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by Trevor Mayes | Mar 10, 2010 | Diversions, Scenes, Writing |
The Wow Factor Want to know a surefire way to impress someone reading your script? Surprise them! That doesn’t mean coming up with a twist ending. That means ensuring there are surprises in every scene. Yes, EVERY scene. Surprises can take on many forms: Actions...
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by Trevor Mayes | Mar 10, 2010 | Structure |
I’ve been a big fan of the web site ScriptXRay for a long time. So I was very excited by the opportunity to contribute today’s guest post for their site, on the subject of demystifying story structure. Here’s an excerpt: Hallowed or Hackneyed? When...
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by Trevor Mayes | Mar 7, 2010 | Diversions, General, Links |
In anticipation of the 82nd Academy Awards celebration tonight, I’ve collected a few cool Oscar themed links: * Tavis Coburn, of The Dutch Uncle Agency, created vintage style movie posters for all the British Academy Film Awards nominees (which are also up for...
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by Trevor Mayes | Mar 3, 2010 | Formatting |
Recap Jim Sarantinos had asked: “Can you tell me how to format montage sequences?” In Part 1 of this article, I started off my response by listing the order of operations I usually follow for exploring any type of script formatting issue: 1. Search...
by Trevor Mayes | Mar 2, 2010 | Diversions, Humor, Links |
Let’s all breathe a collective: “Phew!” Dan Meth peeks behind the showbiz curtain to bring you the Hollywood that could have been. Some of cinema’s greatest film roles, as played by some of [the] actors initially considered for them. Miscast...
