Archive for the 'Corpse Bride' Category

• e  6 New interview up

  I did an interview this afternoon with Sam Heer at BlogTalkRadio’s 123Film station, in which we talked about Go, The Nines, the Burton movies and screenwriting in general.

• e  26 Are animated specs worth the time?

  Short answer: yes. But be realistic about the chance of it getting made.

• e  20 How accurate is the page-per-minute rule?

  Most screenplays are about 120 pages, and most movies are around two hours. But the conversion rate between paper and celluloid is rarely one-to-one.

• e  17 Does Corpse Bride have a happy ending?

  I know you were brought in late on Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride and from what I gather, weren’t responsible for much of the story, but I’m curious about your thoughts on one particular story element.

  Is the ending a happy one for Victor?

  The way it plays, it seems as though it is intended to be a happy ending for him when [...]

• e  7 Corpse Bride has risen
• e  14 Corpse Bride article in Script magazine
• e  16 New, longer Corpse Bride trailer up

  There’s a new trailer up for Corpse Bride, which tells a lot more of the story than the teaser trailer did.

  I have mixed feelings about the new trailer. Visually, it all looks great. This one shows a lot more of what makes the animation so distinctive. For instance, pay attention to Corpse [...]

• e  21 Corpse Bride trailer up

  The trailer for Corpse Bride is now up at Apple. Before you ask, I don’t know if this is a teaser or the final trailer. It does a good job setting up what the movie is about, so I’m not sure they’ll need to cut a longer version.

  Corpse Bride is the second animated movie [...]