Two emerging screenwriters – Chas Fisher and Stuart Willis – try to work out what makes great screenplays work. Discovering what it takes by analysing what successful writers put on the page.
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episode 1: DZ-01: Do Screenplay Gurus win you Oscars?
Do Oscar-Nominated screenwriters follow the structural formulas prescribed by the 'gurus' and books?
Stu and Chas analyse two screenplays nominated for Academy Awards in 2014 – PHILOMENA and DALLAS BUYERS CLUB – to see whether they follow the structural theories espoused by Blake Snyder, Michael Hauge and Christopher Vogler.
LINKS:
- PHILOMENA Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
- The Q&A Podcast with Jeff Goldsmith – Philomena
- DALLAS BUYERS CLUB screenplay by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack
- The Q&A Podcast with Jeff Goldsmith – Dallas Buyers Club
- THE FIVE KEY TURNING POINTS OF ALL SUCCESSFUL SCRIPTS by Michael Hauge
- Michael Hauge on the High Concept Movie (YouTube)
- SAVE THE CAT BEATSHEET by Blake Snyder
- THE WRITER'S JOURNEY STRUCTURE by Christopher Vogler
- Ingrid's Notes on THE WRITER'S JOURNEY
- SM Worth links to a few different Scrivener Templates including one for the Hero's Journey.
- John Castle writes about using Scrivener and Save The Cat; and even offers his Save The Cat template for download.
- We should probably link to Scrivener as well then.
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