“Read the Best Movie That You’re Never Going to See – Cinematical.”

Okay, I haven’t finished the blog post I’d planned for today, but this is too funny not to blog.

Seriously.

I won the WiFi contest (a “hook” contest) for The Amazing Kittyhawk

What some of the judges said:

“I definitely liked Julie Kenner’s script above the others, the main reason being that it really sucked me in, intrigued me and made me want to read more!”

“…The language and voice are strong from the getgo, with nice descriptions like “The THRUM-THRUM of a heavy bass line”; and “A battle-worn TOMCAT…”; to start us off on a good foot. Those first few lines of a screenplay are so crucial, as is the first page, and she obviously took a lot of care in writing hers. Finally, it’s the intriguing QUESTIONS that she’s raised here that make me want to proceed… She’s created an interesting WORLD here that I want to explore some more. And all in 10 pages! Nice job!”;

“Julie really floored me with her unique voice in her storytelling. She had me sucked in by page one. Her opening narratives are slick, creative and visual, her words, juicy.”

Check out announcement page here.

The Top Four has been selected! Here are the Top 4 in alphabetical order:

Bad Moon Rising by: Timothy Hodge

Chapman by: Justin Owensby

Kitty Hawk by: Julie Kenner

Magic Show by: Rob Williamson

Check out the list here.

So Kittyhawk’s still in the running!

Just got word that the screenplay pages I entered in a “hook” contest made the final round — both of them! The intro to The Amazing Kittyhawk, as well as the intro to my screen adaptation for The Good Ghoul’s Guide to Getting Even.

Fun stuff!!

Check out all the finalists here!.

The basic structure for movies is based upon ideas thousands of years old. It uses Aristotle's three-act play as its basis, dividing the story into a beginning, a middle, and an end. However the structure of movies is considerably more rigid than Aristotle's basic idea – though that doesn't necessarily mean that all movies follow that rigid structure.

Hollywood films tend to follow a "W" plot structure, like that described by Kimberly in her article on plots: Act I ends on a low; Act II has a high in the middle and ends on a low; and Act III ends on a high (usually). Act I is usually 20-30 minutes long, Act II an hour or so, and Act III 20-30 minutes again. I'll get into what tends to be in these acts as I proceed through this article.

Trials, Triumphs and Trivialities Article – Read the whole thing here ….

I ran across this article while surfing today, and it has a nice breakdown of three act structure.