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Half-Baked Scripts Tend to Hemorrhage

Half-Baked Scripts Tend to Hemorrhage

Roland Emmerich is known for his blockbuster films, including 10,000 BC, 2012 and now Midway. Based on the battle of Midway, which followed six months after the Pearl Harbor attack during World War II, this passion project for Emmerich is

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The Marriage of Real and Unreal

The Marriage of Real and Unreal

While the illusion of cinema is able to immerse you in other worlds, there are very hard rules when it comes to dialogue and screenplays. A curious example is Marriage Story, the Noah Baumbach independent drama with Adam Driver and

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When Twists and Turns Thicken…

When Twists and Turns Thicken…

When it comes to writing a screenplay, especially a thriller, there’s a tendency for writers to stick to the genre’s propensity for twists and turns. While it is to be expected that there will be a couple of surprise plot

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Writing Yourself into Your Screenplay

Writing Yourself into Your Screenplay

A “Woody Allen film” has almost become a film genre. He frequently plays a neurotic New Yorker, casts himself, features a writer, a semi-successful entertainment figure, starts with narration, references literary works and sets his films in New York. These

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The Balancing Act of Doctor Sleep

The Balancing Act of Doctor Sleep

The Shining is one of Kubrick’s masterpieces. Inspiring many academic papers that grapple with the inherent meaning behind his grand horror at the Overlook hotel, it’s a work that has lasted, regarded as one of the scariest films of all-time.

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The Good, the Bad and the Formulaic

The Good, the Bad and the Formulaic

“It’s so formulaic.” The term is often bandied about by critics, who have come to encompass cookie-cutter film-making into one word. Coming from the word formula, the criticism is leveled at an apparent lack of inspiration, adhering to the safe

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There Is No Substitute for Passion – The Terminator Story

There Is No Substitute for Passion – The Terminator Story

James Cameron’s Terminator franchise has been running for 35 years. Starting in 1984 with the groundbreaking The Terminator, it was followed up seven years later by Terminator 2: Judgement Day, a film that capitalised on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s star power. Originally

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Dialogue: Sparse, Overload and Everything In-Between

Dialogue: Sparse, Overload and Everything In-Between

When it comes to cinema, there’s a broad range of possibilities when conveying your story through dialogue and scripting.  In the age of silent movies, screen titles would relay the dialogue, meaning the only way they could communicate the spoken

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Spling is Rockin’ the Clock with a New Fictional Series

Spling is Rockin’ the Clock with a New Fictional Series

Spling entered the Triggerfish Storylab competition in association with Disney a few years ago with a TV series idea. At that stage, he didn’t have much more than a concept and characters. While the concept was well-received, it was probably

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Where Art and Business Collide…

Where Art and Business Collide…

What makes someone want to become a screenwriter? Usually the prospect of creating your own film comes from a love of movies. More specifically, we are inspired by or attracted to films that resonate with us beyond the celluloid. Being

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