Syd Field

[...] Syd Field, long considered by the global film community as “the guru of screenwriting,” died [...]

[...] Final Draft, Inc. CEO Marc Madnick pays tribute to Syd Field at the 2014 Final Draft Annual Awards. The post Final Draft: A Tribute to Syd Field appeared [...] on Syd Field. [...]

[...] said, “Good writing!” Sincerely, Aviva Field The post New Screenwriting Webinars by Syd Field appeared first on Syd Field. [...]

[...] as a physical one. The Fighter embodies this as well. When I designed my App for the iPhone, the Syd Field Script Launcher (soon on the market) – I wanted writers to understand just how the [...]

[...] read them. The scene she had written took place at the beginning of the second act, as the main character, a lawyer, is investigating the mysterious and unexpected death of her mother who had died [...]

[...] sure your characters and story are set up within the first ten pages. Did you introduce your main character(s), establish the dramatic premise, and indicate the dramatic situation, the circumstances [...]

[...] to adjust to the 3D glasses, but grabbed my attention immediately was the fact that the main character, Jake Sully, has lost both his legs before the story began. How do you have a main character [...]

[...] Syd Field explores the process of setting up your story and main character in the first ten pages of your screenplay. [...]

[...] -line of the relationship anchors the story.  The story of the relationship is a linear story line, and it is simply told in a non-linear way. It works. Beautifully. Today, changes are going on; [...]

[...] down the cost of admission to see your movie. Before you even begin to present your idea, your story line needs to be structured into the key elements from beginning to end. It means knowing the [...]

[...] reality,” where the clash of reality and unreality blends into the framework of the story line. The falling of the frogs is taken from the Bible, Exodus, Book 8, where the plague of frogs [...]

[...] The Shawshank Redemption There are many plot points in a screenplay, but in the creation of the story line, the most important are Plot Point I and Plot Point II. The four elements of structure, [...]

[...] MOTION   DOWNLOADS PDF Worksheets & Exercises (Acrobat Reader Required) “The Paradigm Worksheet” – The Blank Form “The Paradigm Worksheet” - The Shawshank [...]

[...] , standard screen size to Cinemascope, 35mm to 70mm, and now, computer graphics and digital technology. It’s the screenwriter who has really become the artisan of change because he or she [...]

[...] , we’re just seeing them differently. Here’s how I look at it: the rise of digital technology. BD (before Digital) we had Analog Technology – meaning that all signals, or bytes of [...]

[...] that incident is shown does the story line split off into different directions. To build a non-linear movie means defining the parts, then structuring each part from beginning to end, at which point [...]

[...] To All: I am honored and moved by the love and appreciation Syd’s friends, students, colleagues, readers and movie enthusiasts who have shown [...]

[...] Buy @ WritersStore.com A few weeks ago, during one of my screenwriting workshops, a student turned in pages from her screenplay with a worried and concerned expression on [...]