Posts Tagged ‘trouble spotting’

I think the worst feedback you can get aside from “I liked it” is “Sure, there are some problems, but ‘it’s just a movie’”.  You should never excuse illogical or unrealistic scenarios simply because ‘it’s only a movie’. I recently watched several action movies and found I most enjoyed the films that were realistic or [...]

Some writers will say that any instructions for directors is bad, while others will say some is okay.  Again, don’t look to professional screenplays for the answers because they aren’t spec scripts; they’re more than likely shooting scripts.  When you write a spec script, you want to keep the camera out of it.  The purpose [...]

Yesterday, I went over location descriptions; today, I’ll go over character action.  Character action is a little bit subjective.  Some writers prefer to leave it up to the actors, others believe they should put in every movement and gesture.  I think it’s best to work somewhere in between. Less is more A simple rule of [...]

I watch these shows about how actors got their big breaks and in one episode, they interviewed Sean Connery.  About his Oscar Award-winning role in The Untouchables, Connery said it was the dialogue that appealed to him; it’s not often an actor gets great dialogue.  When you want to attract A-listers like Connery, you not [...]

It takes a lot of time, effort and people to make a bad movie.  Last night I watched one of them.  I won’t say which in case one day I end up working for someone involved.  It was based on a book, which is surprising because you’d think there would be very little chance of [...]