http://www.scribd.com/people/view/268231-julie-gray This a feed for documents on Scribd written by JulieGray 30 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:24:47 GMT Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:24:47 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/5437942/Learn-to-be-a-Hollywood-Script-Reader Learn to be a Hollywood Script Reader Have you ever thought of becoming a professional script reader? Or perhaps as an aspiring screenwriter, you’d like to have the inside track on just how scripts are analyzed in Hollywood. Either way, this self-paced Reader Correspondence course may be just the thing for you. The cost of the class is $575 and includes feedback and notes on your progress throughout. Please contact me at: julie@thecriptdepartment.com to enroll today. Week one: Overview of the Job Description Job Expectations 11 Things You Better Know Right Now Understanding the Grid Categories Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:24:47 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/5437942/Learn-to-be-a-Hollywood-Script-Reader http://www.scribd.com/doc/5107931/Developing-Your-Voice Voice - What Does That Even MEAN? Voice. Doesn't it sound sort of pretentious and indefinable? Does your writing have a "voice"? Can "voice" be taught? Where does it come from? What exactly does it even mean, really? Voice in your writing - whether that's screenwriting, poetry, prose or non-fiction writing like essays, memoirs or articles, refers to a particular, unique style in the writing. It means that no one but you could have written the material in question because it has a particular rhythm, point of view and flavor. It's still a little ineffable until we think about writing examples wh Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:34:54 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/5107931/Developing-Your-Voice http://www.scribd.com/doc/5107696/How-Are-Movie-Trailers-Made When I met with our fair Wave-inatrix a few weeks ago, she asked about my day job. I told her that I worked at a theatrical marketing company, i.e., a trailer house. I was a little shocked but definitely excited when she asked me to write this little blurb for the blog. First, the name: why “trailer” if they come BEFORE the movie? Well, in the early days of film’s misspent youth, they did come after the feature film. The problem was, the audience usually had things to do. Y’know, like churn butter or get to their 18-hour shift in the factory. They couldn’t hang around. Once the big money peopl Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:30:32 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/5107696/How-Are-Movie-Trailers-Made http://www.scribd.com/doc/5107544/Do-You-have-Talent The "T" Word Recently, as all good Wavers know, The Wave-inatrix started an interesting conversation about talent. Or - it - as it is sometimes colloquially referred to in the biz. The post sparked a healthy debate and dialogue. Is talent necessary to succeed? Who decides if you have "it"? Can talent be cultivated, taught or habituated? Most importantly, is talent some kind of mysterious word bandied about to keep the competition out? Don't bother - you don't have "it". Talent is a mysteriously arrived at, exclusive quality that only writers of the highest caste have. My opinion - and it is on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:27:46 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/5107544/Do-You-have-Talent http://www.scribd.com/doc/5107397/Patterns-in-Writers In my experience reading and analyzing scripts on a daily basis for the past several years, I have become very aware of patterns. I work with hundreds of writers. I attend screenwriting events. I am right in the thick of it. And like an ER doctor who has seen everything, I have pretty much seen it all. Things delight me - but nothing really surprises me anymore. Nobody likes to think that rather than being an individual, they are a statistic. But we are all statistics. Married, divorced, college-educated, not college-educated, white, black, Latino, Asian, middle child, youngest, employed, unem Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:24:46 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/5107397/Patterns-in-Writers http://www.scribd.com/doc/5107188/Should-You-Use-a-Script-Consultant Should You Use a Script Consultant? Being a script consultant is a business. But being a great script consultant is an art; a great consultant is a teacher, a cheerleader and an honest big brother or sister. You want someone who will tell you the truth in a way that you can digest. A good consultant will be honest with you because to allow you to labor under an illusion is irresponsible. But there are ways to be honest that are more genteel than others. If your consultant is complete sunshine and roses about your script, ask them to put their money where their mouth is – do they know someone w Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:20:57 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/5107188/Should-You-Use-a-Script-Consultant http://www.scribd.com/doc/2077714/Sequential-Narrative Writing with the sequential approach can change your life as a writer. Paul Gulino has a book about it as does Blake Snyder (Save the Cat, highly recommended). The point is that this is a way to track the arc (and location and knowledge) of each character. Each sequence has ten pages in it. Sequences 1 through 3 is the first act. Sequences 4 through 6 is the first half of the second act. Sequences 7 through 9 is the second half of the second act. Sequences 10 through 12 is the third act. Notice that sequence 3, 6 and 9 are the most important sequences. Because these are the plot point one, mid Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:44:30 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2077714/Sequential-Narrative http://www.scribd.com/doc/2026280/In-Praise-of-the-Supporting-Actress n 3:10 to YUMA, Gretchen Mol plays Christian Bale’s pretty but hardworking wife. It’s a small role relative to Bale and of course Russel Crowe, but it is a necessary and a good one. But it struck me – Gretchen Mol is pretty and she most certainly can act – but she’s most definitely on the B-list. Probably that’s a combinations of things - she isn’t into the same embarrassing antics as Lindsay Lohan or Britney Spears and she just hasn’t had that much big screen exposure. Maybe she's discerning. Maybe the box office doesn't love her as much as it loves say, Rene Zellwegger or Ang Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:56:45 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2026280/In-Praise-of-the-Supporting-Actress http://www.scribd.com/doc/2024865/Script-Donts Do NOT: Do not suggest, in your spec script, which actor should play this role or which actor looks a lot like your character, as in: “Bill was tall and clean cut, like Jerry Seinfeld”. Do not then make a list of several possible actors who could play this role within the script itself. Or on the front page. Or on the last page. And skip the drawings and photos. Also please do not include a pencil drawing of the castle the story takes place in. Do not speak to the reader in the script, in an aside, and discuss the fact that the main actor (…might be great as a redhead!) Do not suggest, i Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:16:49 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2024865/Script-Donts http://www.scribd.com/doc/2019784/Put-Your-Best-Foot-Forward-When-You-Query Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:30:10 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2019784/Put-Your-Best-Foot-Forward-When-You-Query http://www.scribd.com/doc/2019774/Writer-Network-Thyself- Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:29:15 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2019774/Writer-Network-Thyself- http://www.scribd.com/doc/2019618/Can-You-Write-a-Hot-Sex-Scene Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:24:50 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2019618/Can-You-Write-a-Hot-Sex-Scene http://www.scribd.com/doc/2019474/Hollywood-Script-Reader Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:14:22 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2019474/Hollywood-Script-Reader