Hello, everyone.  I hope you enjoyed my last post relaying how Brian Selznick, the author of the book:  “The Invention of Hugo Cabret,” responded to the screenplay by John Logan.  For those of you in screenwriting courses, screenwriting workshops or screenwriting classes, let me know your thoughts on Hugo.  It’s a great screenplay and we […]

Hello everyone.  We have gone into great depth lately discussing Hugo.  It has been something I could never do if I’d been teaching a screenwriting class, screenwriting course or even attempted something like this in one of private screenwriting workshops.  There just wouldn’t be the time. As a part of this analysis, I thought you’d […]

Hello, everyone.  We’ve been discussing Hugo, which won a slew of technical kudos at the Academy Awards but no creative ones.  It is a greatly admired film, beautifully directed by Martin Scorsese and we have spent some time pointing out its merits. If you remember from your screenwriting courses, screenwriting classes or even screenwriting workshops, […]

Hello, everyone.  We‘ve been discussing “Hugo,” and for many weeks have praised all the things this screenplay does right. Now we are exploring the problems with this story and analyzing why it doesn’t effect us more emotionally than it does. I wish in more screenwriting courses, screenwriting classes in college and elsewhere and even in […]

Hello, everyone.  I wanted to let all of you know our last post was honored as Best article Of The Week On The Web by the Philadelphia Script Fest, an online magazine and scriptwriting contest.  Pretty nice, huh?  Go to this link and check it out. www.ScreenplayFest.com If you guys really pay attention, you can […]