With the poor showing of “The Lone Ranger,” Hollywood pundits are claiming that the western is dead. Of course...
With the poor showing of “The Lone Ranger,” Hollywood pundits are claiming that the western is dead. Of course...
Every year, San Diego hosts Comic-Con, a combination comic book, cartoon, science-fiction/fantasy convention that keeps growing every year. Hollywood...
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A logline is a one or two sentence that summarizes the story. You need a logline to create a...
“The Green Lantern” is the latest superhero movie that followed “Thor” and the latest “X-Men” film. While not bad,...
Pixar Animation has consistently produced some of the best movies of the year. Ignore the fact that they’re animated...
Movies are a visual medium so show your story, don’t tell. However, sometimes you have to tell part of...
Every movie needs a villain because that gives your hero someone to fight against. Most importantly, your villain needs...
In a good movie, both your hero and villain have clearly defined goals. Ideally, both goals will eventually smash...
Considered one of the worst comedies ever made, the movie “Dirty Love” is just one series of unrelated jokes...
First place winner in Scriptapalooza’s 2023 screenwriting competition for the supernatural horror screenplay titled “Nightmares From a Past Life”. Author of “The 15 Minute Movie Method”, “Story Starter”, and “Writing Scenes for Screenplays” in addition to over 50 computer books. Writer of “Three of a Kind”, a situation comedy produced by San Diego State University’s film class that won a student Emmy award. Designer of the board game “Orbit War”, published by Steve Jackson Games, that simulates satellite warfare in the near future.