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...
by Trevor Mayes | Nov 9, 2009 | Characters, My Experiences |
In Respecting The Antagonist: Part 1, I covered the basics of the Antagonist and his function in a screenplay — as discussed in Bill Boyle’s speech at the Alameda Writer’s Group over the weekend. In Part 2 today, I’ll be paraphrasing the parts...
