Having started out as an actor in films like The Experiment and Recalled, Jason Lew turns his attention to screenwriting with the recently released Restless. And, as he explains, watching…
Creative Screenwriting’s Danny Munso examines why films with a mid-range budget may be the most challenging to write……
Writer and director Guillermo Arriaga (Babel, 21 Grams, Amores Perros, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The Burning Plain) has announced a 2 day screenwriting masterclass to take place in London on January 28 and…
When all the bravado and puff of Hollywood is cleared away, and one sees how reliant the industry is on adaptations, it is not surprising that remakes of foreign films feature strongly in the annual…
Creative Screenwriting magazine Senior Editor, Danny Munso, debates the reasons for and against writing your script with a particular movie star in mind.…
Scriptwriters and cinematographers don’t seem obvious bedfellows; after all, writers write then directors take over and visualise the ideas that the writer has committed to paper.…
** This article first appeared in movieScope, issue 18 ** Many writers feel a chill at the words ‘don’t worry the director will fix it in the shoot’. And directors probably don’t like to hear…
Novelist and screenwriter David Nicholls, author of STARTER FOR TEN and ONE DAY, reveals why adapting his own work for the screen comes with its own unique set of challenges.…
As the creator of graphic novels WANTED and KICK-ASS, and now the writer/director of superhero movie MIRACLE PARK, Mark Millar has tamed an industry that doesn’t take kindly to newcomers. And, as he explains, in order to…
As the screenwriter of films like THE QUEEN, FROST/NIXON and THE DAMNED UNITED, Peter Morgan knows how to pen a hit. But that’s not to say he’s always confident in his work. Here, he explains why…
