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The Official Newsletter of the

Bluecat Screenplay Competition   


June 8, 2014

IN THIS WEEK'S NEWSLETTER:
  • One week left to submit for early analysis! 
  • Advice from Joss Whedon
  • 3 Scripts: LINCOLN, RATATOUILLE, and STEP BROTHERS
  • Advice from BlueCat founder Gordy Hoffman 
  • Nia Vardalos on her writing process
  • Francis Ford Coppola on writing The Godfather
  • Clint Eastwood on westerns and storytelling
  • Workshop information

BLUECAT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

one week left to submit for early analysis!

 

Submit by midnight PST on June 15th and receive 

your written analysis by July 1st.

 

Next analysis deadline isn't until Sept! 

 

 

SUBMIT YOUR SCREENPLAY 

 

 

Every screenplay will receive one written analysis, 

with our best screenplays receiving 

over $40,000 in cash prizes.

 

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

 

 
ADVICE FROM JOSS WHEDON
Interview from MakingOf.com


Writer/director Joss Whedon (The Avengers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly) discusses his adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and gives some advice to aspiring filmmakers.



ADVICE FROM GORDY HOFFMAN
From The BlueCat Blog
 

BlueCat founder Gordy Hoffman discusses crafting characters that actors will want to play. 


 
NIA VARDALOS INTERVIEW
From The Dialogue 
 
Nia Vardalos (writer of My Big Fat Greek Wedding) discusses her craft in this interview from The Dialogue's "Tricks of the Trade" series.
 
Hey, Whaddya Say? 

 

"It all starts with the script: it's not worth taking myself away from my family if I don't have something I'm really passionate about."

 

- Steven Spielberg 
SELECTED SCRIPTS
Three Screenplay PDFs

 

LINCOLN
by Tony Kushner

 READ THE SCRIPT

 

 
RATATOUILLE
by Brad Bird
 
 
STEP BROTHERS
by Will Ferrell & Adam McKay
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
On writing The Godfather 
 

In this fascinating short video, Francis Ford Coppola discusses his process of adapting The Godfather into a feature film.

 

CLINT EASTWOOD ON WESTERNS AND STORYTELLING
From the American Film Institute

 

Clint Eastwood discusses the importance of good storytelling.

 

 

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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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