Dr Wow!

Dr Wow!



Who?


Wow! How good was that?

Clever, funny, confounding - everything a great Dr should be. I nearly named this post I am not worthy II.

All hail the Moffat

Back on form, can't wait for the next ep!

Missed it?

Shame on you. Watch it here http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0146h0q/Doctor_Who_Series_6_Lets_Kill_Hitler/

I am not worthy...

Cemetery Junction written & directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.




Where the hell was I?

Better late than never I caught up with this fantastic touchy-feely good movie on the old telly box tonight...

Wow!

I am so not worthy: What a master class in scriptwriting, Character development and plain good ol' fashioned really beautiful story telling.

Even the minor characters are so well rounded they spring into believable life and breath truth on the screen.

If you haven't had the pleasure yet, I urge you catch rent/download/steal/borrow/watch it a.s.a.p.

And then rewrite all of your own scripts 'cos of what you've learnt!

And Lord Stephen and King Ricky, if you're reading this, and, yeah I know you're big Sheiky fans, where can I download the script to read?

(Course, should Rick and Steve be too busy, at the mo, what with Hollywood, bloggy things, cartoons and TV projects, to reply direct, or in the comments to me... does anyone else know where I might download their wonderful script to read for edu-ma-cational purposes?)

Stephen's official site: http://www.stephenmerchant.com/

Rick's: http://www.rickygervais.com/

The movie's: http://www.sonypictures.co.uk/movies/cemeteryjunction/

Take from this whatever you will, Grasshopper...

"It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness." – Chinese proverb

Everyone's a critic...

"Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing."

Aristotle

Simples...

Got the idea, but no script to meerkat?

No excuses: If you don't write it, nobody can read your script.

It's really that...

What 3 things do you need to make a great movie, Alf?

PROCRASTINUS

PROCRASTINATION

From the Latin, "Pro" meaning "for" and "Crastinus" meaning "that of tomorrow."

Basically makes you a fan of doing it tomorrow...

And where's that gonna get you?

Another Scripty freebie from Sheiky

Another Scripty freebie from Sheiky?

Who loves ya baby?

Yeah. Me. I do.

So have a butchers @ this me amigos...




Over the pond, Jeff Goldsmith has a great Q & A blog well worth a liddle lookie.

One of the gems on it is an L.A. poolside podcast with the writers of the Night at The Museum movies, Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant.



They've written a new book; Writing Movies For Fun and Profit: How We Made a Billion Dollars at The Box Office and You Can, Too!



In it they reveal what it's like as working Scribes in Hollywood.

Oh no Sheiky, not another how to write tome...

Yeah, but...

Not only are these guys very funny, both as writers and script writing gurus, they actually walk the walk: they pen hit studio movies.

Here's the podcast link; it's very, you know, er, um, shall we say, colloquially American, but contains some great insights and advice:


http://www.theqandapodcast.com/2011/07/from-la-film-fest-writing-for-fun.html?showComment=1311068826397#c7295807282203668272

And here's their interview over @ Collider.com

http://collider.com/thomas-lennon-ben-garant-interview-writing-movies-for-fun-and-profit/99923/

Laters...

Keep writing!

Another scripty freebie for Sheiky fans

For everyone indulging in spec-ing, and those poor unfortunates related to, or living with a wannabe writer...

Enjoy!

Watch more free documentaries

Hello!

Hello!

My, it's been a while...

Is anyone still there?

Oh good, there you all are, still spec-ing away.





My fault, of course, been a bit busy. With a bit of this and a bit of that.

Sorry I've neglected you. Can't believe it's been that long. My how time flies.

Tell yer what, to make it up to you I'll share this rather scrummy FREEBIE from my pals @Raindance.

"Download every script written by Christopher Nolan. Email to info@raindance.co.uk Our electronic intern will ping them back."

Yeah, I know, sorry I shouted at you. On my first day back an' all.

But I was excited. It's a great learning resource - you should always be reading scripts. And it's FREE


Oh dear; there I go again...

I'll give you some bonus Freebie tips if you follow the Raindance link.

See? That's better. Great chatting to you again.

Love & kisses,
Sheiky