Writing Memorable Script Openings (Part 2)
Make ‘Em Laugh Of course, comedies need to be funny and that starts right at the beginning of the film. Mel Brooks was a master of comedic openings. Blazing Saddles has a fairly mundane opening with a theme song that sounds just like any western theme song. So where’s the comedy? Being satirical, the humor […]
Writing Memorable Script Openings (Part 1)
Let’s get the cliché out of the way, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” In movies, that may not be true because people coming to your work may already know about the movie or TV series, but the first people to actually judge your work are reading it, not watching […]
