by Jurgen Wolff | 6 October, 2018 | Filmmaking, Screenwriting
(6 things screenwriters can learn from Anton Chekhov) Jurgen Wolff’s “Screenwriting Coach” workshops start on Monday, October 15th 2018. In the run-up to that, we’ve invited him to share some of his insights and tips. Movie-making hadn’t really taken off when Anton...
by Elliot Grove | 28 September, 2018 | Filmmaking Career, Screenwriting
Let’s suppose you are the type of screenwriter who sits in your sweat pants at home every night eating pizza. You know. The screenwriter who writes and writes blissfully unaware of the brimming humanity swirling at your doorstep. And let’s suppose you are...
by Ellie Steiner | 25 September, 2018 | Directing, Film History, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Producing, Raindance Film Festival, Screenwriting
Ahead of the World Premiere of The Odds, Closing Night Film at this year’s Raindance Film Festival, we got talking with director Bob Giordano about all things film. The Odds is a complex psychological journey that with every plot twist becomes more twisted and...
by Kim Hudson | 3 September, 2018 | Filmmaking, Screenwriting
Crazy Rich Asians Story Breakdown Part 1 Here is a breakdown of the story beats of the story of personal growth with an ensemble protagonist. It is made even more complex without being confusing by changing up the order of the beats and repeating them through out the...
by Kim Hudson | 3 September, 2018 | Filmmaking, Screenwriting
A personal growth story shows the ability to know yourself and be yourself despite what others expect of you. In ancient times this was known as the Virgin archetype, the feminine counterpart to the Hero. As with a ‘virgin forest’, Virgin meant to know you are of...
by Kim Hudson | 30 August, 2018 | Filmmaking, In Our Opinion, Screenwriting
Crazy Rich Asians Script Breakdown Part 2 >HERE I’ve just seen Crazy Rich Asians! And believe it or not, I am just a few miles from the Arctic circle in Canada’s Yukon territory. At first this looks like an Asian version of Pretty Woman or While You Were...
