JourneysInFilm , 4 days ago to writers

UC Santa Barbara and Tuskegee University launch pilot program to advance Black cultural perspectives in TV writing

https://news.ucsb.edu/2024/021541/uc-santa-barbara-and-tuskegee-university-launch-pilot-program-advance-black-cultural

#DEI #RepresentationMatters #Writing #Screenwriting #BIPOC #OwnVoices #BlackVoices #BlackWriters #Diversity @writers

ShaulaEvans , 7 months ago to writing

I have a deep love for the "Quentin Tarantino carves a turkey sketch" from Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (which, incidentally, is never shown on screen).

It's an advanced class in writing comedy, writing violence, and the role of the audience's imagination in storytelling.

#Screenwriting #Writing #Studio60OnTheSunsetStrip #Comedy @writing

ShaulaEvans , 7 months ago to writing

#EndlessNight (2022, Belgium, on Netflix) also reminds me in a way of #Flatliners: a group of friends break a medical taboo of "forbidden knowledge" and chaos ensues. Is this a horror subgenre and does it have a name? Or is it all just a variation on the Prometheus & Genesis stories?

#Horror #Writing #Screenwriting
@film @writing @dark

ShaulaEvans , 8 months ago to writing

There is a scene in FILIP (on Netflix) around 58:00 where a character suddenly and unexpectedly says something shockingly real.

There's little anyone can write that's more breathtaking than a moment that's personal, vulnerable and true. It's the opposite of cliched writing.

Want to wake up your audience and pivot the scene dynamics? Try this.

#Filip #Netflix #Writing #Screenwriting @writing