Joseph Campbell: a refresh
Here's a refresh on story and character archetype, and structural stuff you can to put good use when writing a screenplay. Even if you...
Another sample script report
‘TITLE’ Script report by Nick Green The premise of this script is ruthlessly original. The script’s surreal opening grabs and engages the...
A sample script report
I'm often asked for sample script reports by potential script consultation clients. Script consultation clients need to know what they...
Mission Impossible: Fallout
We know what we hope for when we go to see another film in the Tom Cruise Mission Impossible franchise. And we know what we want. We want...
The Post
There is concern about the demise of the art of storytelling in film. Comparisons between, say, John Schlesinger’s version of Far from...
Shakespeare in Dev
Twenty years ago my then agent was marketing the hell out of a spec script I’d written as a fledgling screenwriter. The screenplay was...
Great writers aren't limited by genre
I've just seen a posting on Screenwriting Staffing from someone looking for a screenwriter to doctor a horror film script. This person...
Mother
IMHO - Mother (2017 Darren Aronofsky) is the sort of cultural masterpiece that shows how genius is always ahead of it's time, and is...
Blade Runner 2049
Film director James Cameron gives the lie to the modern assertion that the bigger the film budget, the worse the storytelling. Most other...
The ISA
The International Screenwriters' Association remains a useful resource for film makers, screenwriters and film script consultants at all...