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30 Quotes about Screenwriting from A-List Directors & Actors

December 4, 2014

Articles, Business, Classic Quotes, Film, Hollywood, Inspiring, Listicles

30 Quotes about Screenwriting from A-List Directors & Actors Whether they produce films, direct them, write them, or star in them, these iconic figures all agree on one thing: the importance of the screenp...

Rocky - Hollywood Screenwriters' Big Break

8.9

10 Hollywood Screenwriters Reveal Their Big Break

Industrial Scripts

October 2, 2014

Articles, Business, Film, Hollywood, Inspiring, Listicles, Most Shared, Most Viewed

Most screenwriters would cite a moment in their careers that proved critical. It might be the day they signed with an influential literary manager, or the moment a key producer spotted something in their spec s...

8.9

The Screenplay & The Mountain

Industrial Scripts

September 26, 2014

Articles, Craft, Didactic, Film, Listicles, TV

The Screenplay.Like some kind of Mordorian tower it looms over the land. We can barely make out the top of it, so shrouded is it in snow, ice and whatever other element that makes things difficult to climb ...

Paul Thomas Anderson Quotes for Filmmakers

7.8

10 Great PT Anderson Quotes for Screenwriters & Filmmakers

Industrial Scripts

September 22, 2014

Articles, Classic Quotes, Film, Hollywood, Inspiring, Listicles

PT Anderson A man who, remarkably, made a film of the quality of BOOGIE NIGHTS at just 27 years of age, PT Anderson has won a host of admirers over a two-decade career for his own, original brand of cinema. Li...

8.2

10 Ways To Irritate a Development Executive

Tamzin Rafn

September 5, 2014

Articles, Business, Columnists, Didactic, Film, Listicles

The Rafn Column Part II 10 Ways to Irritate a Development Executive When I finally made the transition from being a Development Executive to becoming a writer, I believed that I had a genuine advantage becaus...

9.2

10 Honest Quotes about the Life of the Screenwriter

Industrial Scripts

August 28, 2014

Articles, Business, Didactic, Listicles, Most Shared, Most Viewed, Philosophical

Nobody worships more reverently at the altar of screenwriting than us. We believe in The Screenplay. We recognise it as the critical component in whether a film or TV shows lives, or dies.In its own right, ...

The 10 Greatest British Screenwriters of All Time

Industrial Scripts

August 17, 2014

Articles, British Film, Business, Film, Inspiring, Listicles

Well, there's one word for this article: contentious.We could all name our top 10 favourite screenwriters, or even our top 10 favourite British screenwriters, but '...of all time."? That's tough. ...

8.6

15 Anthony Minghella Quotes for Screenwriters & Filmmakers

Industrial Scripts

August 9, 2014

Articles, British Film, Classic Quotes, Film, Listicles, Most Shared

ANTHONY MINGHELLA will be best remembered for THE ENGLISH PATIENT, the film that won 9 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.But the biggest tribute one can pay him is that over a relative...

Writers Sceptical - Script Hosting Sites

6.6

Why Writers should be Sceptical of Script Hosting sites

Industrial Scripts

August 5, 2014

Articles, Business, Didactic, Film, Listicles, Opinion, TV

Sceptical of Script Hosting Sites "I've barely got enough time for my existing clients, let alone trawling around websites looking for more" - Prominent UK lit agent.Pacino in HEAT - time-poor.We're...

7.7

10 Great Michael Mann Quotes for Screenwriters & Filmmakers

Industrial Scripts

July 30, 2014

Articles, Classic Quotes, Didactic, Film, Hollywood, Listicles

"You work really hard. No you work harder. No you...you...you!" Michael Mann Michael Mann started out writing for TV in the 1970s but made his feature directorial debut with THE JERICHO MILE in 1979.Seve...

