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Speculating on The Dark Knight Rises…
Dan Calvisi has brass balls. Now, I’ve never seen the man nude, I just meant it more as a metaphor. Kinda like Alec Baldwin pulling his golden nuts out of the briefcase in Glengarry
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Sidney Lumet Interview
Sidney Lumet was an amazing director. He knew the importance of character in story and always got the best out of the actors who were fortunate enough to work with him. I revisit several
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2012 Oscar Nominated Scripts
The nominees for the 2012 Academy Awards were announced early this morning. Congratulations to all the nominees. Click the film names to download their Oscar-nominated scripts for free. Only three films (Hugo, Midnight in
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2011 Black List
Congratulations to all those who made the 2011 Black List. Chosen from the lists of over 300 film execs (who contribute the names of up to ten of their favorite scripts that were written
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Cutting Scenes
Cutting scenes from your screenplay can be painful, but sometimes you just gotta do it. Filling a page with needless dialogue and exposition will bore your readers. If you’re not pushing the plot forward,
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Dialogue
One of the biggest mistakes a screenwriter can make is “on-the-nose” dialogue — telling your audience exactly what’s on your character’s mind without a hint of subtext. In life, people rarely trust enough to
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Coppola’s Godfather Notes
What a wonderful find: Coppola’s notes for the Godfather screenplay, written directly on page 152 of Puzo’s novel. From the restaurant scene where Michael takes out Sollozzo and Capt. McClusksey: Here’s how the scene
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MasterWriter 2.0
I have two screenplay software programs on my laptop: Final Draft and MasterWriter. I don’t use MasterWriter until I have a draft where my story is in good shape. I’ll print up my screenplay
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Film Structure and Emotion
Film is escapism. Once the lights dim, we retreat from our banal lives and enter the world on the screen. The good ones strap our emotions in for a roller coaster ride. They let
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Kubrick Cinemagraphs
I ran across these Kubrick Cinemagraphs over at FilmmakerIQ.com. For those who are unaware, just like I was ten minutes before I published this post, what a cinemagraph is… Cinemagraphs are still photographs in
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