[ScreenwritingU] Video: How Your Characters Sell Your Screenplay

In this issue: VIDEO: How Your Lead Characters Sell Your Script UPCOMING CLASSES: Creating Roles for Movie Stars TELECONFERENCE: "21 Steps to a Powerful Rewrite", Jan 7, 2012 ARTICLE: Adding Prop Comedy to Your Script VIDEO: How Your Lead Characters Sell Your Script In this Video: A breakthrough that changed everything we knew about characters. Seven Recommendations that can improve your Lead Characters and help sell your script. Introduce you to the class "Creating Roles for Movie Stars." See the Video           Movie Stars Class Starts Jan. 10th! How do you get a producer, agent, manager, or A-list actor to fall in love with your characters? Learn more.           Upcoming Classes Creating Roles for Movie Stars Comedy Writing For Screenplays Subtext Secrets ProSeries Screenwriting Course           Teleconference: "21 Steps to a Powerful Rewrite" - Jan. 7th at 2pm PST  Saturday, Jan. 7th, 2012 The more effective your rewrite strategies, the better your script will be. In this two hour teleseminar, I will present strategies to make sure your next rewrite will be your best so far. "It's the best rewrite class I've taken. I've taken three, one was 2 months, another 2 days and the third six weeks. I learned more high quality tools in two hours with Hal than all of the other courses combined." -- Kymber Yung Learn all 21 Steps in this call! Best of all, there is no charge.* Learn more   ARTICLE: Adding Prop Comedy to Your Script Want to add a little comedy to your screenplay? One good place to look is the props. Yes, you do have props -- every item your characters touch is a prop. But not every prop will be funny. This is all about selection and incongruity. Don't worry, it is easier than it sounds. Consider these movies: In GROUNDHOG DAY, there was comedy around food, a water-filled hole in the road, the shower, and the groundhog driving the truck. In THE HANGOVER, there was comedy around the missing tooth, the tiger, the baby, the jockstrap, the mattress, the taser, the wedding pictures, the Mercedes, and the naked man in the trunk who beat the hell out of them. Now, read how they did it in ACE VENTURA Read more   Like this issue? Visit our website. Copyright © 2011 ScreenwritingU, all rights reserved www.ScreenwritingU.com | site_team@ScreenwritingU.com | You are currently signed up for ScreenwritingU's newsletters. Unsubscribe Here.