9.1

10 Akira Kurosawa Quotes for Screenwriters & Filmmakers

Industrial Scripts

July 25, 2014

Articles, Classic Quotes, Craft, Film, Listicles

Akira Kurosawa Probably most famous for his epic, THE SEVEN SAMURAI, Akira Kurosawa was often seen as more popular in the West than in his native Japan.His big breakthrough came with RASHOMON, the film tha...

8.8

10 Great Tales of Screenwriting Determination

Industrial Scripts

July 15, 2014

Articles, Business, Hollywood, Inspiring, Listicles, Most Shared

Where There's a Will There's a Way They say where there's a will, there's a way and if ever a profession needed to believe this mantra, it's that of screenwriting. So pump yourself up, splash some cold water o...

6.5

The 10 Hardest Film Genres to Write

Industrial Scripts

July 9, 2014

Articles, Craft, Didactic, Film, Genre, Listicles

Be in no doubt about it - if you’re going to write for the screen, then you’re going to be writing genre. Thriller, sci-fi, crime, fantasy, comedy, horror and so on, everyone wants genre and these days they oft...

8.8

11 Screenwriters on The Big Screen

Industrial Scripts

June 16, 2014

Articles, Film, Listicles

What kind of screenwriter are you? Industrial Scripts takes a look at the myriad personalities of screenwriters to feature on the silver screen... 1. SUNSET BOULEVARD – The Broke ScreenwriterThe top dog ...

5.2

The World’s Highest Paid Screenwriters

Industrial Scripts

March 25, 2014

Articles, Business, Film, Hollywood, Inspiring, Listicles, Most Shared, Most Viewed, TV

The World's Highest Paid Screenwriters Screenwriting can mean big money for those at the top. After all, screenplays usually account for around 1-3% of a film’s budget, and when a budget soars as Hollywood t...

7.2

The Top Female Screenwriters

Industrial Scripts

March 25, 2014

Articles, Business, Film, Hollywood, Inspiring, Listicles, Most Viewed

Beneath the murky waters of the western film industry, the odyssey towards equality is ongoing, and according to ‘Celluloid Ceiling’ - an industry consensus conducted by the Centre for Women in Film and Tel...

6.5

Where is the Female Talent?

Industrial Scripts

January 29, 2014

Film, Listicles, Opinion

Where is the female talent of screenwriters & directors? Recent figures cast a gloomy picture; employment of women in film and TV has fallen to 15 year lows; only two female directed films cracked 2013’s To...

8.1

11 Reasons for the High Turnover of Script Consultants

Industrial Scripts

January 8, 2014

Articles, Business, Film, Listicles, Most Shared, TV

Why all the Script Consultants? After spending much of recent decades in the wilderness, script development is finally getting its due as a vital cog in the film-making process, slowly overturning the notion o...

Being John Malkovich - Underdog Films that Beat the Odds

10 Underdog Films With a Script That Beat The Odds

Industrial Scripts

December 29, 2013

Articles, Craft, Film, Genre, Listicles

A Crazy Script Can Beat The Odds Every screenwriter at one time experiences the look of confusion and ridicule in the face of a friend, producer or agent when they pitch their craziest or most ambitious ideas ...

Colin Firth, British Film Industry Stereotypes

8.1

13 Stereotypes of the British Film Industry

Industrial Scripts

December 19, 2013

Articles, British Film, Business, Film, Listicles, Opinion

13 Stereotypes of the British Film Industry: True or False? Does the British film industry produce the best talent? Does the land of Shakespeare respect the writer? Is anything happening outside of London? Ind...

Jane Goldman - British Screenwriters Broke into Hollywood

10 British Screenwriters Who Broke Into Hollywood

Industrial Scripts

December 12, 2013

Articles, British Film, Film, Hollywood, Inspiring, Listicles

10 British Screenwriters Who Broke Into Hollywood Our own screenwriting talent is well known on these shores – Simon Beaufoy, Richard Curtis, David Hare, Abi Morgan, Tom Stoppard, Peter Morgan, William Nichols...

