Exposition is fickle. It’s one of the few tools of storytelling the average filmgoer is familiar enough with to spot – and ridicule – from a mile away. No one likes to see the pieces of the film they’re about
The Tight 20 Minutes
How Denis Villeneuve Filmed the ‘Unfilmable’ Dune
Reviewmyscript.com hopes you’ll be seeing Dune when it comes out this Friday, the 22nd of October. Once you’ve let the bombast wash over you, why not temper any curiosity over how such a monumental adaptation was undertaken by watching this
The Basics of Script Formatting
Recently we suggested that if you prefer to write however you like, to avoid feeling that you’re stymieing creative flow by focusing on formatting, that you put off formatting until you go over your script for the first time, methodically.
Adapting Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Breakfast at Tiffany’s turned 60 on Tuesday the 5th October 2021. If pressed, many people couldn’t tell you exactly what it’s about, save that there may be a breakfast happening at Tiffany’s. Somehow everyone is familiar with it and the
Things to Keep an Eye Out for While Editing Your Script
There’s an old joke about screenwriting; Two development execs meet in the hallway. One says, “Hey, what’s cooking?” The second one, extremely excited, replies, “I just bought this script. It’s the most perfect piece of writing I’ve ever seen. Characters,
Stanley Kubrick Gives One of the Greatest Acceptance Speeches of All Time
Giving an acceptance speech as a writer can be stressful. Do you approach it as you would your work, or do you let pretenses fall away and just say what you’re thinking? Even then, by your umpteenth award, you may
How Writers Saved Toho Studios
We know what happens when writers go on strike. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen happens. X-Men Origins: Wolverine happens. There is no need to give the obligatory third example, these two terrors exalt the need for real writers as well
David Prior on his Sleeper Cult Film, The Empty Man
In 2019, Disney continued its annexation of the entirety of the American studio system through the acquisition of 20th Century Studios. There were some casualties. One of these forgotten projects was a modestly budgeted horror film, the debut of writer
E.T. – How Spielberg Drew from his Childhood
As a piece of advice, ‘write what you know’ can be off-putting. On the surface it seems to suggest that aspiring writers limit their creativity. In practice, ‘write what you know’ has more to do with emotional experience than writing
Emma Lungiswa De Wet and Kelsey Egan on ‘Glasshouse’
Spling interviewed Glasshouse screenwriter and associate producer, Emma Lungiswa De Wet and writer-director Kelsey Egan. The interview unearthed some welcome insights into the writing process and what it took to realise the dystopian fairy tale, Glasshouse. The story centres on