Jun 01 2008

Blaine561 Today’s Take on the Film Industry June 1st, 2008!

Published by admin at 9:53 am under film, screenwriting

Blaine561’s take on today’s film industry news, …

‘Creative Screenwriting’ - How to write a movie

If writing a screenplay is on your list of things to try, or if you’re interested in hearing smart people…

Snorting Screenwriter Flames

Whether a critic, writer, or blogger likes a film or hates it, he ought to be able recognize the no-brainer contributions of these two writers to filmmaking and screenwriting, let alone the Pirates of the Caribbean phenomenon. …

Screenwriting 101

I’d love to find a way to guide new visitors (and aspiring screenwriters) through them without annoying longtime readers. So consider this a call for advice. I’d especially welcome links to sites that do a great job walking readers …

Screenwriter Blogs

Here’sa list of screenwriting blogs that it couldn’t hurt to read:. John August - Charlie’s Angels, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Corpse Bride. John Rogers - American Outlaws, The Core, Catwoman, Transformers. …

I’ll Read Your Screenplay…

Phil Gladwin, pro screenwriter, is running a new Forum Competition at the Screenwriting Goldmine - prize being free screenplay coverage.

Pitching a Strikeout

Writer Boy bought screenwriting software and books and figured that there were far fewer screenwriters than novelists. He was right about that. He calculated his assumptions about numbers in his head (a dangerous thing for writer boy). …

Being as nobody asked…

I bought ‘Teach Yourself Screenwriting’ (actually not as terrible as it should be, and certainly more fun to read than ‘Story’), read it from cover to cover, then began in earnest. I didn’t own a computer at the time, so I wrote a step …

Women in Film and Television - Toronto

The first module will provide an introduction to the major elements of Feature Film Screenwriting, including the development stages of a screenplay. The second module will provide an in-depth analysis of the major elements of feature …

Building Your Screenwriting Career - The Missing Pieces

Many of these classes were well worth the money when it came to teaching me about the CRAFT of screenwriting. I absolutely learned a lot. But talent and craft by themselves are not enough to make you a regularly working professional …

Mostly Nothing Happens

But what really got my attention is Poirier’s shift from fiction writing to screenwriting, where generally, things have to happen. The article says that Hollywood had always wooed the big name literary writers–Fitzgerald, Faulkner, …

Universal Studios Fire - These are exclusive fire pictures from inside Universal City. Los Angeles City Firefighter Ted Chambers was on scene with fellow firefighter Tom Prange. Here are the first of more that I will post. I also have some behind the scenes …

Massive Fire at Universal Studios! - TMZ.com: A huge fire has erupted at a sound stage at Universal Studios in Burbank. The fire started roughly an hour ago, and is continuing to spread, according to ABC. There are no reports of injuries at the moment.Story Developing . …

Fire Ravages the Universal Studios Backlot! - A fire broke out at Universal Studios early this morning during a film shoot and is currently still raging through the studio’s backlot. The blaze was first reported at 4:45AM in a sound stage were it expanded rapidly, destroying one …

Universal Studios On Fire - UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) - June 1, 2008 — A Los Angeles fire official says a large fire is burning on a lot at Universal Studios. Los Angeles fire Capt. Frank Reynoso says the blaze was reported just before dawn Sunday on a sound …

Universal Studios - Large Fire Breaks Out, Reports of Explosion - Filming may have been going on at the time the fire broke out early Sunday on the Universal Studios back lot. There were also reports of an explosion in the studio’s adjacent amusement park, said Los Angeles County Fire Capt. …

Universal Studios - Fire On Backlot - Several media sources are carrying reports of a fire on Universal Studios backlot this morning. It’s not clear if anyone has been injured or if any filming was going on at the time. Sky News Fox News is reporting that several buildings …

Films and Sets Burn in Universal Studios Fire - There’s been a huge fire raging on the Universal Studios set here in Los Angeles since early this morning. My apartment is about a mile north of the studio and the smell of the smoke is horrible because of the burning plastic: …

Fire sweeps through lot of Universal Studios - backlot of Universal Studios, which is adjacent to the theme park. The theme park is scheduled to open at 9 am local time (noon ET). The blaze continued to rage almost three hours after it was reported, fire authorities said.

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