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Twitter Screenwriting Accounts Screenwriters Must Follow

Industrial Scripts

November 21, 2013

Articles, Didactic, Listicles

As our article on Jeffrey Katzenberg highlighted, gathering industry intel is vital for making it in this business. Industrial Scripts looks to the best Twitter Screenwriting resources – from box office numbers...

M. Night Shyamalan - Screenwriter Burned Bright Then Faded

8.8

10 Hollywood Screenwriters Who Burned Bright and Then Faded

Industrial Scripts

October 29, 2013

Articles, Business, Film, Hollywood, Listicles

Burning Bright Becoming a professional screenwriter is one thing, but staying at the top of the Hollywood screenwriters game is quite another. After last week’s look at Screenwriters Who Broke In Late, Industr...

David Seidler - Screenwriters who Broke in Late

7.9

10 Screenwriters Who Broke In Late

Industrial Scripts

October 24, 2013

Articles, Film, Hollywood, Inspiring, Listicles, Most Shared

Despite the image of the wunderkind screenwriter a-la Orson Welles or Diablo Cody, many screenwriters broke in late to the game, with a wealth of wisdom and life experience to fuel their writing. As an encourag...

6.3

Jeffrey Katzenberg – 10 Lessons For Screenwriters

Industrial Scripts

October 22, 2013

Articles, Didactic, Film, Inspiring, Listicles

Jeffrey Katzanberg From bringing STAR TREK to the big screen, reviving Disney’s fortunes in the 80s and 90s, to being the K in Dreamworks SKG, Jeffrey Katzenberg has been a pivotal industry figure for four dec...

Typewriter - Avoid Making Common Film Industry Excuses

9.4

10 Common Film Industry Excuses – and how to Avoid Making Them

Industrial Scripts

October 14, 2013

Articles, Didactic, Film, Listicles

“You can make the movie or you can make excuses”The path from script to screen is often torturous – but made longer when excuse making and defeatism set in. Industrial Scripts looks at common film industry ...

Walter White - Unique Character Job In Movie

8.6

10 Unique Character Jobs In Movies

Industrial Scripts

September 30, 2013

Articles, Craft, Didactic, Listicles

“I can tell you I don’t have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.”- Liam Neeson...

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10 Great Quadrant Movies Screenwriters Can Learn From

Industrial Scripts

September 28, 2013

Articles, Craft, Didactic, Film, Genre, Listicles

With the box office increasingly dominated by big budget ‘Four Quadrant’ movies, squeezing out mid-budget releases, Industrial Scripts looks at the recipe for quadrant movies' success in that seemingl...

9.1

Holiday Movies – Friday the 13th, Christmas and Halloween

Industrial Scripts

September 28, 2013

Articles, Craft, Film, Genre, Listicles

Friday the 13th is upon us – and to celebrate the day that Jason Voorhees Mrs Voorhees first went on her killing spree, here are some date-inspired, holiday movies, and a few suggestions for untapped potential ...

The Shining - Mid-Budget Films wouldn't get made today

7.8

10 Mid-Budget Movies that Wouldn’t Get Made Today

Industrial Scripts

September 24, 2013

Articles, Business, Film, Hollywood, Listicles

Mid-Budget Movies Fading After Spielberg and Lucas’ dire warnings on the future of the film industry and the growing box office prominence of high budget tentpole releases, many audience members are asking; wh...

The Brit List Scripts 2013

Industrial Scripts

March 23, 2013

Film/TV News, Listicles

Recently the Brit List scripts were announced. These are the best unproduced scripts of the year in the UK, as voted for by producers, agents and executives. Full details below.(more…)...

7.7

The Brit List Scripts 2011

Industrial Scripts

November 9, 2011

Film/TV News, Listicles

As in previous years, the UK and Irish film community have compiled a list of their most liked and recommended unproduced screenplays that make up the Brit List Scripts 2011. Out of over 160 screenplays nominat...