Industrial Scripts newsletter

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And so, GAME OF THRONES is in the rear-view mirror for another year. With it goes one of the few TV shows that everyone is watching and talking about. In our fractured media landscape, is the concept of 'watercooler TV' dead? Can the right show, at the right time, still capture the zeitgeist? Or are we better off writing to our own little niche, even if that means cutting down on the CGI dragons and epic ice zombie armies? Something to ponder. Welcome to August's INDUSTRIAL SCRIPTS newsletter. Quick-Links >>>           ·         Character-Driven: fresh, original content from our official blog ·         Spec-Spotter: news from around the world of script development, below ·         The IIL: who is our industry guest at next month's event? ·         Script X-Ray Ready: 20 industry-leading Script Development Services ·         Curated from Facebook: the best articles we found this month, see below ·         Online Courses: our full portfolio of online courses for writers ·         OVERDRIVE: our supportive community for writers & filmmakers ·         Flashback to: our interview with Creative England exec Celine Haddad IS hits 40k Likes on Facebook "This is a real beehive of activity Halberstram, this place is hot!" Name the movie. No, seriously, name it. Or: join the 40,000 other driven souls who inhabit our official Facebook page. You likey? Is it, as the kids of today say, "lit"? Get involved HERE... The Insider Interviews: Robert Jones The grand chien himself, RJ, producer of THE USUAL SUSPECTS among a whole sea of other lustrous credits, wowed our crowd at the BFI earlier this month. Read his pearls below... Continue reading HERE... {Download} The 20 Screenplays You Can Learn Most From (FREE) For the busy screenwriter, you're told almost incessantly to read lots of scripts. But with limited hours in the day, where do you begin? We've done the hard yards for you...here are the 20 that'll deliver the greatest educational bang for your buck. Continue reading HERE... The Insider Interviews: Matt Orton Like an exocet in screenwriting form, Matt Orton has blasted his way into the industry's consciousness in recent times, selling specs, clinching commissions and even being hired by Sir Rid d'Alien. Learn how he did it below. Continue reading HERE... 10 Screenwriting Lessons We Can Learn From... DEAD MAN'S SHOES DEAD MAN'S SHOES is a blend of genres - revenge thriller with humour and a great main character, on a low budget. Here are 10 great screenwriting lessons we can draw from it. Continue reading HERE... Genius Character Reveal: Hans Landa (INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS) With SS Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz), Tarantino crafts a scarily believable villain: polite, charming, highly intelligent, but undeniably evil. Continue reading HERE... IS on REVIEWS.io A gentle reminder: as most people know, there's a lot of talk in the so-called literary services industry. Lotta promises and bold claims, often backed up by not much. Verified reviews (ones rubber-stamped as genuine by a 3rd party) are the future of our sector. Support the work we do by visiting our page on Reviews.io below. Thank you! Read verified reviews HERE... IS on Instagram, Tumblr, Pintrest We're upping our game on some of the more visual social platforms out there, so if you're on Instagram, Tumblr or Pinterest, do drop by and give us a follow. Follow us HERE... Industry-leading Script Development With 20 script development services (+ OVERDRIVE), Industrial Scripts offers the largest range of reports for producers, writers and directors anywhere in the world. And with a 94+% client satisfaction rating across 800+ Google-verified reviews, you know your project will be analysed with the utmost professionalism. Some of our most popular services include:   ·         Film Forensic Notes: delivers full 14 pages of incredibly in-depth analysis. ·         TV Drama Script Analysis: 4+ pages of notes on 1-hr TV scripts. ·         Film Coverage Report: delivers 4+ pages of notes on film scripts.  ·         Script Doctoring: you set the exact brief, we re-write with your input. ·         "Which Logline?": you send loglines, we advise you ones to prioritise.  VIEW ALL 20 SERVICES Spec-Spotter: Industry Intel & News A round-up of relevant industry news for screenwriters and filmmakers... ·         Bennett Fisher options screenplay based on own extremism-themed play to Pandemonium Entertainment (Deadline)  ·         Bragi F. Schut sells supernatural thriller spec to producer Neal Moritz (THR)  ·         Jason Pagan and Andrew Deutschman sell AI endangered species pitch to producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura & Mark Vahradian (Deadline)  ·         Peter A. Dowling sells action spec to Screen Gems (Deadline)  ·         Emily Harris making writing-directing debut with Gothic vampire drama CAMILLA for Bird Flight Films and Fred Films (ScreenDaily)  ·         Jonathan Herman adapting horse racing drug cartel nonfiction book for Universal Pictures, Channing