A thread for talking about, sharing, and reviewing screenplays. Haven't read one before? Give it a try! It might give a second life to a film you love. It's an art in itself and brisker than a novel.

RESOURCES

• SimplyScripts: Read Scripts Online

• Black List Screenplay Archive 2005-2020

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Seinfeld: The Twin Towers by Billy Domineau

• Blade Runner 2049 by Hampton Fancher & Michael Green

• Shadow Company by Fred Dekker & Shane Black

In I read a lot of screenplays. Black list is a good place to read upcoming movies that haven’t been picked up yet. It’s where “Air” originally started before Affleck & Damon got ahold of it

They also have a Kanye biopic about the creation of College Dropout in there but it’s kinda corny lol

I put a whole Google Drive of them in the OP. Gonna read Galahad from 2008 next. It's the screenplay that George RR Martin read to put Condal in charge of House of the Dragon.

Great site for movies screenplays. Even current Oscar nominees scrips are up here:

simplyscripts.com

The Google drive is clean

tryin' to put one up for a contest this month

Good luck fam

Do you have a contest in mind?

theres this one, in the horror field, it'll be a challenge, i'd have to move to America if it goes well

Interesting because I feel like a lot of horror stuff is launched by visual gimmicks and shorts

Finished Galahad by Ryan Condal. What a hefty script! S*** is close to 30k words.

I think my favorite part is the stretch where a fugitive is loose in the walls of the castle. Camelot is filled with secret passages and the like. They try to flush him out by burning part of it and releasing wild animals into it. Really stupid, amazing idea.

The ending is perfect. A perfect ending. Phenomenal voice over and montage. I wish I liked House of the Dragon more. I can see why George RR Martin liked this guy. He really kills his darlings on a whim. Nothing sacred about Camelot in this one.

Join the Script Hive discord:
discord.com/invite/screenwriting

Once you do that, sign up for access to their script hub (you just fill out their google form).

Easily the best resource for finding screenplays that I use. If it leaked they have it. Plus they usually have multiple drafts of scripts, unproduced scripts, every black list script etc. There’s been alotta times I haven’t been able to find a screenplay on google/Reddit but they’ll have it there.

Sick

Anyone have a good podcast for screenplay discussion or tips?

Yup I got plenty saved:

Screenwriting life (Meg LeFauve she just wrote Inside out 2)
Bulletproof screenplay (this one is pretty popular he interviews a lot of screenwriters who break down their process)
Script apart
How I write
Script notes (Craig mazin)
Cine-files (this is more so films being dissected and broken down)

This is probably one of the best breakdowns I’ve seen from an established writer—Craig Mazin.

He breaks down how structure works and uses Finding Nemo as an example and why each scene works

Since you like Jeff Nichols:
nofilmschool.com/2014/06/listen-conversation-mud-writer-director-jeff-nichols-affs-onstory

There’s a 30 minute audio clip there where he breaks down his process. I also purchased a masterclass video from him where he goes more in depth into his process. Lemme know if you interested in that.

Thank you fam

Love listening to these while working out. Helps me brainstorm ideas and motivates me to write after my workout

Ouuu ima try that. I use to listen during work when I had a warehouse job but now I work on phones so that’s gone out the window. Never thought to listen during workouts

@twitch found an example of Cameron just writing his in his novella/treatment style

dailyscript.com/scripts/T1.pdf

Some noticeable differences as well.

how do y'all come up with ideas? i've been wanting to write one but i can't come up with s***

We’re only as good as the obscurity of the references we steal from.

Take stuff you like and jam it all together.

You ever watch a movie or show then the story goes a different direction than you expected? And the direction they went might’ve still ended up being good but you’re like damn if it went the way I thought it was then this could’ve happened which would’ve led to this and so on

Change the characters and set up that led to that moment and you at least got an idea to build on

There’s other ways of course but that’s one way to start

Yessir I have of his scriptments/treatments downloaded

I’m writing the biography of the Hawk Tua broad

This is a blacklist script. I just read it, it was a pretty good read tbh. I can see the potential for it to be a great movie. Hopefully they can attach some stars to it so it’ll get some attention