by Trevor Mayes | Nov 14, 2009 | Characters
At contexts.org, Jeff Brunner has provided this biting analysis on the “evolution” of Disney’s princesses. Are the female characters in your script living in the past too? Make sure you take those negative character clichés and turn them into...
by Trevor Mayes | Nov 13, 2009 | Industry Advice, My Experiences
Maybe it’s because it’s Friday the 13th today… Maybe it’s because I wrote a post about James Cameron yesterday… Whatever the reason, it’s time to tell you… Cautionary Tale #19: Always be on your best behavior at Pitch...
by Trevor Mayes | Nov 12, 2009 | Screenwriters
Man of Extremes In anticipation of the upcoming movie, Avatar, Dana Goodyear of The New Yorker has written an in depth article about James Cameron, his life and his movies. If you don’t know who James Cameron is, you A) have some ‘splainin’ to do,...
by Trevor Mayes | Nov 11, 2009 | Style
Simple is Better I’m sure you already know that your scene descriptions should only be written in the present tense, right? Riiiiight? Okay good. But are you using the simple present tense or the progressive present tense? Whuh? That’s a fancy way of...
by Trevor Mayes | Nov 10, 2009 | Loglines, Movie Titles, My Experiences
Earlier this year, Blake Snyder held a contest that asked people to take a well-known movie title and change just one letter to come up with a funny new concept and logline. A couple of examples: THE HEN COMMANDMENTS A meek Idaho chicken, on the verge of being...
