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Apr 15, 2010, Cannes Festival 2010 Full Line-Up of Films

The Line Up of films for the 2010 Cannes Festival announced. Check it out here.

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Apr 15, 2010, Cannes Festival Full Line Up 2010 Cannes Films

2010 Cannes Festival All Films Compare 2090 Cannes Line Up

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Apr 8, 2010, OSCARS 2010 WINNERS COMPLETE LIST

Oscars 2010 Who's won Oscars in 2010?

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Apr 8, 2010, OSCAR SCREENPLAYS 2010 Best Screenplays WINNERS NOMINATIONS 2010

Oscar Screenplays. 2010 WINNERS. Who Won 2009 Screenplay Oscars?

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Mar 28, 2010, What Do YOU Want To Find in My Screenwriting Book?

I'm writing a brand new book for screenwriters with real hands-on workouts and advice for you to create outstanding screenplays with solid market potential.

Why not tell me what you'd like to see covered in my book?

Click on the link to go to the form on the Unique Screenwriting Home page and check the boxes, and add anything else you want me to write about in the blank box.

I want this book to be a great career-building toolkit for all you screenwriters who want to make sure your scripts stand out from the industry slush pile.

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Mar 28, 2010, Unique Screenwriting. Screenplay Coverage For Outstanding Scripts

Radical New Screenplay Coverage And Screenwriting Guide. No Outdated Guru Formulas

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Mar 23, 2010, Adaptation Screenwriting: Charlie Kaufman's Satire

Adaptation Screenwriting: Kaufman's Brilliant Satire, Defying Robert McKee 'Ten Commandments'

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Mar 23, 2010, Adaptation Screenwriting. Charlie Kaufman Screenplay

Adaptation Screenwriting That Explodes The Guru Formulas

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Mar 23, 2010, Rules of Fight Club. Brad Pitt. How To Write a Screenplay.

What Makes Rules of Fight Club Speech A Movie Classic? Fight Club Script

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Mar 23, 2010, Pulp Fiction Dialogue. A Masterclass in Tarantino's Screenwriting

An in-depth Analysis of Pulp Fiction Dialogue. How To Write a Screenplay of Outstanding Originality

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Mar 23, 2010, Pulp Fiction Dialogue. A Masterclass in Tarantino's Unique Screenwriting

An In-depth Analysis of Pulp Fiction Dialogue Part 2.

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Mar 21, 2010, Sign up to The Newsletter for My 'Troubleshoot Your Script Checklist'

If you haven't signed up for my Newsletter, 'Screenwriting They Can't Resist', you might want to now.

The latest Newsletter is a special checklist for troubleshooting your script.

Now that the world's major film distributors are looking for great independent films, don't miss this great opportunity for perfecting your screenplay and getting it out there. Producers are waiting!

And you'll receive my free e-book, 'Screenwriting Visual Grammar' which has in-depth guidance not found anywhere else on how to create screenplays of cinematic power.

All the producers I know say that one of the most frequent failings of the scripts they get is the lack of visual grammar.

So, another reason to sign up.

You'll also be able to receive the previous Newsletter on Tips for Writing.

Go to the Home page, scroll down a bit and just fill in the Subscribe form. You'll get the free e-book to download and the Newsletters.

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Mar 21, 2010, WHY YOU NEED TO GET YOUR SCRIPT READY FOR MARKET NOW

The whole climate of the movie marketplace is undergoing a huge change. The world's major distributors are now looking more and more to independent films and turning their backs on the crumbling Hollywood studio system. And that means producers are desperately looking for more and more brilliant, inventive screenplays. It's an unprecedented opportunity for you - time to perfect your screenplays!

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Mar 21, 2010, Unique Screenplay Coverage. On-The-Pulse Script Coverage for Today's Market

Screenplay Coverage. Script Coverage for Screenplays The Industry Can't Resist

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Mar 16, 2010, Fight Club In-depth Script Analysis. How To Write a Screenplay

Fight Club. What Makes It A Great Screenplay? A Checklist Of Great Script Elements

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Mar 10, 2010, Screenwriting Visual Grammar. Brokeback Mountain. Visuals

Screenwriting Visual Grammar. Brokeback Mountain. How to Write a Screenplay Cinematically.

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Mar 10, 2010, Screenwriting Visual Grammar . Make Your Screenplay Stand Out From The Crowd

Screenwriting Visual Grammar. The Amazing Power of Visual Grammar To Transform Your Screenwriting

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Mar 8, 2010, Kathryn Bigelow Best Director Best Picture OSCARS for Hurt Locker

OSCARS - Kathryn Bigelow Best Director, Hurt Locker, Best Film

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Feb 22, 2010, Character Backstory Screenwriting.. How To Write A Screenplay.

