Writing Action Scenes: “A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn’t feel like it.” – Alistair Cooke, journalist Okay, everyone. As you know my mission statement is to provide information you wouldn’t normally hear in your typical screenwriting course, screenwriting workshop or screenwriting class. So, let’s get away from thoughts […]
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Screenwriting Course #154: Writing Action Movies
Hello, everyone. I try in these posts to present information one wouldn’t normally garner in your typical screenwriting course, screenwriting class or screenwriting workshop. Here is another example of that. As promised, we will now discuss ‘SALT,” written by Kurt Wimmer and Brian Helgeland. Eveylyn Salt, played brilliantly by Angelina Jolie, is a C.I.A. agent, […]
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Hello, everyone. As you all know, I do my best to present information you wouldn’t normally receive in your typical screenwriting class, screenwriting course, or screenwriting workshop. This is another example of that. For the next few weeks, we are going to look at some action films, where great scene writing has contributed to their […]
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Hello, screenwriters. This is another contribution which will add to your knowledge. Something you might not get in your typical screenwriting course, screenwriting class or screenwriting workshop. I hope everyone was properly inspired by last week’s post. I cannot tell you how frustrated I get with writers who don’t go into this crazy business with […]
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