Short Film Goals, Writing the Cinematic Experience on the Page and Sundance Film Festival 2022 (From Script)
In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, set your creative goals with a monthly guide to write and produce your short film, provided by Script contributor Rebecca Norris Resnick. Plus, an exclusive interview with Academy Award-winning screenwriter William Monahan about his new film The Tender Bar, a Sundance Film Festival 2022 day one recap, and so much more!
Tandem Writing on the Open Road
Chicago-based writers Rocco Cataldo and Amy Guth discuss how they collaborated on their script, Open Road, which recently earned Best Screenplay honors at the 2021 Los Angeles TV, Script & Film Festival.
TRUE INDIE: Make 2022 The Year You Shoot Your Short Film – A Monthly Guide
Been itching to write and produce a short film? Make this your year! Rebecca Norris Resnick guides you through three steps you can take every month to write, shoot, edit, and get your film out to festivals in less than 12 months.
Screenwriter Sarah Yeiser Mason – The Little Woman that Wrote Little Women Well
Script contributor Dr. Rosanne Welch celebrates the female screenwriters who came before us with this month’s spotlight on Academy Award-winning screenwriter and trailblazer Sarah Yeiser Mason.
Edward Drake Dives into Spec Scripts, Directing During Covid and His New Film, American Siege with Bruce Willis
Filmmaker Edward Drake discusses his career, the creative process, and his new film, American Siege with Bruce Willis and Timothy V. Murphy.
Ask the Coach: Odds & Ends — God or god? Horror feedback? Script formatting? + more!
Script contributor Jenna Avery addresses a collection of shorter questions that haven’t quite warranted a full article but are useful nonetheless, from formatting to finding feedback for horror writers, capitalizing nouns and proper nouns, and more!
Writing a Cinematic Experience on the Page with The Tender Bar Screenwriter William Monahan
Academy Award-winning screenwriter William Monahan shares insight about adapting non-fiction work, taking your job seriously as a screenwriter and artist, and immersing yourself in your work.
The Tiger Rising: Children’s Author Kate DiCamillo and Filmmaker Ray Giarratana Discuss a Story’s Flexibility and Intention
Children’s author Kate DiCamillo and filmmaker Ray Giarratana share with Script their collaboration process, how Ray’s visual effects background came into play, and the realities of adapting a book to screen.
Sundance Film Festival 2022 – A Welcoming Virtual Experience
Script‘s Editor Sadie Dean virtually attends the Sundance Film Festival 2022 and provides a recap of the overall experience of what day one had to offer.