Understanding the Business of Hollywood and Screenwriting Contracts (From Script)
This week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, glean practical insight about screenwriting contracts, collaboration agreements, non-disclosures, and open writing assignments. Plus, learn the secret strategies composers utilize in songwriting and how you can use the music method to elevate your storytelling.
It Depends – The Underbelly of the Business of Hollywood – Pt. 1
There’s the legal, ethical practice and above board perspective of Hollywood. And then there’s the seedier side, the less than ethical, the notorious and unfortunately far too prevalent way business gets done behind certain closed doors. This first of a two part series of articles will peek under the carpet shedding light on some of these situations so we can all be prepared to recognize them and know when to put on the brakes, turn around and speed like hell away.
TRUE INDIE: I Got a Screenwriting Assignment! Now What? Navigating Contracts and Collaboration Agreements
Confused about contracts? Aggravated over agreements? Rebecca Norris Resnick walks you through keeping yourself protected when you sign a screenwriting contract, but you're pre-WGA and yet to be represented.
“Under the Banner of Heaven” TV Review: Andrew Garfield Helms an Ambitious Entry to the True Crime Genre
FX
What makes “Under the Banner of Heaven” so compelling and different from other entries in the religious true crime genre is the way it can challenge the audiences’ perceptions of faith along with its leading detective.
Film Review: The Outfit is a Crime Drama that Really Goes the Distance
Courtesy of Nick Wall, Focus Features
When a movie never leaves the room, the production better have a strong enough story to compensate for the containment, and feature characters who can displace the lack of action through the sheer force of their performance. The Outfit is one such movie.
STORYTELLING HACKS: The Music Method and The Christopher Nolan Method
Inception
WarnerBros
In music, numbers rule everything. They articulate the mechanics behind hit songs written by people who can’t read a single note. And they describe a secret strategy to storytelling that’s worked for songwriters since we began humming the songs we wish we could forget. It’s a secret strategy that could make the difference between selling your story or watching it waste away in limbo.
