I handed in a script today, and thought it might be helpful to talk through my best practices when finishing up a draft.
Words on the page
Subtitled success stories
Somewhat remarkably, the top two movies in America have subtitles. Lots and lots of subtitles.
Quoting books in a script
Screenplays don’t cite references because they don’t quote things.
Now that’s a gunfight
I’m busy working on Preacher, and it’s no spoiler to say that it features a gunfight or two. Last night, I twittered to ask what people’s favorite gunfights were, Western or otherwise. I got a lot of replies, but one name that kept coming up was Michael Mann. He consistently finds ways to send thousands […]