Digital Script Library
ADAPTATION:
Stageplays.com
www.stageplays.com – For starters, click on Genres, then Musicals. Anything look familiar?
SHORTS & ANIMATION
Pixar shorts – Go behind the scenes with award winning shorts.
RESEARCH
www.movieweb.com – Click on “Box Office” for daily, weekly, monthly and yearly stats. What types of films seem to hold on to the top slots the longest? Who’s their target audience?
https://www.thecinemaspot.com/– “Box Office Blockbusters” fills a similar function, profiles 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
Scripts For You: http://sfy.ru
Drew’s Script-O-Rama: www.script-o-rama.com
Script pimp: www.scriptpimp.com
Awesome Films: www.awesomefilm.com
Daily Script: www.dailyscript.com/scripts (www.moviescripts.name)
COMPELLING THEMES & INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATIONS
http://www.brainyquote.com
http://www.manythings.org/proverbs/
http://www.creativeproverbs.com
http://www.wiseoldsayings.com
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://translate.google.com/
SCRIPTWRITING BUSINESS
http://www.scriptmag.com/how-to-sell-a-screenplay/ Has information about how to market your script independently and much more.
OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAYS
https://www.outstandingscreenplays.com/
WRITING TREATMENTS
http://www.filmmakers.com/features/screenwriting/treatment.htm Learn how to successfully write a treatment that will sell.
HELPFUL LINKS
http://www.beatsheetcalculator.com
SOFTWARE
www.finaldraft.com
www.celtx.com
http://www.learnmoviemagic.com/tutorials.html
