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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Basic lesson for script writer



  • To make a great movie, you need just three things:a great script,a great script, and a great script. 
        Alfred Hitchcock.
     Director:
     Psycho,Notorious.
  • Never cross the road without a good script. 
       Stephen Frears:
        Directer
        High Fidelity,The Gifters,Dangerous Liason,Dirty Pretty Things,
         My    Beautiful  Laundrette.
  • It is the writer's screenplay but the director's film- get used. 
         William Goldman.
      screenwriter/author:
           Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kids,
            All The President's Men,Misery,Maverick.
  • Write- or Be Written Off
  • Writer are trained By Writing
  • Dont's Get it Right- Get it Written.
  • Think Visual
  • Show-Don't Tell.
  • Look and Learn.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

one liner of some famous movies

  

One-Liner.

One sentence no more than 25 words to express story is called one-liner.This sentence focus the core idea of story.It can be used as device in selling the idea to someone(pitching of story).

Here is small list of some movies and their one-liner.
Field Of Dreams.
The story of a simple Iowa farmer who, against all odds,finds the courage to believe in his dreams.

Panic Room.
        Three men search for a missing fortune in a big mansion while a women hides in one of its rooms.

Star Trek.
      The Odyssey in Space
 The Lion King.
        Hamlet in furs..
 Insomania
         When a policeaman helping an investigation in Alaska accidently kills his partner, he is blackmailed by the killer he is investigating.

 Big Night.
      A failing Italian restaurant run by two brothers gambles on one special night to try to save their business.

Intolerable Cruelty.
      A revenge -seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.

Titanic.
     Romeo and Juliet - on the Titanic.