Tatum (Deadline)  ·         Alish Brophy and Scott Miles writing female-starring remake of LICENSE TO DRIVE for 20th Century Fox (Deadline) ·         David Birke adapting Picture of Dorian Gray, St. Vincent to direct (THR)  ·         Mike Herro & David Strauss adapting zombie high school novel Eat, Brains, Love for Gunpowder & Sky (Deadline) ·         Sefanie Black and Ken Baker adapting Baker's teen body image novel for Black to direct (TheWrap) Curated from Facebook We often post carefully-selected articles from other media outlets on our Facebook page. Check out the following... ·         Steven Soderbergh: 'There's no new oxygen in this system (LWL) ·         The 22 best minor characters on TV right now (AV Club) ·         Martin Scorsese's 39 foreign films every filmmaker should see (NFS) ·         Has Netflix rescued (or ruined) Hollywood? (Variety) ·         It's the Golden Age of TV. And writers are reaping the rewards and paying the toll (NYT) ·         Time to panic: inside the movie business summer of hell (Variety) ·         TV salaries revealed, from Ellen DeGeneres to The Rock (Variety) ·         David Fincher's rocky road to success: the triumphs and failures that shaped him (NFS)   Like our official page HERE. Client Reviews o' the Month "I am delighted with the attention your reader afforded my script. Not only did they bring to my attention some issues, they also offered very clear solutions. I enthusiastically recommend Industrial Scripts as a means of stress-testing your script." - Steven, verified client review by unique PayPal Code, August 2017 My reviewer was knowledgeable and obviously took their work seriously. The review arrived before the deadline and was longer than expected, which was delightful in both respects. Definitely worth the investment to me and I would use their services again. - Ariel, verified client review by unique PayPal Code, August 2017  Read more verified client reviews HERE. Book a script report HERE. Our Online Courses Portfolio Whether you're a new screenwriter looking to give your writing the best start, an advanced scribe looking to write the next great American TV script, or an author looking to craft the hit novel, we have an online course tailored to your needs. Check out our full course portfolio HERE or at the individual links below. VIEW ONLINE COURSES UK Courses & Events  At Industrial Scripts we run high-quality evening and 1-day training events which deliver serious value to participants. Our courses are tailored to suit the requirements of the industry, and are led by professionals with proven track records of success. Our current events include: ·         Effective Script Reading for Film & TV (1-day seminar) ·         The Insider Interviews LIVE (evening events) Both events run regularly in London, and we plan to extensively expand our delivery of premium UK training in 2017 and beyond. Who is next month's industry guest at The IIL? Click HERE to find out... About OVERDRIVE OVERDRIVE, our dedicated community for screenwriters and filmmakers, now has over 90 members and accepts applications year-round. Membership is strictly capped and vetted, and is for our most promising and committed clients only. Unique benefits include:   ·         25% off all script development services. ·         Dedicated mentoring and support from bona fide literary agents. ·         Guaranteed 14-day turnaround on all script reports. ·         Access to the vetted members forum. ·         Free entry to The Insider Interviews LIVE, worth £140. ·         Free online courses, exclusive discounts, networking and more! Promising writers, producers and directors can join at either Gold, Silver or Bronze level. Apply or learn more about the community below... LEARN MORE... "Ensure that your script is watertight. If it's not on the page, it will never magically appear on the screen." - Richard E. Grant   Classic Quotes   "There is no point in having sharp images when you have fuzzy ideas." - Jean-Luc Godard "It is better to write a bad first draft than to write no first draft at all." - Will Shetterly Script of the Month The Oscar-winning SPOTLIGHT is a masterful example of how to adapt a true story into a script that's dramatic but still authentic. Rather than condense the real people into a single hero part for a star, Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy trust the audience to follow all the moving parts of a complex conspiracy and its unravelling. The result is a gripping and believable procedural drama.  SPOTLIGHT screenplay (PDF link) The Random Tip  Every month we list an unorthodox tip relating to writing and creativity in general. Arcs are all about before and after. Imagine your protagonist in the same situation at the end that they faced in the beginning. Would they react differently? That's how you know they've changed.  That Awesome Scene  We're avid YouTubers here at IS, and in honour of the sheer learning and discovery available on this beautiful creation, we look back at an amazing film or TV scene. This month: THE GODFATHER ©2017 Industrial Scripts | 71 Shelton Street, London, WC2H 9JQ, UK