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What's New, BlueCat? 
                                        
The Official Newsletter of the

Bluecat Screenplay Competition   


May 29, 2014

IN THIS WEEK'S NEWSLETTER:
  • An interview with John Sayles
  • Pixar's Andrew Stanton on storytelling
  • 3 Scripts: BRIDESMAIDS, GRAVITY, and BEFORE MIDNIGHT
  • An inspirational interview with Geoffrey Fletcher
  • 8 Screenwriting Tips from award winning writers
  • Watch a BlueCat Finalist's festival bound animated short
  • Advice from writer/director Nancy Meyers
  • Workshop information

BLUECAT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

 

Every screenplay will receive one written analysis, 

with our best screenplays receiving 

over $40,000 in cash prizes.

 

Submit by June 15th and receive your written analysis by July 1st

 

SUBMIT YOUR SCREENPLAY

 

 For more competition details, please visit the Rules & Guidelines page.

 

 
JOHN SAYLES: INTERVIEW
From the Writers Guild of America
 
An interview with writer/director John Sayles.
 
BLUECAT FINALIST'S FESTIVAL BOUND ANIMATED SHORT    
From The BlueCat Blog
 

Great Moments in Rock & Roll History (That Never Happened), an animated short directed by 2014 BlueCat Finalist José Luis González, has been announced as an official selection of the 2014 Marfa Film Festival!

 

 
SCREENWRITING TIPS FROM AWARD WINNING WRITERS
From Indiewire  
 
Writing tips from award winning screenwriters and filmmakers like Andrea Arnold (writer/director of Fish Tank): 
 

"I think there's nothing like a really good story, simply told."

 
Hey, Whaddya Say? 
"I think writing is a job. I make myself sit there all day until I get the work done. Take it seriously."  
- Nancy Meyers
writer/director of Something's Gotta Give, The Parent Trap, and It's Complicated
SELECTED SCRIPTS
Three Screenplay PDFs

 

BRIDESMAIDS
by Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumolo

 READ THE SCRIPT

 

GRAVITY
by Alfonso Cuaron & Jonas Cuaron
 
BEFORE MIDNIGHT
by Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
GEOFFREY FLETCHER
From the Writers Guild of America
 

An inspirational interview with screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious, Violet & Daisy). 

 

PIXAR'S ANDREW STANTON ON STORYTELLING 
From TED Talks


Pixar's Andrew Stanton (writer of Finding Nemo, WALL-E) discusses storytelling in this amazing TED Talk.



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BlueCat Screenwriting Workshops
 
BlueCat Screenplay Workshops are an intensive opportunity to certifiably improve your script in a small group environment, led by award winning screenwriter and BlueCat founder Gordy Hoffman.

Your script will be read in advance both by Gordy as well as the other workshop participants; everyone receives in-depth feedback on their script from a number of different perspectives.

Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival for LOVE LIZA, Gordy Hoffman has taught screenwriting at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles, as well as led workshops all over North America, Poland, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. He has served as a panelist for the IFP Script to Screen Conference in NYC, Women in Film's Script DC Conference in Washington, DC, and the George Eastman House Film Festival, as well as a judge for the McKnight Screenwriting Fellowships in Minnesota. Gordy Hoffman founded the BlueCat Screenplay Competition in 1998 and remains its judge.

 

THE FULL SCRIPT WORKSHOP

Participants read all screenplays in advance of the workshop. During the workshop, Gordy provides direct and in-depth feedback on each screenplay, with everyone encouraged to contribute his or her own thoughts and concerns.

 

Each writer will leave with a great sense of what they can do specifically to improve their screenplay, as well as a better awareness of where they might properly develop as a professional screenwriter as a whole. Writers benefit from the direct focus placed on their screenplays by the workshop, along with the analysis of the other scripts.

 

Screenplays can be first drafts or rewrites, incomplete or partial, with first time writers and veterans all welcome. Scripts are due 10-14 days prior to the date of the workshop.

 

Note: Screenplays submitted to the workshop are not eligible to be entered into the BlueCat Screenplay Competition.

 

 

Regular Registration Option

Do you want to participate, but do not have a script to submit at this time? Regular registration for the workshop allows you to attend without submitting written material, read the scripts in advance and still participate in the discussion.

 

 


UPCOMING WORKSHOPS:
 
June Online - June 19th - REGISTER
 
Los Angeles - June 29th - REGISTER
 
Brooklyn - July 19th - REGISTER

 

Portland - July 31st - REGISTER
 
August Online - August 14th - REGISTER 

  

Los Angeles - September 14th- REGISTER   

 

Please let us know if 

 

you'd like the BlueCat Workshop 

 

 to come to your town!

 

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