Here are links to the 2020 Oscar nominated screenplays (except Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood, which I haven’t found yet). ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Jojo Rabbit by Taika Waititi Joker by Todd Phillips & Scott Silver Little Women by Greta Gerwig The Irishman by Steven Zaillian The Two Popes by Anthony McCarten ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 1917 by Sam Mendes & […]
via Links to 2020 Oscar Nominated Screenplays — Screenwriting from Iowa
“Movies are about life-changing events in these character’s lives.” Screenwriter John August Scriptnotes, Ep. 218 The 25 cent word of the day is synecdoche. Author/Princeton professor Joyce Carol Oates uses the word synecdoche in her MasterClass talk as a literary device meaning “one stands for the whole” and states that “it is the principle of […]
via All Art is Based on the Principle of Synecdoche (Joyce Carol Oates) — Screenwriting from Iowa
“You know, when you first start writing you’re going to suck. And so it’s good to keep it to yourself, until maybe you don’t suck as much.” David Sedaris The sweet spot for the essays that David Sedaris writes is five pages. The shortest are the two pages he does for CBS Sunday Morning and […]
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Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Alexander Chernega: The screenplay is about friendship, family and love. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? The genre is animation/action. 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? This is saga under the name of Underwater Story consisting of five feature scripts. 5. What […]
via Interview with Screenwriter Alexander Chernega (THE UNDERWATER STORY) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Zach Kalinyak: The screenplay is about Larry Trenton’s success of turning had-been enemies into a close-knit family striving to unravel a galactic conspiracy that all of these aliens have unwittingly stumbled upon, earning them places on a hit-list. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Comedy, Action, […]
via Interview with Screenwriter Zach Kalinyak (STARLEAGUE) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Kim Renner: The screenplay is about Liv, a young American girl who travels to India in search of ways to better herself. She wants to heal the emotional pain she experiences from the lack of a father figure she has had in her life until now. Niraj, one […]
via Interview with Screenwriter Kim Renner (EYES OF A SWAMI) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Robert Cole: The classic Alexandre Dumas action-adventure novel, “The Three Musketeers,” ends in 1626. My story begins a couple of years later. Aramis now serves God as a Jesuit priest. Porthos, Athos and the newly commissioned lieutenant d’Artagnan have moved on with their lives. The enmity with their […]
via Interview with Screenwriter Robert Cole (The Musketeers and The Zombies) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Mike D’Ambrosio: A young Space Fleet officer (Will) convinces his commander to pursue a mythical crystal (the Eye) which foretells future events and may be the secret to a barbaric alien king’s successes against the Fleet. After several attempts by the king to destroy Will’s ship and crew, […]
via Interview with Screenwriter Mike D’Ambrosio (SPACE FRONTIERS) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Matthew Papadopoulos: Adam, a virgin college student, creates his virtual perfect girlfriend Sarah V… then meets her real-life lookalike Sarah who is anything but perfect. Will Adam realize that falling in love with Sarah V would mean he could only ever love himself? Will he admit that, with […]
via Interview with Screenwriter Matthew Papadopoulos (THE REAL THING) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
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