Screenwriting is a visual medium. You are creating scenes that will be transformed to the movie screen. Writers hear the old adage: ”Show Don’t Tell” many times, no matter what they write, but it is never more important than in screenwriting. The screenwriter creates scenes for the silver screen, not the mind’s eye.
Official Tagline: A horror actress lures a man into her dark web to help her find stolen movie footage, and must they deal with the demons and beasts that try to stop them from their forbidden desire. Written by: Marc...
The Craft of Screenwriting Theme – The Meaning of Your Story The Theme or Premise of a screenplay is the message that the writer wishes to express to the audience through the events that happen to the main character as...
The Out of Frame Anthologies The mind of an artist can be a landscape of imagination and wonder, but when it becomes unbridled, its genius can give into madness. If you were born with a talent for the arts, simply...
Thank you for joining us for Part 3 of our look at Genres Fantasy is a genre that can encompass many plots and if you consider it, all fiction is fantasy, but for our purposes Fantasy will include movies that...
Thank you for joining us again in our study of the Screenwriting Craft. Today we have part 2 of out discussion of Movie Genres. Drama is on the opposite end of the Genre Spectrum from Comedy, but that isn’t to...
Genres: The different kinds of stories, Part 1 Many years ago, a Genre film was considered to be a B-Movie or a lesser type of film. Now Genre films are some of the top money making movies released year after...
Official Tagline: The masters of horror have united to teach you the secrets of success in the scariest genre of all! In On Writing Horror, Second Edition, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Harlan Ellison, David Morrell, Jack Ketchum, and many...
Official Tagline: A group of five friends are terrorized at their getaway cabin in this remake of the 2002 film Cabin Fever (2002). Written by: Randy Pearlstein, Eli Roth (original screenplay) Directed by: Travis Zariwny Starring: Gage Golightly, Matthew Daddario, Samuel Davis, Nadine Crocker,...
Official Tagline: Five sisters in 19th century England must deal with the idea of marrying wealthy businessmen, as well as protecting themselves from a growing population of savage zombies. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES is a fresh twist on Jane...
In our quest to write a great screenplay we need to find a great idea for a story. Story ideas can come from anywhere. Your own personal experience, ripped from the headlines, your unique spin on an old plot, like...