Join us for a live streaming table read!

The results are in! See live performances of our three winning short screenplays. A cast of Rochester actors will bring these stories to life, live on the RAFAS Youtube channel.

Live Q&A to follow each reading!

May 11, 2020 at 7:00 PM

Including:
Concrete: The Deep by Jason Terrill
Still Watching by Brian VanDenBergh & Nick Pasquarella
Superbug by Gio Forlenza

What can you learn about screenwriting from Pixar films? A lot.

https://screencraft.org/2015/12/01/pixar-screenwriting-themes/

A good list of films for filmmakers on Netflix. The blog post has tons of behind-the-scenes Youtube videos as well.
https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/best-movies-on-netflix

A thoughtful discussion from Reddit’s screenwriting group.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Screenwriting/comments/chmi46/how_do_you_personally_write_characters/

Much like our writers group, my favorite screenwriting podcast has gone to video chat. The last two episodes of Scriptnotes have been live video shows, broadcast over Youtube. This week’s show invited budding writers to share their work. Each writer joined the show to receive their critiques.

Video link here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIt4WCjMs5Y

Read along with the submitted three-page-challenge entries here: 
https://johnaugust.com/2020/livestreaming-the-three-page-challenge

How does one prepare to write different characters’ voices? By listening to actual people. In this episode of Scriptnotes, John and Craig listen to audio samples, then break down the way different people speak and how that can inform your writing.
https://johnaugust.com/2020/how-to-listen

https://thescriptlab.com/screenplays/

An article from The Script Lab –

https://thescriptlab.com/features/screenwriting-101/13407-how-to-format-mini-slugs/

It’s a classic, but what makes the script for Back to the Future work? How many ticking clocks are there in that story, anyway?

Find out in the latest Writers Blockbusters podcast at 
https://thundergrunt.com/e/writersblockbusters-050-back-to-the-future/

Writers Blockbusters, produced by Thunder Grunt, is an exceptionally good podcast from writers and script readers who really know their craft. Check it out!