” I once asked Akira Kurosawa why he had chosen to frame a…
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%…
Best Screenwriting Books: INTO THE WOODS
John Yorke‘s INTO THE WOODS, not to be confused with Stephen Sondheim’s well known musical of the same title, is a very British book. Many examples referred to in it, come from British television, no wonder, as Yorke is an expert TV…
For Screenwriters: Endings
“Endings are a Bitch”: William Goldman Says, so it Must be True. The ending is where, as authors, we wanted to go all the time, although maybe we were not aware of it. Some endings can be surprising, but, if…
All You Need To Know About Loglines
These days you’ll be asked for loglines all the time. It’s a great exercise to undertake, as you have to reach into the soul of your work to create a decent logline, and it’s a way to X-ray your story.…
Things To Do Before You Submit Your Screenplay
To release a screenplay into the world too soon: this is one of the most common mistakes a writer can make. You are so eager of having it read, aren’t you? But once the script is out there, it’s too…
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