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Monthly Archives: July 2008
“Action, Sex, Violence, Hollywood Zen”
To write a box office hit screenplay, you should do some research first before you decide to write a screenplay. Passion for your subject matter plays an integral role in the writing of your screenplay, but common sense dictates that … Continue reading
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Tagged 101 Dalmatians, action, box office hit, Doctor Zhivago, E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial, films, genres, Gone With the Wind, hollywood, IV - A New Hope, Jaws, passion, screenplay, sex, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Star Wars: Episode, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, The Exorcist, The Sound of Music, The Ten Commandments, Titanic, violence, writing, zen
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“The Zen of Spec Script Versus Shooting Script”
A shooting script, written from the spec script by a screenwriter with the director, puts everything in the screenplay that needs to be there for shooting. Therefore, the lines spoken in a foreign language are written out in its native … Continue reading
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Tagged character, dialogue, English, foreign language, hollywood, language, screenplay, screenwriter, screenwriting, script, shooting script, slush pile, spec script, writing
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“Zen Values, July 4th and Writing”
What do you see when you look at yourself in the mirror? Exploding fireworks like July 4th? If so, you’ve celebrated July 4th when it wasn’t July 4th. Why the fireworks? Does it have anything to do with how you … Continue reading
