The Godfather Archives - The Script Blog

Film Blocking, What is it?

by Enric @thescriptblogPublished: June 1, 2020Updated: February 25, 2021

Film blocking and staging mean choreographing the actors and the camera in a given scene in a way which develops and pushes the film narrative forward. It’s never guided solely by aesthetics, and if it is, it’s wrong, That’s why…

Continue reading Film Blocking, What is it?

BOOKS on filmmaking, FILMMAKING

Best “Making Of” Books: EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS

by Enric @thescriptblogPublished: November 19, 2019Updated: February 25, 2021

How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock ‘n’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood. This must be THE book about American movies from the 60s to the 80s. We are not technically dealing with a “Making Of” book here, but this marvellous piece of work tells…

Continue reading Best “Making Of” Books: EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS

BOOKS on screenwriting, POSTS on screenwriting, SCREENWRITING

Best Screenwriting Books: INTO THE WOODS

by Enric @thescriptblogPublished: December 10, 2015Updated: February 25, 2021

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…

Continue reading Best Screenwriting Books: INTO THE WOODS