Script Writing

ADAPTATION:
Based on the Book
www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies/ – Based on the Book is a compilation of over 1200 books, novels, short stories, and plays that have been made into motion pictures.

Stageplays.com
www.stageplays.com – For starters, click on Genres, then Musicals. Anything look familiar?

SHORTS & ANIMATION
www.pixar.com/shorts - Go behind the scenes with award winning shorts.

RESEARCH
www.movieweb.com – Click on “Box Office” for daily, wekkly, monthly and yearly stats. What types of films seem to hold on to the top slots the longest? Who’s their target audience?

www.cinemaspot.com - “Box Office Blockbusters” fills a similar function, profices lists of popular genre films, interviews, and an “If I Liked/Movielens” feature that allows you to generate personalized movie recommendations.

www.imdb.com – How many times has your topic been the subject of a film? In the left-hand pull-down menu at IMDB, go to plots and type in one to three keywords. This will generate a list of how many films include that topic. The same thing works for characters.

MOVIE SCRIPTS ONLINE
www.scriptcrawler.com
Scripts For You: http://sfy.ru
Drew’s Script-O-Rama: www.script-o-rama.com
Script pimp: www.scriptpimp.com
499 movie scripts: http://67.118.51.201//bol/MovDsply.cfm
Awesome Films: www.awesomefilm.com
Daily Script: www.dailyscript.com/scripts (www.moviescripts.name)

COMPELLING THEMES & INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATIONS

http://www.brainyquote.com
http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/
http://www.quotationreference.com
http://www.manythings.org/proverbs/
http://www.creativeproverbs.com

MOVIE ARTWORK
www.oscar.com/legacy/bestpicture/index.html
This site displays the artwork of every Oscar-winning film since 1928. Looking at them can give you a sense of the set-ups and buzz words that studios use to create a buzz.

MOVIE SYNOPSES
www.imdb.com
www.netflix.com
www.themoviespoiler.com

NAMES
www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames (Popular baby names from 1880 and 2005)
www.behindthename.com/top/ (The world’s most popular first names)
http://surnames.behindthename.com/ (The world’s most popular last names)

SLANG/REGIONALISMS/FOREIGN LANGUAGES www.spraakservice.net/slangportal
http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn
http://translate.google.com/

SCRIPTWRITING BUSINESS
www.entertainmentindustry.name
Has information about how to market your script independently and much more as writer/producer Heather Hale walks you through a complete guide to navigating Hollywood.

SCREENWRITING CONTESTS
www.csweb.ws/aaa
Creative Screenwriting competition, winner gets $5000 and access to over 350 production companies, agencies, and managers.

WRITING FOR TELEVISION
www.screenwriting.tv
Veteran TV writer/producer Catherine Clinch explains how you can find voices of characters from existing television series and learn to love characters you did not create.

WRITING TREATMENTS
www.screenplaytreatment.com
Sell your idea with five pages instead of ninety using writer/producer Michael Halperin’s advie on how to write and market your treatment.

SOFTWARE
www.finaldraft.com
www.celtx.com
http://www.screenplay.com/products/mms/index.htm