Category: "Screenwriting"

Using Your Character’s Surroundings: The Importance of Props and Foreshadowing

I was in a scene writing workshop once when, for an assignment based upon the idea of writing suspense, a student wrote a scene that went something like this:

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What is Auteur Theory? Auteurs and Flying Pirate Ships

Unarguably, a film is the product of many minds. For my part at this point in time, I’m not prepared to attribute “auteurship” of such a collaborative product solely to the director

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Using Voiceover in your Film or Screenplay – Is Voiceover Over?

“The Whos down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot…” the narrator in The Grinch Who Stole Christmas tells us. He continues to carry us through the entire story – letting us know what has happened, when to be excited, and what to think. When we think of voiceover, our minds often leap to an omniscient [...]

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What is the Two-Minute Elevator Pitch?

The two-minute elevator pitch is an integral part of Hollywood folklore, and it goes like this

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