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The right kind of rewriting

Some years ago, I listened to a talk on screenwriting given by the British screenwriter and novelist Frank Cottrell Boyce at the British...

Screenplay adaptations

Should novelists adapt their books to the screen? I've performed numerous adaptations. In my experience the person who wrote the book...

Does it come in black?

Consider: how much better than the line 'So you're fast' would 'I knew it' be @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIHH5-HVS9o Why? 'So...

With great power comes great responsibility

‘Feature films are the most powerful and insidious shapers of public perception, because they fly under the radar of conscious...

All is not lost

I recently watched ALL IS LOST (2013). I had low expectations. Why? The title of a film can tell you a lot about the minds behind it (or...

The view from the front row

Essential to the failure – or shortcomings – of so many films is the quality of the film director or producer's influence on the film...

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Handcrafted: The Fine Art and Craft of Screenwriting

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One Life

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Adaptations can tell us about the book being adapted

If film is art, what is art?

Here is another film screenplay scene

Here is a film screenplay scene