All posts tagged "Die Hard"
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First Draft: 10 Screenplay Structures To Flesh Out Your Formless Story
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Screenplay structure has nothing to do with... -
First Draft: Five Must-Read Classic Holiday Movie Screenplays
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What makes great holiday movies stand apart... -
First Draft: Manipulate Your Audiences’ Psychological States With These Three Screenwriting Tricks
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Suspense is everywhere in film. It drives... -
First Draft: Best “Plant and Payoff” Scenes Screenwriters Can Learn From
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. “If, in the first chapter, you say... -
First Draft: Wield These Wordsmithing Weapons to Beat Down Screenwriting Clichés
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Plot and character-related exposition in screenplays is... -
First Draft: What are Plot Patterns, and Why Should You Identify Them in Movies?
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What if I told you Star Wars... -
First Draft: Crafting Supervillains by Pushing Your Antagonists Over the Edge
In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. The importance of the... -
First Draft: Should Screenwriters Write With MPAA Ratings in Mind?
In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Yes, story and character—and... -
First Draft: The Ten Commandments of Writing a Great Sequel
In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a fortnightly series on everything to do with screenwriting. New articles, written... -
Slate Up: The Foundational Requirements for Memorable Characters
In partnership with Film Slate Magazine, we’re publishing “Slate Up,” a fortnightly series with practical filmmaking advice and musings. New articles, written by...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Richard Dreyfuss
American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Mr. Holland’s Opus… even while reading like a what’s what of cinema, those titles...Inside the Issue: Directing
Cold Piece of Work: Richard Linklater Braves Greenland Hurricanes for Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette opens with the answer to its titular question. In an impressively executed overhead shot, the camera gazes down onto placid...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: The Farewell Writer-Director Lulu Wang Shares Secrets to Turning Your Life Story into a Memoir Movie
The week before production started on The Farewell—my sophomore feature about a young woman (Billi, played by Awkwafina) and her family’s attempts to keep their grandmother’s...