Tag: screenwriting,
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Finding Jesus at a Georgia truck stop – CNN.com
Remember when I was a budding screenwriter working on a script about truck drivers? Man, that was fun. This is the sort of thing I would clip out of the New York Times. Matter of fact, I have an old clipping filed away about a trucker preacher a bit younger than this one from those…
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“Big Lebowski” Script
A big hunk of the script, to settle debates and hone fine references. Nomenclature. In today’s parlance. These men are nihlists Donny, there’s nothing to be afraid of. “Big Lebowski” Script
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Film Techniques of Alfred Hitchcock
A fun illustrated list of some of the master’s favorite tricks. Back in film school, this boiled down to one important sentence: Keep a bomb under the table. via YDA Film Techniques of Alfred Hitchcock
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Tony Soprano didn’t just get whacked; he practically got a funeral – BobHarris.com
I could care less about the Sopranos, but I love this sort of obsessive attention to detail in a piece of screenwriting, and the guy who wrote this post has done the heavy lifting to reveal quite a bit of that detail. via Howard. Tony Soprano didn’t just get whacked; he practically got a funeral…
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Wired 15.01: The Meteor Farmer
“Using a souped-up metal detector, a shovel, and a treasure map, Steve Arnold combs the flat Kansas wheat fields for rocks from outer space.” Wired 15.01: The Meteor Farmer
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Italy Picks Oscar Hopeful – SF Chronicle
Note to self: Write the screenplay for Grandma’s second book, but get the movie made in Russia, in all the applicable languages. Win Oscar. Italy Picks Oscar Hopeful – SF Chronicle