Story & Structure · 5 min

What Makes A GREAT Character [and it’s not what you think].

How to create a great character. The holy grail for the beginning screenwriter. Yet, when you listen to the gurus, it sounds so simple. Once you…

Script Perfection · 5 min

Three Magical Writing Exercises For Screenwriters

While you're stuck, it may be an idea to just do a writing exercise, without the pressure of having to come up with new material. This…

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[Video]: Inside Pixar

'What if we could somehow take these feelings - fear, sadness, disgust, joy... and make them into characters? If we do this right, it could be…

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[Video]: George Miller Fury Road

'I would hope that I've changed... I know that cinema's changed, I know that we speed read movies now compared to forty years ago. Road Warrior…

News · 7 min

Ozzywood to Hollywood – 5

Silence. Professionalism. Action... (Part 5) So here I am about to approach three years in L.A. (June 10 to be exact) and I feel the need…

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[Video]: Max Landis Explains It

'I grew up as a big fan of movies. I love movies. Movies felt like this big, sacred, really cool thing... Movies felt like this endless…

Movie Moments · 5 min

Hero’s Journey In The Wire

The Wire has a Hero's Journey, in case you missed it.  It is also the one TV show I keep going back to. The HBO production first aired…

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[Video]: Joss Whedon talks Shakespeare

'Shakespeare has been a part of the fabric of my life, for all of my life... It's something that I love very much.' On the back…

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[Video]: David Benioff on Fears and Lies

'I think the heaviness for me is when I have to write... Thinking of the ideas is fun for me, it's the actual writing part that's…

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[Video]: Origins of George RR Martin

'Writing novels is very lonely work... it's essentially just you and in those days a typewriter and blank sheet of paper... I actually liked working with…

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[Video]: Alejandro Iñárritu talks Birdman

'This way to approach it pushes you to be absolutely naked, honest, and clear as hell, and present in your position... the way you make, it…

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[Video]: Funny Women

'When you're on a television show, you're in someone's living room with them all the time... people become so comfortable with [you].' Hollywood - and comedy…

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[Video]: The Ken Burns Effect

'All story is manipulation. ' What gives a great story the power to move us? Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns (Vietnam, Jack Johnson, The Roosevelts: An…

Movie Moments · 5 min

Suspense, Surprise And Mystery In The Bourne Identity

It seems that the Gilroys can’t do much wrong in Hollywood. Both Dan and Tony have a riveting and diverse list of credits to their name.…