Screenwriting Resources

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