Setting Up Story and Character

Setting Up Story and Character

Syd Field explores the process of setting up your story and main character in the first ten pages of your screenplay.

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Writing the Action Sequence

Writing the Action Sequence

Syd Field breaks down the elements of writing the action sequence, a series of scenes connected by one single idea with a clear beginning, middle and end.

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Types of Dialogue

Types of Dialogue

Syd Field discusses how to write effective dialogue by exploring the many types of dialogue from exposition to subtext.

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Avatar

Avatar

I love Jim Cameron. I think he’s the most exciting and creative writer/director filmmaker around. When I head Avatar was opening in December, I couldn’t wait to see it and I was filled with fantasies and expectations about what it was going to be and what it was going to be about.
I had known about [...]

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Syd’s Oscar Picks

Syd’s Oscar Picks

View Syd Field’s Oscar Picks! We love to hear your comments and thoughts on the best films of the year! Do you agree? Disagree?…

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The Nature of Conflict

The Nature of Conflict

In this latest podcast on screenwriting, Syd Field discusses the different types of internal and external conflict.
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