{"id":18960,"date":"2013-02-14T09:50:13","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T14:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=18960"},"modified":"2013-02-20T18:11:01","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T23:11:01","slug":"scriptwriting-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/scriptwriting-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"More Scriptwriting Resources for Creative Pros"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"these-great-scriptwriting-resources-will-help-you-improve-your-storytelling-abilities-whether-youre-a-director-producer-editor-or-writer\">These great scriptwriting resources will help you improve your storytelling abilities whether you&#8217;re a director, producer, editor or writer.<\/h2>\n<p>In <a title=\"Scriptwriting \" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/scriptwriting\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">a previous post I wrote up some fundamental screenwriting and story telling tips<\/a> as well as some great videos from seriously talented storytelling professionals. Whether you have aspirations to become a scriptwriter or simply want to be a better storyteller (as a video producer or video editor) a great way to become better at the craft is to learn from successful professionals. \u00a0In this post I&#8217;ve put together\u00a0<strong>great resources for anyone who wants to dive deeper into the world of screenwriting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"scriptwriting-talks\">Scriptwriting Talks<\/h2>\n<p>BAFTA have an outstanding collection of <strong>lectures from successful screenwriters on screenwriting.<\/strong> Each year they present a series from screenwriters which are all well worth listening to. Talks include writers like John Logan (<em>The Aviator<\/em>), Charlie Kaufman (<em>Being John Malkovich<\/em>) and William Nicholson (<em>Gladiator<\/em>) to name just a very few. Check out the series from <a title=\"Screenwriters on Screenwriting\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bafta.org\/film\/features\/screenwriting-2010,2505,BA.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">2010<\/a>, <a title=\"Screenwriters on Screenwriting 2011\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bafta.org\/film\/features\/screenwriters-2011,2501,BA.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">2011<\/a> and <a title=\"Screenwriters on Screenwriting\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bafta.org\/film\/features\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This talk from Scott Frank, writer of <em>Out of Sight, Get Shorty, Minority Report, Marley &amp; Me,<\/em>\u00a0is both entertaining and enlightening as he shares his insights from 28 years of writing for the screen.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F63758628\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wondered what it might look like to lean over the shoulder of a <strong>professional screenwriter <\/strong>then\u00a0this great screencast from writer John August is a perfect example of just that (please excuse a few expletives along the way). So much of the writing is in the re-writing and this is a great lesson in improving your script.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/14435922?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=899001\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can learn a lot about the constructs of screenwriting by reading and studying existing scripts. \u00a0You can <strong>get your hands on some scripts from successful films\u00a0<\/strong>so\u00a0you can see how it translated from script to screen and what might have changed in the process. \u00a0<a title=\"Download Free Scripts\" href=\"http:\/\/gointothestory.blcklst.com\/2012\/12\/more-2012-movie-scripts-available-online-free-and-legal.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Screenwriting uber site Go Into The Story<\/a> has a great post collecting the best legally free scripts that you can download today including <em>Lincoln, Hitchcock, Rust and Bone<\/em> and <em>Moonlight Kingdom<\/em>. One script that you can&#8217;t get online is <em>Argo<\/em>, but you can get this great interview with it&#8217;s Oscar nominated writer Chris Terrio.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tqeYuWU1Ww8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"490\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"scriptwriting-tools\">Scriptwriting Tools<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re thinking of putting pen to paper, or fingers to keys, then there are <strong>two great tools that are worth checking out<\/strong> fit for this purpose, I&#8217;m sure there are more, but these are the ones I know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final Draft: The Industry Standard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Final Draft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.finaldraft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Final Draft<\/a> is the most popular screenwriting program and has been around the longest and hence is the industry standard. There is a free demo so you can try it on for size to see if you like it. There is also an ipad and iphone app &#8211; the later which is free as a &#8216;reader&#8217; which is great if you&#8217;re more interested in being able to annotate a script rather than write one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecufilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/final-draft-logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scrivener: A Holistic Writing Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A few people I know who do a lot of writing, love using <a title=\"Scrivener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.literatureandlatte.com\/scrivener.php\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Scrivener <\/a>and having nothing but praise for it. It strikes me as a broader writing program that presents your work in many different ways, allowing you to just get down to writing rather than fiddling with settings to get it to look how you want. It too has a free trial, so there&#8217;s nothing to stop you from giving it a go.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.literatureandlatte.com\/gfx\/ScrivShots\/screens2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn from the best! We&#8217;ve rounded up screenwriting inspiration and tools to inspire you to start the screenwriting process. 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