Sean Lawrence

My Criterion Sign Up Log In Help Films / Explore / Current / Shop Top 10s Explore Top 10s Anthony Bourdain’s Top 10 Anthony Bourdain’s Top 10 American chef and art-film epicure Anthony Bourdain is chef at large at New York’s Brasserie les Halles; the author of ten books, including Kitchen Confidential and No Reservations; and the host of the Travel Channel’s Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. Photo courtesy of the Travel Channel. 1. The Friends of Eddie Coyle Peter Yates This is a superb and uncompromising adaptation of George V. Higgins’s bleak masterpiece of low-level criminality—and possibly Robert Mitchum’s finest performance. 2. ...

Each situation is stated, then followed by the necessary elements for each situation and a brief description. Supplication a Persecutor ; a Suppliant ; a Power in authority , whose decision is doubtful. The Persecutor accuses the Suppliant of wrongdoing, and the Power makes a judgment against the Suppliant. Deliverance an Unfortunate; a Threatener ; a Rescuer The Unfortunate has caused a conflict, and the Threatener is to carry out justice, but the Rescuer saves the Unfortunate. Crime pursued by vengeance a Criminal; an Avenger The Criminal commits a crime that will not see justice, so the Avenger seeks justice by punishing the Criminal. Vengeance taken for kin upon kin Guilty Kinsman; an Avenging Kinsman; remembrance of the Victim, a relative of both Two entities, the Guilty and the Avenging Kinsmen, are put into conflict over wrongdoing to the Victim, who is allied to both. Pursuit Punishment ; a Fugitive The Fugitive flees Punishment for a misunderst...

Below are listed the instructions for completing the script coverage and feedback for Discussion Boards 2, 3 and 4. NOTE:  You may want to type up your notes in Word or Text Edit prior to uploading to the discussion board so that you don’t time out of the server or lose part of your critique if it exceeds the per-post word count limit. COVERAGE GUIDELINES Address the following points in your post. 1) Tech specs • List your name • The author’s name • The title of the script • The medium (film, TV, video game, comic, etc.) • The genre • The number of pages 2) Logline + Synopsis • Write a one sentence logline for the script • Then write a brief synopsis of the script (Shoot for ½ page).  Try to keep this as concise as possible, listing only the main action of the script. 3) Critical Analysis General Feedback • Did you like the script?  Why or why not?  Be specific. • Would you want to watch, read or play the final version?       Formatting + Sty...

Media Since the release of Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies , I’ve had the privilege of meeting some amazing journalists from all over the world to talk about the work we’re doing delivering “stories that resonate” to Hollywood… and beyond! Check out the highlights below — and check back for additions. Audio and Video Interviews Paul Gude at Groupee Backstage Live Filmmaker and writer Paul Gude is an enthusiastic interviewer, and a great guy to boot, and our talk in the lobby of the Pan Pacific Hotel in Seattle is one of my favorites. Check out this six part interview – and others on the Save the Cat! You Tube site . Movie Geeks Jamey Duvall and Jerry Dennis host a weekly show about movies and moviemakers and it’s smart and insightful stuff. Look for Movie Geeks United to leap to the mainstream media very soon. In the meantime, check out this show. Please note it begins with a great interview with producer A. Kitman Ho. To hear my interview, forwa...

Tools Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies At-A-Glance   Here’s a new feature created by our man in Chicago, JD Scruggs. JD is a big fan of Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies , but wanted one all-encompassing document to get an overview. For all you who want to know what your movie is “most like,” here’s JD’s contribution to your efforts! Please note: The movie titles in all capital letters are the ones broken down beat-by-beat in the book. Thanks, JD! Download Now » The Blake Snyder Beat Sheet   Structure a story that resonates by filling in this form with Blake’s 15 beats. Download Now » Wedding Crashers Beat Sheet   Take a look at Blake’s 15 beats of the hit movie starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn. Download Now » Thesis – Antithesis – Synthesis   Our friend Heather Holmes created this document from the in-class breakdown Blake does in his Beat Sheet Workshops. It’s the handiest three-act timeline out there, and a...

• http://www.blakesnyder.com/2010/11/26/anne-lower-writers-rewrite/ Today’s guest blogger, Anne Lower, is a true friend of STC! Anne was mentored by Blake, worked with us for a wonderfully collaborative period, and is a brilliant and articulate member of the writing community. This piece was originally run on Anne’s blog, Princess Scribe ; she has graciously allowed us to re-post it for the Cat! community. Our thanks to Anne on this weekend of Thanks, for this invaluable advice: Writers will chomp at the bit, but beware of dangling carrots! I was cleaning out my inbox the other day, a seemingly Sisyphean task, when I came across an advertisement from a local company, one of which has a variety of goods that they sell to writers, flaunting promises of a rapid career trajectory like some magnificent carrot dangled in front of a starving horse. What caught my eye, what made me sit up and take notice, were the words “rewrite” and “class,” both prominently bolded in the...

The Internet can provide the screenwriter with scripts that sold. While the copyright status of some of these scripts may be doubtful, sometimes the screenwriters themselves are generous enough to help educate you with their own product. John August, who wrote "Go" and "Big Fish", provides us with several drafts of his work. Once most screenplays find their way online, they spread among the script Web sites like wildfire. The following links should fill your needs. The best place in the real world to read scripts is the WGA Library at 7000 W 3rd Street on Fairfax in Los Angeles. They have tens of thousands of scripts from shows both current and past. MyPDFScripts Script-O-Rama The Weekly Script John August's Downloads Awesome Scripts and Screenplays The Daily Script Movie-Page.com Science Fiction and Fantasy Movie Scripts Screenplays for You ScriptCrawler (search ...