Do you have a feature film project, a series in development or an animation script and would like a professional’s opinion? Do you have doubts regarding the development of the intrigue? Are you still ...

What comes to mind when you think about script analysis? Maybe you picture an actor sitting in his bedroom, poring over a script with different colored pens in hand, highlighting, underlining, and ...

Increasingly, this category is where the action is for A-list studio writers at awards time, and the best hope for grabbing that career-making nomination or statuette. This year, though, the sole ...

Once upon a time, a long time ago, I was considering the possibility that there might be more to screen drama than external conflict-driven plotting when, as if hit by a thunderbolt, a new paradigm of ...

Over the last couple of decades, original script noms traditionally have slanted heavily towards independent films — underlined this year by the inclusion of four indies and just one studio pic. The ...

Yesterday, I introduced you to the first three things you need to know about analyzing a script before your next audition. Today, I bring you four tidbits to add to your script analyzing arsenal. 1.

At this stage in the season, when it is entirely too early to make any meaningful predictions about what the Oscar nominees (much less the winners) will be, I like to look back at the Academy’s recent ...

The fine folks over at Polygraph shared an excellent analysis of over 2,000 screenplays, breaking them down by gender and age. Right up front: the results aren’t too great. Though, let’s be honest, ...

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The process used to create a major motion picture hasn't changed much in a century. Someone has an idea that they turn into a screenplay, which is then edited, developed and handed to a director, who ...