November 2006
Miradas--in Spanish
extensive critical discussion of Latin American film and TV; Cuban site
Please help me find movies that end with the main character dying. | Ask MetaFilter
It's a query that garnered 135 comments and added film titles within ten days. It lets me think MetaFilter might be fun for students, to craft media-related questions that would get lots of responses, simple queries like this one.
Film Experience Blog: The Vampire Blog-a-Thon
Oct. 31, 06; over fifty film bloggers contributed to the Vampire blogathon
Senses of Cinema
one of the best online film journals; exhaustive and regularly updated links page
Digital Archive of American Architecture: Contents
invaluable for mise-en-scene; suggestive for writers
dream
tranquil animation with zen spirit; again, worth exploring narratives with a whole different time sense and way of making a point
October 2006
Guardian Unlimited | Science | DNA discovery may crack old murder cases
news article that gives new plot device to use in crime tv scripts or detective films; new way to interpret old or poor quality DNA samles
The Hero's Three-Part Journey
different versions of this mythological structure, often used by screenwriters; somewhat male-oriented
BBC - Writersroom - Scriptsmart
free screenwriting formatting tool to use with Microsoft Word; I have not tried it and do not know how well it works.
Screenwriting and Movie Screenplay Database: Show Me: Free Screenplays
source for film scripts
September 2006
The Top 50 Movie Endings of All Time : filmcritic.com
by 2 othersI teach screenwriting students to write for the ending; it economizes crafting a storyline.
the complete idiot's [eejit's] guide to all aspects of filmmaking
clear and witty, useful for practitioners as refresher or for students, especially production teachers
August 2006
The Tangled Web of Syriana
a fun chart illustrating the plot and connections between characters of a good political film
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