April 2010 – Dynamic Lethargy Films

by James Beattie Morison on April 29, 2010

Censorship: What happened to “Who Shot the President”?

Threats of violence have caused me to remove one of my films from the web.

by James Beattie Morison on April 25, 2010

Detective Story Week Seven: Light at the End of the Tunnel

The out line is done, so the next step is the script.

by James Beattie Morison on April 22, 2010

Scriptwriting: Avoid the Page 10 Rejection

I came across this posting (http://candidcoverage.blogspot.com/2010/03/avoid-page-10-rejection.html) on James Jordan’s Candid Coverage Blog (http://candidcoverage.blogspot.com/). This posting explains why moviemakers reject many scripts within the first ten pages. He then provides 20 tips to avoid that. His focus is on selling a script to a Hollywood studio, but I think many of the tips are useful, even… Read Article →

by James Beattie Morison on April 18, 2010

Week Six: When do I start on the actual script?

Developing the plot and characters is taking time. At what point do I start writing the script?

by James Beattie Morison on April 11, 2010

Detective Story Week Five: Developing Character

I finished revising the character descriptions. I had to change some of the characters because of what I had learned about them while doing the outline. Late in the week, I got back to expanding the outline.

by James Beattie Morison on April 4, 2010

Detective Story Week Four: Lucas opens up

My protagonist, Lucas, is starting to develop. I finished going through my outline and have described what each of the characters want in each scene. I am finding that Lucas often has conflicting desires.