I wrote my first spec in less than 30 days.

Don’t hyperventilate yet—it wasn’t a feature I specced in less than a month, it was an hour-long TV drama. You should also know, in case you don’t already, that speccing for TV and speccing for film are two totally different terms. For television, to spec is to write an episode of a pre-existing show in order to prove to the world (or at least those who care to hire you) that you can assimilate your style to match that of another show.

Now that Anne Rice has quit Christianity, can we hope for a film version of her #1 National Bestselling novel The Witching Hour?

One of my protagonists in one of my several half-baked scripts is temporarily named Anna. Maybe that will be her name, maybe it won’t. Tonight as I read over the pages of the first two acts of Anna’s script, it became apparent to me that I didn’t know this girl at all.

It's all about cadence. When it comes to connecting the writing of a film with the emotion of a film, it's all about cadence.

Via Dictionary.com: Cadence--rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words: the cadence of language.

Unlimited Human Imagining Proves Quite Limiting

Many of us contributors at THEMOVIEPOOL can be classified as die-hard fans of specific genres.  Jordan is a Monster Action movie follower.  I myself am a die-hard Horror aficionado.   And I’m pretty certain Gabriel will never quench his inhuman thirst for Children’s Animation, most notably The Care Bears Movie (1985).

State of the Media: Sci-Fi...It's Dead Jim!

Unlimited Human Imagination Proves Quite Limiting

Throughout all time, the clashes between altruistic honor-seeking heroes and their self-serving villainous counterparts have been the basis for great storytelling.  Epic legends detailing the exploits from the forces of good and evil have stood the test of time.  Every story ever passed from one generation to the next are built upon these very tales.

Check out this script to discover how the most successful comic book adaptation ever, was created.

Yeah, right…. You and everybody else, including me. If that’s your ambition, by now I am sure you’ve encountered the same thing I’ve run into when one mentions it to people — just about everyone has an idea for a movie that they’re sure is a winner. And many of them think they can write a script that will surely hit the silver screen, and then fortune and maybe even fame well follow.

The tagline is staple of the film industry.  They are what drives the brand and power of a film.  Studios spend millions just creating taglines to help ensure that the audience is caught, hooked, and will never forget the film they are about to see.  Perhaps you know some of them by heart, some you might even remember where you heard them, but you know them sure enough.