Character Backstory - Screenwriting Your Character's Past

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Feb 22, 2010, BAFTAS 2010. BEST SCREENPLAYS. BAFTAS WINNERS

BAFTAS 2010 BAFTA WINNERS BEST SCREENPLAYS Compare 2009 WINNERS

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Feb 21, 2010, Kathryn Bigelow wins Best Director

The first Woman to win Best Director at the BAFTAS. Click for more...

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Feb 11, 2010, New! My Screenplay Coverage First 10 Pages Report For Unique Screenwriters

The one golden rule for sending out your script? It's this: The First 10 pages have to sizzle, or your script will get tossed in the bin - however good the rest of it might be. Because industry readers and producers won't bother to read on.

I'm now offering a special First Ten Pages Report. Check it out here.

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Feb 11, 2010, Screenplay Coverage. New-Style Script Coverage. For A Script They Can't Resist

On-The-Pulse Screenplay Coverage You Need for Today's Market

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Feb 2, 2010, OSCARS: COMPLETE LIST OF NOMINATIONS

And here's the complete list of all categories of the Oscars. Think Cameron should win best director? Click to view the full list.

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Feb 2, 2010, OSCAR SCREENPLAYS

The Nominations for the Best Adapted and Best Original Screenplays are up.
Do you agree with the line-up?
Any screenplay that should be in and isn't?
Any that are in and shouldn't be?
You decide.
Click here.

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Jan 26, 2010, Which BAFTAS Screenplays...?

Have you chosen your winner yet? Or winners? What screenplay's not on the the list that should be? Check out the complete list of all categories in BAFTAS nominations here.

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Jan 21, 2010, BAFTAS Screenplay Nominations Out

Original and Adapted Screenplay Nominations have just come out. Click to see if you agree with the list

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Dec 23, 2009, Screenwriting Structure. In-Depth Guide to Alternative Narrative

Unique Screenwriting Structure. WHY THE 3-ACT STRUCTURE WILL MAKE YOU GO MAD.

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Dec 15, 2009, Golden Globes 2010Nominations; Which Movies Are Up?

Golden Globes Nominations for 2010 - Are They The Best Movies of The Year?

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Dec 11, 2009, Burn After Reading. What Genre is Coen Brothers Screenplay?

Another genre-busting movie from the Coens, Burn After Reading Is A Subversive Anti-spy Thriller Played For Laughs.

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Dec 11, 2009, Brad Pitt Fight Club. Video Clips. Brad Pitt and Fight Club Script

Brad Pitt Fight Club. Brad Pitt's Acting and Fight Club Script. How To Write A Screenplay

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Dec 7, 2009, BIFAS - Winners of Brit Indies Awards

Bifas 2009 - The Winners - Great UK Films

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Dec 7, 2009, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS SCREENWRITING.TRAILER. POSTERS.

Inglourious Basterds. How's Tarantino's DIALOGUE Looking?

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Dec 7, 2009, Inglourious Basterds - Get The DVD

Inglourious Basterds might not be his greatest film, but it still has some great Tarantino moments.

Look at how beautifully modulated the tension rises in the opening scene.

And the scenes in the bar with Diane Kruger show Tarantino's dialogue at full throttle.

Try and read the script as well. See where you think it could have been better! Screenwriters can learn a good deal from scripts by master writers when they don't always reach perfection.

Get the single disc DVD, the Blue-Ray or splash out on the Blu-Ray Special Edition.

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Oct 29, 2009, SPECIAL OFFER - SHORT SCRIPT REPORT 55 GBPounds

As so many producers and directors are keeping an eye out on screenwriters of shorts these days, I'm offering a special service for short film scripts - a coverage report for 55GBPounds

Ask any industry professional 'What's the best way to kick start my screenwriting career?' and most people will suggest writing a short.

But shorts are not poor cousins of full length features. They need to have a unique vision too.

There are so many opportunities for Shorts these days - there are hundreds of Film Festivals and winning an award at one of them is a great way to get your writing noticed.

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Oct 27, 2009, BIFAS - Nominations for Independent Films

The British Independent Film Awards - The BIFAS - are always hotly anticipated because they showcase some of each year's most interesting movies from around the world.

Heading the film nominations for the BIFAS is director-writer Andrea Arnold's high-acclaimed British drama Fish Tank awarded eight and the Nathan Parker-scripted, Duncan Jones-directed space elergy Moon with seven nominations.

There have been some strong films from writers and directors this year. As well as Arnold and Jones there's Lone Scherfig, Jane Campion, and Armando Iannucci in the Best Director category.

Click on the link for the full line up of th is year's nominations.

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Oct 27, 2009, BIFAS British Independent Film Awards 2009 Nominations

BIFAS Nominations, Fish Tank, An Education, Bright Star

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