This is episode 1 of the central high documentary otherwise known as CH Doc. In this episode I talk about writing, revising and screenwriting / pre production tools. Throughout the series I will be taking you through the creation of my first webshow, talking about lessons learned and showing you the process. Hope you enjoy it. The idea for this was shamelessly stolen from pineappleboyfilms and the PoPS updates, which I suggest you go watch. celtx.com is the screenwriting software I discuss. I highly recommend it.

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Article by Joe Keny

Incitement incident is the first major incident in the narrative. It is the cause of everything that follows, and if you want your readers to continue reading, it is essential that you start with one extraordinary event.

The documentary bestseller Blink by Malcolm Gladwell s ‘opens with the Conservatives at the J. Paul Getty Museum in the scam for $ 10 million while the purchase of a sixteenth century BC sculpture, known as kouros. The Tin Roof purge a novel by James Lee Burke, opens with a priest standing on a roof of a hut in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, trying to save people trapped in the attic, like any the force of Hurricane Katrina to door on him. Both books begin with a dramatic opening, or what screenwriters call the incident incentives. Inciting incident is the first major incident in the narrative. It is the cause of everything that follows, and if you want your readers to continue reading, it is essential that you start with one extraordinary event. In general, an event that happens in your character or is caused by the protagonist. I am not talking about contrived scenes of action or overexagerated promises. I am referring to the beginning of your book with a story, a story or an event that upsets the balance of forces within your story.

In the Blink of an EyeMalcolm Gladwell’s subtitle is Blink to The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. By opening with $ 10 million art scam, rather than to explain exactly what he means by thinking without thinking, we follow the story of Federico Zeri, an art historian and board member of Getty administration. Zeri departure is the statue of the nails. Even if a dozen experts has signed on the kouros-geologists took core samples of the statue and marble analyzed under an electron microscope, electron microbe, mass spectrometry, X-ray diffraction, Etc. according Zeri, something is not right Look. Then we meet Evelyn Harrison, an expert on Greek sculpture, who knew the statue was a fake when she saw it. In a sense, Blink is about why our intuitions usually turn to be true. Malcolm Gladwell might be the master of spectacle do not say. It does not begin his book by telling us how it is brilliant. There can wow us with facts. It does not seek to convince us he is right. What it does is to tell a story. A story of great power deceived people with experts fellows, and museum curators blinded by the glory and harebrained lawyers. In other words, it tells a story, we can not make.

Excite Me, Do It and FastWe’ve expect an excellent opening of mystery and suspense novels like James Lee Burke’s Tin Roof purge. Burke begins by putting us right in the middle of Hurricane Katrina. A storm, described Burke as “… with more impact than the bomb that hit Hiroshima and peeled off the south side of Louisiana. “Only after we were drawn into the book that focuses more on its characters “Inner life that the devastation around you write them.Whether documentary or fiction, it is important for you to create an incident that throws your characters in a balanced manner that raises your readers and your characters The desire to restore this balance. This done, and you just have your readers when you want. Play.

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Article by Sara L. Gordon

I have read many screenplays and while its not my favorite thing to do (personally I would rather watch a film than read a screenplay any day) I have put together some tips and ideas for screenwriters based on what I have seen over the years.

I remember back when I was in college and took creative writing courses, my professors (like many throughout the world) were of the

Article by Valeria Kennedy

Do you need to know how to write a script and what all do you need to keep in mind when you write a script? Well, script writing is no science! So there are no hard and fast rules. But, then again, you need to be able to connect with your audience with it. In this article, we have discussed a few points that might help you with your script writing.-When you decide to begin with movie scriptwriting, the first thing that you need to keep in mind is the story line of your script.-You need to decide on the characters and the placement of these characters. It may be not necessary for you to draft all the characters in one go, but a lot of people prefer doing it, so choose the path that suits your movie scriptwriting.-The next step in script writing would be deciding an outline; if you do not draft your outline properly, your whole movie scriptwriting activity could be ruined.-Maintain a steady tone. Well, you need to remember that script writing is not just about mixing romance, drama action; it

Article by Scott Morgan

WRITING FOR ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS

As the Academy Awards approach, many people are curious how screenwriters make it, what goes on a page, and who makes a script better. There are so many questions I can only describe some real life situations, and also add some facts in film history. Working for years as a Screenwriter for Hire, and also as a Spec Script writer, my stories are sometimes wild, sometimes sad, but always entertaining and informative.

