Edwin Cannistraci
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The Frame Story and the Flashback
Flashbacks can be utilized for several reasons in a script. If you want to reveal a plot point from the past or something about a character that needs illuminating, a flashback might be the best route to take. Sometimes this storytelling technique ca...
Is Your Screenplay "Too Arch"?
A phrase you’ll sometimes hear in development circles is “too arch”. It’s usually in regards to characters and their behavior.
Through-lines and "The Empire Strikes Back"
I never heard the term “through-line” before I became a professional screenwriter. After I sold my first script, however, and started working with producers and studio execs on various projects, I started to hear it all the time.
Music Cues In Your Screenplay?
Conventional wisdom says don’t. But this same wisdom also tells you never to direct in your script, nor telegraph what a character is feeling, etc. I respectfully disagree with this.
The Big Short Co-Writer Charles Randolph Stops By The Insider View Podcast
Charles Randolph, co-writer of The Big Short, drops by the Insider View Podcast to chat with host, Pete D'Alessandro about his background in aesthetic philosophy, working with Adam McKay and what makes credit default swaps such a fascinating film top...
Five Steps to Successful Pitching
Being able to write a decent script is just half the job of a professional screenwriter. Usually after breaking in with a spec script, an agent or manager will send you on a bunch of general meetings with production companies.
"National Lampoon": Five Lessons in Writing Comedy
The original Vacation (1983) was written by 80s cinema legend John Hughes. It was based on his National Lampoon piece “Vacation ’58”, and it was the script that catapulted him into the film business. After the Harold Ramis directed film became a box ...
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