Screenwriting In Paradise
We are ALL storytellers because we are all human. That's how we entertain each other socially. We tell true personal stories. But we also like to curl up on the couch on a Saturday night and watch movies to be entertained by OTHER people's stories.
Hey there gang, I'm Jim, a professional screenwriter, workshop leader and teacher of the craft, but most of all I am a storyteller, just like you. Welcome aboard and join me up on the bridge on this cruise into the celebration of storytelling where life is stranger than fiction but both are so entertaining. You just need to know where to look.
THE MOST VIEWED MOVIE OF ALL TIME? Here's why...
STORYTELLING 101 - MAKE US CARE! Do NOT waste our precious time, or we'll be GONE GIRL
MY FAVORITE THRILLER OPENING
Chapter 3. AND AWAY WE GO. Pounding out 9 pages of BLISS.
The SUPERHERO of VILLAINS.
Chapter 2. THE DAY OF DISCOVERY
CHAPTER 1: A CRAZY IDEA ERUPTS
From SPARK to FLAME - how ideas can catch your attention and become movies.
The evolution of an idea into a screenplay.
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN 3 DAYS OF THE CONDOR?? WTF!!! Grab some popcorn and hit the sofa!
GOOD WILL HUNTING, ROCKS. The movie that MADE Matt Damon and Ben Affleck old-fashioned movie starts.
"THE WAY I SEE IT LADIES, IS YOU OWE ME FOR ONE JELLY DOUGHNUT!
I WANT MY CIGARETTES, NURSE RATCHED!
JAWS INTRO has NO mercy. Why WE are HOOKED 5 seconds in.
ALL BECAUSE OF A JELLY DOUGHNUT! KUBRICK goes SEINFELD and blows us away over NOTHING! (part 2)
INSANE FILMMAKING! ONLY KUBRICK COULD DO THIS!
THE GREATEST ANTAGONIST EVER is in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
ALL BECAUSE OF JUICY FRUIT!
What this is all about, folks.
IT'S HUMAN NATURE! WE tell stories!
IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF A CIGARETTE!
GREATEST THRILLER OPENING EVER!
WHY JAWS OPENING SEQUENCE IS PHENOMENAL!
Why JAWS opening scene is jaw-dropping friggin' amazing.