I’ve mentioned in other blogs how rare it is to find Producers that know how to improve a script nowadays. This was mandatory a few decades ago. I think that the digital age and expansion of film schools allowed more Producers to rush ahead to production. In my mind, hey, it’s great that they get to produce a film. But steps along the way – steps learning the elements of better storytelling – are often skipped. That is why you hear so many bizarre comments in studio meetings about rewrites on your scripts. Here you are a writer that toiled away at writing s solid story, and suddenly a Producer asks if you can make the death of the midget drowning in the toilet more glorious for midgets (this is an actual note from Warner Brothers on a comedy assassin movie.)

I have been lucky enough to work with several Academy Award winners. I would be either a Screenwriter for Hire or I would have written a script they wanted to set up.

Here is a list of the infamous Producers or Directors I worked with, learned from, or set up projects with:

Freddie Fields: GloryJerome Hellman: Midnight CowboyJohn Badham: Saturday Night FeverBarry London: Head of Paramount/Titanic, Forrest Gump, Braveheart, Top GunCort/Madden: Mr. Holland’s OpusAlbert Magnoli: Purple Rain (early guidance in film making/writing)Sydney Pollack: Tootsie, Out of Africa, countless others (seminar mentoring)Tony Scott: Top Gun, Man on Fire, Unstoppable, A-Team, countless others.

Joel Silver (Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, etc.) didn’t really do script improvement or mentor/advise me in any way. Though he is a big name.

My experiences with the big days of New Line were interesting, and I learned a lot.

But the three most influential are Freddie Fields/Jerome Hellman, and Barry London. John Marsh at Tri-Star was fantastic at showing me how to improve a script. As was Justin Dardess. I’ll concentrate on Fields, Hellman, and London, since I credit them with advancing my talents far beyond most writers, especially when it comes to Marketing, Funding, and Distribution savvy.

Freddie Fields. Wow, what a legend. I met him through Cary Selig, a fantastic female producer. She was a D-Girl for him before moving to create Bel-Air Pictures (Collateral Damage, Message in a Bottle, The Replacements, Pay It Forward, and more.)

Freddie Fields was the Producer or Executive Producer on: American Gigolo, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Poltergeist, American Anthem, Glory, Milennium, Fever Pitch, Crimes of the Heart, andVictory. But before that – get this – he was one of the heads of ICM (then called CMA) and was credited as instrumental in the careers of Judy Garland, Woody Allen, Henry Fonda, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Redford, Peter Sellers, Steve McQueen, and married a Miss Universe. He set up Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KKid, American Graffiti, and Star Wars.

And I was mentored by him for a year. Unbelievable. I learned more than I could ever put into a blog – about the energy and the deal making behind closed doors. (Only Barry London taught me more.) Here is how it all happened.

Keri is a stunning brunette with a perfect body, the type you would imagine came to L.A. to be a star. But she was only interested in production. I met her out at a bar, through friends, and she gave me her number for business. We met a few times for drinks, then sort of vanished from each-other’s lives.

I started writing an action script called Hard Knox. It is the story of the stealing of the gold out of Fort Knox during a tornado. The tornado ends up being the bad guy. It had some unique plot twists in it. I knew it was a hot idea. I was on page 80 when I ran into her and she told me she moved to Fields/Hellman. I went in for a talk, and she had me pitch her three ideas. Since Hard Knox was not finished, I pitched that one last, but she knew this was the one. She asked me for a sneak copy. I went home and touched up what I had written and, unfinished, delivered it to her.

In the meantime, I had met a small time Producer that had a film deal at I think Millenium Pictures, plus an open door at some studios. He needed a screenwriter for hire. I don’t even remember his name for sure but think it was Jacque. I only remember his attitude toward the film he was directing in a month. It was a million film, shooting in Vancouver. He called it shit, a waste of time, etc., and something that he wanted to do and flush in the toilet but he needed the money. I felt so sorry for the actors. The story and writing was very watered-down and anemic. He had read Blood, Sweat, and Gold after a lawyer told him I was the best undiscovered (cheap and willing to do ghost writing is how he saw it) writer in Hollywood. He wanted me to do a ghost writing fix on his dream project for a few thousand dollars, so I took it. I was working on that at the same time as Hard Knox, but had not told him about it.

She wasn’t even finished with it when she called me and said, ‘My boss wants to meet you.” At that time, I did not know who the legendary Freddie Fields was, or what would happen to me if he did a film for/with me.

I walked into his office and there was this 70 year young man, Freddie. We had a fairly formal meeting. He talked about his accomplishments, and was generally seeing me as who I was – a na