Wednesday, December 25, 2024
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7 Simple Steps to A Stronger Script (From Script)

In this week’s roundup brought to us by Script magazine, contributor Barri Evins offers seven easy tips and tricks to tackle a Polish & Hone pass on your script, plus read exclusive interviews with documentarians Matthew Mishory (Fioretta) and Yael Melamede (Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely), learn how to do a “climate pass” on your screenplay, and so much more!

SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 502 – Adapting a Novel for the Screen with Charles Guard and Thomas Guard

This week, Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmakers and brothers Charles Guard and Thomas Guard about writing and directing Dead Shot (2023) and how they adapted the script from the book ‘The Road to Balcombe Street’ by Steven P. Moysey.

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The Era of the Multi-Hyphenate: An Interview with Pipeline Media Group’s Matt Misetich [SERIES]

This series is an exploration of the multi-hyphenate phenomenon. We dive into the insights of experts who are either multi-hyphenates or have witnessed the evolution of the screenwriting profession firsthand. They share their experiences and perspectives to set those screenwriters who’d like to test the multi-hyphenate waters in the right direction.

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Your Screenplay Has a Carbon Footprint – Here’s How You Can Lower It

By doing a “climate pass,” screenwriters can reduce a film or TV show’s environmental impact before it even goes into production.

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Get Real: How Barbie’s Emotions Build a Transformative Journey

Warner Bros.

As screenwriters, we often think about what our characters want and need—but how often do we sit quietly and just feel?

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Finding Your Roots to Write Your Story

[L-R] Joey Schoenberg and Randy Schoenberg in Fioretta. Courtesy Rubber Ring Films.

Fioretta director and co-writer Matthew Mishory, as well as documentary subjects Randol “Randy” Schoenberg and Joey Schoenberg, talk about embarking on this documentary journey, self-discovery, creating a tonal aesthetic language with camera movement and sound design, and the importance of family history.

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Interview with PBS American Masters Documentary Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely Filmmaker Yael Melamede

PBS American Masters

Filmmaker Yael Melamede shares with Script how her architectural background has become a vital and necessary tool in how she builds stories and her creative team, and so much more!

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The Creator Film Review

20th Century Studios

This sci-fi action thriller is a searing take on technological advancement run amok and man’s place in the spectrum of this potential future genesis.

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INDIE SPOTLIGHT: Interview with Natural Disaster Film On Fire Filmmaker Nick Lyon

Co-director and co-writer Nick Lyon spoke with Script about how the germ of the idea came to him while camping, why he makes films, and his creative collaboration with both co-writer Ron Peer and co-director and star Peter Facinelli.

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Interview with South of Hope Street Writer and Director Jane Spencer

Writer and director Jane Spencer, an expat American independent filmmaker based in Zurich, Switzerland, talks about her four features and her decades-long career.

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Breaking & Entering: Your Final Draft Needs a Rewrite! The Polish & Hone Checklist – 7 Simple Steps to A Stronger Script

One more crucial rewrite before anyone else sees your script. Barri Evins offers 7 easy tips and tricks to tackle a Polish & Hone pass. Little changes add up!

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