Screen Writing

There are many opinions on the countless ways to breathe life into screenplay heroes, but a character cannot be compelling on the page or the screen without these five elements. It's the writer's...

It's a lot harder than it looks to write a movie, especially if you're just starting out and don't have any kind of reputation in show business. While there's no definitive "right" or "wrong" way...

Whether your story is still in your head or already on the page, transforming it into movie material means first creating a screenplay. The most important consideration is remembering that you are...

Writing a script for a cooking show can be fun. First, you must decide what kind of show you are going to do. Will it be a step-by-step demonstration of how to cook a certain dish? Are you going...

Videos are used to sell a wide range of products. Whether a video is commercial or noncommercial, a writer approaches a video script the same way. The idea is to bring the audio and the visuals...

Write a screenplay that hooks the audience within the first 10 pages, has characters that the audience can relate to, brings people on an emotional journey, and provides a deserving ending. Craft...

You've got the greatest idea for a movie; a film that has fantastic characters, an exciting plot and out of this world special effects! The problem is you have no idea how to write equally great...

A staged sketch review is a difficult beast to pull off successfully. It has to appear cohesive despite being composed of many minipieces written by a handful of writers. It also has to entertain...

Audience pieces are a key component of any talk show portfolio. In some ways they are part remote piece, in that they often require a bit of improvisation. However, they are more like desk pieces,...

If you do not grab an audience within the first ten minutes of a film, chances are you will lose their interest forever. The same goes for a script reader. Usually, a reader judges an entire...

Just like the story, Alice In Wonderland, fantasy helps an audience escape "through the looking glass" into an alternate reality where they are likely to learn an objective lesson about their own...

A screenplay is best when it is picked up and made into a movie, otherwise there is no point in writing it. Determine the right audience for a screenplay, and you are half way to having a...