On Story is a new series which takes a look at the creative process of filmmaking through the eyes of some of the entertainment industry's most prolific writers, directors and producers. Each episode will also showcase short films from the region's most promising filmmakers.
posted by dobbs
on May 15, 2011 -
1 comment
Zombie Baby, Fucking Jane Austen, The Last Witch Hunter, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, American Bullshit, Better Living Through Chemistry... just some of the titles that made this year's
Black List, a list of the best unproduced screenplays of the year as voted on by industry insiders.
LA Times and
Deadline Hollywood have pieces on it and here's an October
audio interview with Franklin Leonard, creator of the Black List. In past years, aspiring screenwriters could find PDFs of the scripts online. It's gonna be
a lot harder
now.
posted by dobbs
on Dec 13, 2010 -
42 comments
Simply Scripts is a repository of screenplays. Sort of a collection of links to scripts hosted on other sites (like official studio or screenwriter sites). There's some neat stuff there. For instance, I found a Coen brothers script (
pdf), based on a James Dickey novel, I'd never heard of before.
posted by Manhasset
on Dec 7, 2008 -
14 comments
Word Into Image: Writers on Screenwriting {youtube}William Goldman (
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) (
1 2 3)
Robert Towne (
Chinatown) (
1 2 3)
Carl Foreman (
High Noon) (
1 2 3)
Neil Simon (
The Odd Couple) (
1 2 3)
Paul Mazursky (
An Unmarried Woman) (
1 2 3)
Eleanor Perry (
The Swimmer) (
1 2 3)
posted by dobbs
on Feb 22, 2008 -
9 comments
Some of you may have seen the feature film
Brick; I thought it one of the best of the year and among the better debuts I've seen in a long time. Writer-Director Rian Johnson
offers up the shooting script and original novella for free on his site. Fun for fans of noir, high school flicks, or MeFites gaggle of screenwriters.
posted by dobbs
on Oct 2, 2006 -
29 comments
Looking for an ego boost? The fine people over at
The Screenplay Agency are the place for you! No logline too stupid, no script too poorly written! Are you tired of agency after agency telling you that they don't want your 20 year old screenplay about how much you love peanut butter just because "It doesn't make any sense, and is written with crayon on a pile of dirty gym socks?" I know I was! Until I found out about The Screenplay Agency, who promptly accepted every criminally copyright infringing idea I threw at them until I just KNEW I was every bit as good I writer as I've always told myself I am. And all they asked of me was approximately $250 in fees paid to coverage agencies no one has ever heard of and which seem to be owned by the same company that owns The Screenplay Agency! Sure, you've heard of publishing scams like
Publish America (part 2) thanks to the diligence of sites like
Making Light and our own
thread on the matter, but The Screenplay Agency is totally different! For one thing, they only
rip you off boost your ego through
screenplays.
Now, some
legitimate screenplay writers high and mighty hollywood types have gone and
pranked this excellent automated delusion reinforcer. But don't let those spoilsports spoil your sport! (God, I am such a great writer. No wonder they loved my screenplay!) Go ahead and
generate your own rave reviews!
posted by shmegegge
on Feb 25, 2006 -
14 comments
Unproduced Screenplays "The Writers Guild of America registers approximately 30,000 screenplays every year, most of which never make it anywhere near the silver screen. Some of these are by "big name" writers like James Cameron and The Wachowski Brothers." Presented here for your reading pleasure are:
"Edward Ford" by Lem Dobbs,
"One Saliva Bubble" by David Lynch & Mark Frost,
"Red, White, Black, and Blue" by Andrew Kevin Walker,
"Carnivore" by The Wachowski Brothers,
"Alien 3" by David Twohy,
"A Crowded Room" by James Cameron, and
"I Am Legend" by Mark Protosevic.
posted by miss lynnster
on Jan 2, 2005 -
27 comments
Unproduced screenplays, including
Edward Ford, written by Lem Dobbs (
The Limey) and
one (pdf) by
Charlie Kaufman (
Eternal Sunshine..., Adaptation, Being John Malkovich). The Dobbs script is
often cited as one of the best (if not
the best) unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. The site also has scripts by Al Jean and Mike Reiss (
Simpsons,
Sledge Hammer!), Adam Fierro (
The Shield), T. S. Cook (
The China Syndrome), Nicholas Kazan (
Homegrown,
Reversal of Fortune,
Frances), John Kamps (
Charley Varrick,
Madigan) and others.
posted by You Should See the Other Guy
on Dec 25, 2004 -
12 comments
