In a good movie, both your hero and villain have clearly defined goals. Ideally, both goals will eventually smash into each other to the point where only one person (the hero or the villain) can win in the end. Every story has four basic parts that fluctuate between positive and negative. For the hero, this […]
Considered one of the worst comedies ever made, the movie “Dirty Love” is just one series of unrelated jokes after another. Given a choice between telling a story or going for a cheap laugh, the movie goes for the cheap laugh even if it has nothing to do with telling the story. Now think of […]
When writing your screenplay, keep in mind that you will rarely make it perfect no matter how many drafts you go through. You want to make your script as perfect as you can get, but don’t beat yourself up over making a script perfect because once they start filming, they’ll find scenes that don’t work […]
Hollywood is good at making bad movies. That’s because making a good movie requires work, so it’s much easier to make a lousy movie instead. By studying lousy movies, you can at least do your part to write a good screenplay and hope that others will see your vision and maintain it rather than muck […]
Bad movies are good and bad. On the bad side, they waste everyone’s time and suck two hours out of your life that you’ll never get back again. You might as well shorten your lifespan by two hours after watching a bad movie. On the good side, a bad movie can show you what not […]