From The Vaults: Brian Herskowitz: A Unified Theory of Screenwriting
On this day in 2015, we published a two-part series on tying your screenwriting to a finished product. Although screenwriters should focus on their screenplay, they should consider production factors too. Creative Screenwriting readers may be familiar with Brian Herskowitz, whose lecture Crafting the Outline for Your Feature Film is available to purchase on our […]
Brian Herskowitz: A Unified Theory of Screenwriting
In the second of a two-part interview, Brian Herskowitz discusses his latest book Process to Product, screenwriting guides, and his Horror Equity Fund.
By Jason Nawara. Creative Screenwriting readers may be familiar with Brian Herskowitz, whose lecture Crafting the Outline for Your Feature Film is available to purchase on our website, and who has recently released one of the most pragmatic books on the craft of screenwriting: Process to Product. Besides writing, producing and directing dozens of projects, from […]
Brian Herskowitz: A Black Belt in The Film Industry
In the first of a two-part interview, Brian Herskowitz discusses his writing career, the screenwriting lessons that can be learned from martial arts, the importance of balancing belief and realism, and how to give and receive notes.
By Jason Nawara. Creative Screenwriting readers may be familiar with Brian Herskowitz, whose lecture Crafting the Outline for Your Feature Film is available to purchase on our website, and who has recently released one of the most pragmatic books on the craft of screenwriting: Process to Product. Besides writing, producing and directing dozens of projects, from […]
Serena: An Old Fashioned Film Noir
"The screenplay is just a blueprint for what the movie is going to become." Christopher Kyle discusses his latest film.
By Jason Nawara. The question of what someone would do for love is not a new concept in storytelling, but Serena, the slow-burn period drama set in a 1920’s North Carolina lumber mill starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper is the darkest of love stories. In Serena, screenwriter Christopher Kyle adapted Ron Rash’s novel of […]
Greg Grabianski: Beavis and Butthead to Scary Movie
Greg Grabianski tells us how he got started and how he keeps his inner screwball kid happy.
By Jason Nawara. Over the last twenty years, Greg Grabianski has invaded our minds subtly and not so subtly from a grinning Batboy on the cover of the Weekly World News, to the classic Cracked magazine in all of its satirical glory, to Beavis and Butthead and Scary Movie. Now, Greg is chasing the fun […]
