“Win The War On Clichés” Robert McKee On Writing Action Films
Screenwriting instructor and author has taught, inspired, and mentored thousands of screenwriters over his career spanning several decades. His combination of practical exercises and real life film and television examples to illustrate his points has led to many of his students forging highly successful screenwriting careers. In his latest book, Action: The Art of Excitement for […]
Scene Stealers: Writing The Perfect Heist (Part 2)
Here is the final part of our series in writing heist films. The Plan Just like your characters, a screenwriter needs to consider every aspect of the heist and come up with scenarios for when there are unforeseen variables that interfere with that plan. No matter how fool proof their plan is, there needs […]
Scene Stealers: Writing The Perfect Heist (Part 1)
Unbeknownst to them, a silent alarm has already been triggered by a quick thinking teller, there’s an off duty police officer in the queue waiting for a chance to reach for his ankle holster, and the safe is empty. There’s a reason why heist films exploded onto the scene during the infant years of filmmaking. […]
5 Ways To Sharpen Your Descriptions
Descriptions in your screenplay are a lot like vitamins; not enough and your screenplay becomes anemic and difficult to visualize and follow. Too much, and it becomes obese and lethargic. What is description anyway? It’s more than the text between the dialogue and scene descriptions. It sets the scene, tone, mood, and speed velocity of […]
Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, and An Orange Cat Elevate “Captain Marvel”
Expectations are sky-high for Marvel Studio’s latest superhero film Captain Marvel. It’s not only the movie studio’s first big-screen adventure with a female lead, in Academy-Award winning Brie Larson from Room, but it also stands as a critical bridge between the two-part epic of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. (She’s the one that Nick […]
