All posts by Sean Hood
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First Draft: Is Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey Dead in Screenwriting Today?
In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a fortnightly series on everything to do with screenwriting. New articles, written... -
Genre Hacks: Roy Price on How to Write Screenplays for Amazon
Genre Hacks, a blog by Sean Hood, covers 21st-century screenwriting (that is, writing for anything with a screen), and the evolving craft... -
Playing Both Sides: Mark Webber Talks Happy Christmas and Directing as an Actor
From roles in fan favorites like Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, to writing and directing semi-autobiographical passion projects like The End of... -
Three Women Talk In A Basement: Happy Christmas’ Melanie Lynskey On Improv, Lena Dunham, and Feminism
Melanie Lynskey has built a career on genuine, naturalistic portrayals of women in films like Up in the Air, Win Win Hello, I Must...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8