vintagegal: Happy Birthday Hedy Lamarr (November 9th, 1914 – January 19th, 2000)  “Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.”  reblogged for quote!

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archatlas: Cityscapes Hsin-Yao Tseng Hsin-Yao’s technique in oils brilliant and sure; he paints in a Romantic, expressive manner that honors the Western tradition while signaling an edgy, contemporary complexity. Hsin-Yao has a curiosity and energy that propel him toward experimentation and innovation; accordingly, he works in a range of genres: from lush evocations of San Francisco…

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classicalmonoblogue: bogleech: just-shower-thoughts: Willy Wonka sent out his chocolate bars worldwide, and 5 white kids (4 with first-world problems) still won. To be fair, his goal was apparently to send a stern warning about the evils of entitlement by murdering them in ironic ways. Also, the rich, spoiled, first world white kids aren’t presented in…

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brightwalldarkroom: “Vertigo is a film about fake female madness and real male madness. Judy’s “possession” as Madeleine in the first half of the film is benign, compelling, and carefully controlled. On the contrary, Scottie’s obsession with turning Judy into Madeleine is unhinged and threatening. Judy’s chameleon allure is a double-edged sword. In the first half…

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screengeniuz: iknowwhythesongbirdsings: lyanaalvarado: danifran16: chelebelleslair: Actor Idris Elba in the December 2015 issue of Men’s Health 🔥🔥🔥👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 god yes!!! 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎊🎊🎊🎊 Yes Lawdy and thank ya Jesus!!!!! @lynnandstuff 👆🏾

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Notes from a Screenreader: Hoarder Edition

nywift: Photo via Go Into the Story. A first draft is a hoarder house. It is piled full of things of great value to the writer, things that feel necessary and beautiful and valuable, or at least are too nice to throw away. The experience of the reader to the hoarder draft is, “Why are…

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tvtheinternet: Hm. Someone needed logline help on Facebook and I helped them, but I may have also implied that their script sounded sexist and I may have compared it to men harassing women on buses, and now they haven’t responded to that post so… #sorrynotsorry?

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Definition for Your Hook

Your hook is how your script’s central conflict is played out in action. A strong hook suggests the story and engages the reader’s imagination immediately. Most spec scripts have a very weak hook: Two friends go on a road trip to Vegas for Spring Break after one of them has a bad break up.  This…

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