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Repositories of Movie Scripts

One of the best ways to learn the craft of screenwriting is to study those who have done it successfully.

Here are three sites that have links to 1,000's of movie scripts ... enough to keep you busy reading scripts for a lifetime!

Daily Script "... a collection of movie scripts and screenplays to serve as a resource for writers and actors and those who simply enjoy reading movie scripts. The movie scripts are presented in proper script format (for the most part) and where possible, multiple drafts are presented...."

ScriptCrawler "...Having trouble remembering a great line of dialogue from a movie? Maybe you'd just like to see how your favorite TV show looks on paper. Either way, you'll enjoy this online archive of film, TV, and radio scripts, which is organized by title and is also searchable."

Simply Scripts "...links to hundreds of free, downloadable scripts, movie scripts, screenplays, and transcripts of current, classic and maybe a few soon-to-be-released movies, television, anime, unproduced and radio shows. A screenwriter's resource..."

An Amazing Free MiniCourse in Bringing Your Screenplay to Life

David Freeman ".... teaches "Beyond Structure," L.A.'s most popular screenwriting workshop, located at Universal Pictures, and drawing 200 attendees every time it's offered (biannually).... The reason David S. Freeman's "Beyond Structure" has grown to be the most popular screenwriting, development, and fiction workshop in Los Angeles is not just because of his high energy, the warmth and humor he brings to his teaching, or his caring attitude about those who attend. The above are just the icing on the cake. The cake itself, however, are the over 200 powerful techniques David has created or distilled. These techniques vastly expand a writer's, director's, or producer's skill in creating imaginative and emotionally layered characters, dialogue, plots and scenes....." In addition to examples of his "Beyond Structure" approach" David's website very generously provides several very excellent eye-opening (and free) articles on Screenwriting which together comprise a very excellent... and free... minicourse in bringing your latest screenplay to life:

"...'Beyond Structure' skips all theory and instead offers specific and proven techniques a writer can immediately use to increase the artistry in his or her dialogue, characters, scenes, and plots...."

The following free articles exemplify that approach:

Sample Techniques from "Beyond Structure"

The Secret Artistry of "Crash"

Visual Storytelling in 'Batman Begins'.

Writing Emotionally Layered Dialogue "...This article is not one that can be read breezily. I'm going to deconstruct a piece of great dialogue line by line, and label every technique that's employed. There's much to be learned by doing so, but it requires focus. Therefore, if you need Zen or caffeine or both (Zeffeine) to ratchet up your awareness, knock yourself out...."

The Use of Parallel Plot-Lines in "American Beauty" and "Spiderman2"

Fixing "Alexander" "... Even if you haven't seen the movie "Alexander," you'll still be able to easily follow this article. This article is different than anything I've ever published before. Instead of analyzing a film and pointing out some of the hidden writing techniques used, this time I'm going to take the opposite tack, and talk about some writing techniques that could or should have been used in the movie "Alexander."

The Use of a Theme in "The Matrix"

Dual "Character Arcs" in "Erin Brockovich"

The Color Red in "American Beauty"

Adding Emotional Depth Via a Subplot

Scriptwriting Contests

Just as film festivals require entrance fees, scriptwriting contests typically carry an entrance fee which covers the costs of reading and judging the scripts.

Flickalooza Has over 70 production companies and literary representatives reading scripts. First prize: $10,000. Has the support of the Writers Guild of America. Open to any writer, 18 years and older. Entry fee varies from $40 to $50 depending on timing.

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