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The Official Newsletter of the

BlueCat Screenplay Competition   


July 29, 2014

IN THIS WEEK'S NEWSLETTER:
  • BlueCat Alum makes the 25 New Faces of Independent Film list
  • 3 days until BlueCat's Movie Title Contest Deadline!
  • 3 SCRIPTS: Labor Day, 42, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  • BlueCat founder Gordy Hoffman on writing montages
  • Vintage behind-the-scenes footage of Coppola's The Conversation
  • Anatomy of a Scene: David Gordon Green's Prince Avalanche
  • Mike Newell's BAFTA Masterclass
  • Wisdom from Peter Jackson
  • An interview with screenwriter Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air)
  • BlueCat Workshop information
  

BLUECAT ALUM MAKES FILMMAKER

MAGAZINE'S "25 NEW FACES" LIST

 

2007 BlueCat Winner Ana Lily Amirpour has made Filmmaker Magazine's annual 

25 NEW FACES OF INDEPENDENT FILM list!

 

Amirpour's debut feature film A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and will be distributed by Kino Lorber.

Congratulations, Ana!


 

  

3 DAYS UNTIL 

THE MOVIE TITLE 

CONTEST DEADLINE

  

All scripts submitted to BlueCat by AUGUST 1st will be eligible.

 

Our TOP 3 favorite titles will each receive a cash prize of $250!

 

All scripts submitted by the Movie Title Contest Deadline of August 1st will receive their script analysis by October 1st!

 

BLUECAT ADVICE VIDEO
From The BlueCat Blog


BlueCat founder Gordy Hoffman on writing montages...

 

WATCH THE VIDEO


COPPOLA'S THE CONVERSATION 
Vintage behind-the-scenes footage
 

This vintage behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of The Conversation offers a fascinating peek into Francis Ford Coppola's filmmaking process.  

 

WATCH THE VIDEO

 

ANATOMY OF A SCENE: PRINCE AVALANCHE
From The New York Times
 

David Gordon Green (co-writer/director of Prince Avalanche) discusses a scene from the film in this episode of the New York Times web series "Anatomy of a Scene." 
 

Hey, Whaddya Say? 

 

"The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself."


 

-Peter Jackson

SELECTED SCRIPTS
Three Screenplay PDFs

LABOR DAY
by Jason Reitman
by Brian Helgeland
 

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
by Steven Spielberg
SHELDON TURNER INTERVIEW 
From The Dialogue
 

Sheldon Turner discusses his craft in this interview from The Dialogue series. 
 

WATCH THE VIDEO


MIKE NEWELL'S MASTERCLASS


Director Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) on what he looks for in a script.


 

WATCH THE VIDEO

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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: 

  

Portland - July 31st -  SOLD OUT

 

Pittsburgh - August 4th - REGISTER
(only 1 spot left)

 

Online - August 14th - SOLD OUT

  

Los Angeles - September 14th - REGISTER 

 

Honolulu - September 20th - REGISTER

(only 4 spots left) 

 

Online - September 25th - REGISTER

(only 2 spots left)

 

San Francisco - October 25th - REGISTER   

 

Please let us know if 

 

you'd like the BlueCat Workshop 

 

 to come to your town!

 

See you soon.  


 

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