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The September/October Issue of Script is on Newsstands Now! |
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 Read exclusive excerpts from the September/October issue in our digital edition, online now. Guillermo Arriaga takes his singular voice behind the camera for The Burning Plain, Alec McNayr and Robert Gustafson debunk new-media myths at NATPE '09, and Jim Cirile surveys seven industry insiders to find the 10 big mistakes newbies make.
For the digital preview, visit
viewer.zmags.com/publication/948bd2bc#/948bd2bc/1.
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Access the digital archive and manage your Script account online
Now you can read the digital archive, change your address, renew, or see how many issues are left in your subscription at Scriptmag.com. All you need is your subscriber number, located on your mailing label.
To access your subscriber account and the digital archive (Volumes 10-15), visit www.scriptmag.com/subscriptions/management.html. |
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Meet the Reader: Today’s Special |
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 I was in line at the supermarket the other day and noticed a bunch of DVDs of recent films (and even a few classic ones including, most curiously given the very American, very suburban setting, Francois Truffaut’s wonderful L’Argent de Poche) for sale in the checkout racks alongside the gossip rags, the horoscope scrolls, and the myriad flavors of breath mints. The sight caused me to stop for a moment and marvel at how accessible movies have become.
To continue reading, visit
scriptmag.blogspot.com/2009/09/meet-reader-todays-special.html. |
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Podcast: Phil Lord & Chris Miller: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs |
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 Phil Lord and Chris Miller were readying for a meeting at Sony when they found out their favorite children’s book -- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs -- had gone into turnaround. Through some savvy screenwriter maneuvers, they were able to convince Sony that Cloudy should be the duo’s next project. Six years later, the animated 3-D feature enjoyed a number-one opening at the box office, with Lord and Miller at the helm as screenwriters and directors of the picture.
To listen to the podcast, visit
www.scriptmag.com/interviews/podcast-cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs.html. |
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Julie Gray: Making Character Intros Count |
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 Actions along with descriptions make the whole mechanism come alive. And alive is what you want your script to be, right? Remember that, in screenwriting, your job is to describe people and things in such a way that the reader picks up a character in the macro and in the micro. The details of their clothing generally don’t matter -- unless it MATTERS.
To continue reading, visit
www.scriptmag.com/craft/julie-gray-making-character-intros-count.html. |
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Steve Faber: Mining for Real Comedy in a Techno-Virtual Lexicon Pit |
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 Words are important to all writers; to the poet who rhymes, imperative, to the dramatist who seeks to exude pathos, vital, and to the comedic writer, essential (if only to satisfy that shop-worn canard regarding “funny sounding consonants, like 'k.'" A canard usually is uttered by someone who not only isn’t funny but someone who inadvertently makes it a point to let truly funny people know he or she is part of a vast global conspiracy of unfunny people. It is now widely known that Hitler, between bouts of invading countries, would wax endlessly about the “funny-sounding consonants ... like J, for example").
To continue reading, visit
www.scriptmag.com/features/steve-faber-mining-for-real-comedy-in-a-techno-virtual-lexicon-pit.html. |
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Free Panels From Writers Boot Camp and Final Draft, Inc. |
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 Writers Boot Camp and Final Draft, Inc./Script magazine announce a series of FREE panels designed to help scriptwriters navigate Hollywood. Each month, a free panel will be hosted at the Writers Boot Camp in Santa Monica, CA. All panels are available on a first come, first served basis. Join us for our next panel: |
October 26, 2009, 7:30 pm
Getting in the Writers Room
Writing for television is challenging, and even more so now that shrinking budgets mean shrinking writing staffs and salaries. Learn from working television writers what the inroads to the writers room are today, and how you can find success in the changing television landscape.
To RSVP, visit, www.scriptmag.com/resources/free_panelsx.html. |
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