Today I’m going all out with the mother of all breaking down story structure‘s with film-school favorite, Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino, a non-linear, darkly comic, noire masterpiece that officially made QT a household name and a legend. This breakdown is going to be tricky, as the normal structure is there, it’s just in a different order. It’s three…
Another breaking down structure today with a top ten all time favorite, Se7en, directed by David Fincher, a dark, visceral masterpiece that blew everyone away in 1995. Only his second film, after the much maligned debut Alien 3 (which I actually liked), Fincher proved he was a force to be reckoned with, and has gone on to have an envietable…
The breaking down structure madness continues with another all time favorite, also directed Mr. Ridley Scott, Alien, a stunning, visual masterpiece that I could easily watch every day. The film broke new ground on many levels: a female hero, the “truckers in space” visual style, the combination of sci-fi and horror, the terrifyingly unique design of the titular Alien beast….but…
The breaking down structure madness continues with one of my all time favorite films, Blade Runner, a science fiction masterpiece that I could watch it every day and still be enthralled. There isn’t a more visually beautiful film out there as far as I’m concerned. The world Ridley Scott created is incredible but also believable, and the special effects hold…
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After a little hiatus I’m back. Coronavirus is taking over. I go over the list of films being delayed and put on hold because of this worldwide pandemic. Then I talk about my favorite screenwriting podcasts. http://www.theqandapodcast.com/ https://johnaugust.com/scriptnotes https://anchor.fm/beyondthescreenplay https://www.onthepage.tv/on-the-page-podcast/…
Here’s a video I recorded that breaks down the screenplay story structure of the ENTIRE FIRST SEASON of Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance. https://www.netflix.com/title/80148535 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6905542/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Crystal:_Age_of_Resistance I use my own structural method, similar to Save The Cat. Read more about…
In Episode 3 of the The InkCast Screenwriting Podcast I talk go over the Writers Guild of America Screenwriting awards. http://awards.wga.org/ Then I take look at the latest news in screenwriting deals on Deadline.com. https://deadline.com/category/screenwriting/ That’s it for today a…