Most Viewed Archives - Industrial Scripts® https://industrialscripts.com/category/articles/most-viewed/ The Screenplay and Screenwriting site. Thu, 25 Feb 2021 14:45:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://industrialscripts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cropped-512-x-512-Favicon-1-32x32.png Most Viewed Archives - Industrial Scripts® https://industrialscripts.com/category/articles/most-viewed/ 32 32 Industrial Scripts Celebrates 10th Anniversary – Sponsored by STOLI https://industrialscripts.com/industrial-scripts-anniversary/ https://industrialscripts.com/industrial-scripts-anniversary/#respond Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:06:46 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=227201 Yesterday, Thursday 30th January 2020, Industrial Scripts celebrated its 10 Year Anniversary with an industry reception sponsored by STOLI. Agents, producers, writers, directors and IS staff gathered at the Sanctum ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/industrial-scripts-anniversary/feed/ 0 Download the 20 Best Screenplays For Screenwriters to Learn The Most From https://industrialscripts.com/download-screenplays/ https://industrialscripts.com/download-screenplays/#comments Wed, 23 Aug 2017 09:25:27 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=220263 Stephen King said it best: “if you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the time or the tools to write.“ It’s essential that screenwriters are not only ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/download-screenplays/feed/ 3 The Genius, Multi-Conflict Opening of THE GODFATHER PART 2 https://industrialscripts.com/godfather-part-2-opening/ https://industrialscripts.com/godfather-part-2-opening/#respond Thu, 12 Jan 2017 08:39:04 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=218469 There are, broadly speaking, two ways to convey conflict: implicitly and explicitly. The former involves illustrating some kind of dissonance through setting, silence, the way one character looks at another. ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/godfather-part-2-opening/feed/ 0 10 Commandments of the Accountable Screenwriter (Download) https://industrialscripts.com/accountable-screenwriter/ https://industrialscripts.com/accountable-screenwriter/#respond Mon, 03 Oct 2016 16:21:51 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=217722 There are two kinds of rugby player”, the legendary Scottish coach Jim Telfer told his players, “there are the honest ones, and there’s the rest. The honest player gets up in ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/accountable-screenwriter/feed/ 0 How to Write “Mythically” but Avoid Cliche – PDF Guide https://industrialscripts.com/write-mythically-avoid-cliche/ https://industrialscripts.com/write-mythically-avoid-cliche/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2016 10:51:18 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=217424 Writing mythically with cliché is relatively easy: watch a couple of films, read a couple of books then regurgitate the obvious stuff: quasi-religious story world, the quest, the mentor, initiation, ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/writing-characters-fascinate/feed/ 8 How to Create Intrigue in Screenplays – PDF Guide https://industrialscripts.com/create-intrigue/ https://industrialscripts.com/create-intrigue/#respond Thu, 24 Dec 2015 19:52:54 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=198167 How to Create Intrigue – The Screenwriter’s “Golden Goose”   To create intrigue is one of the greatest things a screenwriter can achieve. Be it via an urban rom-com, a micro-budget horror, ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/create-intrigue/feed/ 0 Lessons From Timing the Death Sequence in PREDATOR https://industrialscripts.com/deaths-in-predator/ https://industrialscripts.com/deaths-in-predator/#respond Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:03:34 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=168943 Way back when… For much of the 80’s and into the 90’s, “Schwarzenegger” was a byword for a movie with a high body count. The box office was peppered with ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/deaths-in-predator/feed/ 0 Script Coverage Templates & Samples for Download https://industrialscripts.com/script-coverage/ https://industrialscripts.com/script-coverage/#comments Mon, 18 May 2015 07:27:33 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=63016 What is Script Coverage? Whether you’re a screenwriter or a director, a producer or a distributor, a financier or a development executive, script coverage is something that the lion’s share ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/script-coverage/feed/ 3 31 Screenwriting Books You MUST Own https://industrialscripts.com/screenwriting-books/ https://industrialscripts.com/screenwriting-books/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:47:12 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=88886 When I say “screenwriting books you MUST own”, I’ll be honest: the MUST is for effect. You don’t have to do anything, particularly buying screenwriting books in such volume that ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/script-reader-jobs/feed/ 9 Five Screenwriting Rules You Can Break and Five You Can’t https://industrialscripts.com/screenwriting-rules/ https://industrialscripts.com/screenwriting-rules/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2014 10:48:07 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=63254   Even the notion of screenwriting rules gets some people into a serious tizz, and it’s this controversial topic I want to explore this week. I’ve spent the last three weeks ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/screenwriters-big-breaks/feed/ 2 10 Honest Quotes about the Life of the Screenwriter https://industrialscripts.com/screenwriting-quotes/ https://industrialscripts.com/screenwriting-quotes/#respond Thu, 28 Aug 2014 18:34:57 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=22054 Nobody worships more reverently at the altar of screenwriting than us. We believe in The Screenplay. We recognise it as the critical component in whether a film or TV shows lives, ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/screenwriting-quotes/feed/ 0 The World’s Highest Paid Screenwriters https://industrialscripts.com/the-highest-paid-screenwriters/ https://industrialscripts.com/the-highest-paid-screenwriters/#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2014 22:10:40 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=64 The World’s Highest Paid Screenwriters As the title says, this article will explore the world’s highest paid Screenwriters working in the Film and Television industries.   Screenwriting can mean seriously ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/the-highest-paid-screenwriters/feed/ 25 The Top Female Screenwriters https://industrialscripts.com/the-top-female-screenwriters/ https://industrialscripts.com/the-top-female-screenwriters/#respond Tue, 25 Mar 2014 19:48:12 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=24 Beneath the murky waters of the western film industry, the odyssey towards equality is ongoing, and according to ‘Celluloid Ceiling’ – an industry consensus conducted by the Centre for Women in ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/the-top-female-screenwriters/feed/ 0 How Much do UK Screenwriters Earn? https://industrialscripts.com/uk-screenwriters-pay/ https://industrialscripts.com/uk-screenwriters-pay/#comments Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:18:26 +0000 https://www.industrialscripts.co.uk/?p=5274 In America, screenwriters can earn an average annual wage of $77,260. At least, that’s what the Bureau of Labour Statistics tells us. The evidence is there: Bill Marsilii and Terry Rossio earned ...

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