Every screenwriter learns their first education in filmic storytelling by watching movies that inspire them to take a shot at it themselves. The movies are your first, and most important tutor, but in professionalscreenwriting it can be just as important
David Lynch Opens Up About Eraserhead
We touched on surrealist auteur David Lynch’s creative process and briefly mentioned his struggles with getting a grip on his debut feature Eraserhead’s overarching theme or purpose. Lynch eventually had his eureka moment whilst reading the Bible; a single line
David Lynch Turns 70 Ideas into a Movie
In 2006 David Lynch released, if he sticks to his word, his final film. It was Inland Empire, the most elusive, scattershot, and bizarre of any of his works. Without a great deal of effort on the viewer’s part, the
Taking Writing Seriously with Stephen King
Do you struggle to get down to the nitty-gritty of writing? Maybe you get distracted easily, or maybe you find that you’re not meeting your requirements as you go. Moving at a glacial pace, never settling into a groove, waiting
Barry Jenkins Offers Insights to Students
Barry Jenkins, the humanist filmmaker behind the vulnerable portraits of the black American experience Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk, recently saw the release of his latest mammoth undertaking; The Underground Railroad, based on a novel of the same