Two sides to the story
Right now, we’re starting casting for Ops, the Fox pilot we’ll hopefully shoot after the holidays. Since most readers out there have never been through network casting — or any casting — I thought I’d...
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One strange aspect of writing a blog is recognizing that one’s online narrative doesn’t always match up very well with reality. There is a lag between when events happen and when you write about them....
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Writing silent scenes
I have a question about formatting for a script I’ve been working on. The concept involves some scenes being completely silent, but with an occasional sound coming through (i.e. everything’s silent,...
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When you’re auditioning actors for a role, the scenes as scripted are sometimes not especially useful. For example, if most of a character’s scenes are with groups of people talking, the auditioning...
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WTF is a beat sheet?
First, thanks for telling me to buy a new car. (I did.) Second, what the frak is a beat sheet? I’ve taken screenwriting, short-story writing, and novel writing classes. I’ve taken filmmaking classes....
View ArticlePremise pilots
If you’re writing the pilot episode of a TV series, you have a choice to make: will this episode be more-or-less typical for the series, or will it be The Beginning? The latter are called premise...
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