Video Essay Archives - Industrial Scripts® https://industrialscripts.com/category/articles/video-essay/ The Screenplay and Screenwriting site. Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:03:16 +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 Video Essay Archives - Industrial Scripts® https://industrialscripts.com/category/articles/video-essay/ 32 32 VIDEO ESSAY: Cameron Frye in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off https://industrialscripts.com/cameron-frye/ https://industrialscripts.com/cameron-frye/#respond Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:03:16 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=225221 Legendary writer-director John Hughes was responsible for a string of iconic teen films from the 1980s onward. And yet without the characters feeling like real teenagers (with Cameron Frye in ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/cameron-frye/feed/ 0 Jodie Foster Masterclass Review: Is It Worth It? https://industrialscripts.com/jodie-foster-masterclass/ https://industrialscripts.com/jodie-foster-masterclass/#respond Fri, 25 Jan 2019 13:02:23 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=224960 COURSE REVIEW: SCORES Lessons: 8.1  Workbooks: 8.2 Community & Interactivity: 6.4 Value: 8.0  OVERALL VERDICT: Thumbs Up!     Pros and Cons Pros: Actor-director background creates a unique perspective Strong ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/jodie-foster-masterclass/feed/ 0 Writing and Filmmaking Lessons from BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) https://industrialscripts.com/back-to-the-future/ https://industrialscripts.com/back-to-the-future/#respond Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:19:49 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=224944 BACK TO THE FUTURE Video Essay   Not content with dominating blockbuster filmmaking as a director, the ’80s saw Steven Spielberg become a producing powerhouse. He brought his Amblin touch ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/back-to-the-future/feed/ 0 Writing and Filmmaking Lessons from PADDINGTON 2 (2017) https://industrialscripts.com/learn-from-paddington-2/ https://industrialscripts.com/learn-from-paddington-2/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2018 10:46:51 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=224601 PADDINGTON 2 video essay PADDINGTON was that rare, quintessentially British film that found success around the globe. So there was little surprise when the studio confirmed PADDINGTON 2. Paul King ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/learn-from-paddington-2/feed/ 1 VIDEO ESSAY: Dislikable Characters – THE SOCIAL NETWORK https://industrialscripts.com/the-social-network/ https://industrialscripts.com/the-social-network/#respond Sat, 22 Dec 2018 09:23:23 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=224604 THE SOCIAL NETWORK They’re making a film about Facebook? Commentators greeted news of the project with scepticism. But with a tight script from Aaron Sorkin (THE WEST WING) and clinical ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/the-social-network/feed/ 0 Writing and Filmmaking Lessons from CRAZY RICH ASIANS (2018) https://industrialscripts.com/learn-from-crazy-rich-asians/ https://industrialscripts.com/learn-from-crazy-rich-asians/#respond Sun, 25 Nov 2018 11:26:14 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=224254 CRAZY RICH ASIANS Video Essay CRAZY RICH ASIANS is the smash hit that proves that, contrary to recent reports, the rom-com isn’t dead. Rachel (Constance Wu) is an economics professor ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/learn-from-crazy-rich-asians/feed/ 0 VIDEO ESSAY: Dual Perspectives – THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE https://industrialscripts.com/haunting-of-hill-house/ https://industrialscripts.com/haunting-of-hill-house/#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2018 17:37:31 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=224252 THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE is a Netflix miniseries loosely adapted from the book by Shirley Jackson. It was created by horror maestro Mike Flanagan (OCULUS, ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/haunting-of-hill-house/feed/ 2 VIDEO ESSAY: The Dramedy Balance – CATASTROPHE https://industrialscripts.com/dramedy-catastrophe/ https://industrialscripts.com/dramedy-catastrophe/#respond Mon, 29 Oct 2018 14:05:03 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=224028 CATASTROPHE CATASTROPHE is a Channel 4 and Amazon Prime show. It’s created by, written by, and stars American comedian Rob Delaney and Irish writer-actress Sharon Horgan. It was nominated for ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/dramedy-catastrophe/feed/ 0 Writing & Filmmaking Lessons From DRIVE (2011) https://industrialscripts.com/learn-from-drive/ https://industrialscripts.com/learn-from-drive/#respond Sat, 27 Oct 2018 08:08:23 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=223895 DRIVE Video Essay The crime drama DRIVE, with a screenplay by Hossein Amini adapted from a James Sallis novel, established Ryan Gosling as a bona fide star. Made on an ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/learn-from-drive/feed/ 0 VIDEO ESSAY: Creating the Fascinating Antagonist – Gus Fring https://industrialscripts.com/fascinating-antagonist-gus-fring/ https://industrialscripts.com/fascinating-antagonist-gus-fring/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2018 10:09:34 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=223754 Gus Fring BREAKING BAD, created by Vince Gilligan, introduced us to many great characters. Antihero Walter White (Brian Cranston), the cancer-diagnosed high school teacher who turns to making meth. Jesse ...

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]]> https://industrialscripts.com/fascinating-antagonist-gus-fring/feed/ 5 Writing & Filmmaking Lessons From LA Confidential (1997) https://industrialscripts.com/la-confidential-learnings/ https://industrialscripts.com/la-confidential-learnings/#respond Wed, 26 Sep 2018 08:49:27 +0000 https://industrialscripts.com/?p=223752 LA CONFIDENTIAL LA CONFIDENTIAL put a modern spin on the hard-boiled noir, reinvigorating the genre and leading to an Oscar win for Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson for Best Adapted ...

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