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The Official Newsletter of the

BlueCat Screenplay Competition   


November 18th, 2014


2007 BLUECAT WINNER 

ANA LILY AMIRPOUR'S NEW FILM OPENS THIS WEEK!

 

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is the debut feature film of writer/director Ana Lily Amirpour, who won top honors in the 2007 BlueCat 
Screenplay Competition.

Amirpour's new film was partially inspired by her BlueCat winning script, The Stones.

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
opens this Friday in New York and Los Angeles.

This weekend at the Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles, Amirpour will be taking part in Q & A sessions after screenings of the film. Click here for the schedule. 


 

IN THIS WEEK'S NEWSLETTER:
  • 3 SCRIPTS: Gone Girl, St. Vincent, and The Theory of Everything
  • An extensive behind-the-scenes look at Ridley Scott's Alien
  • Jon Stewart on his upcoming film Rosewater
  • Gordy Hoffman on how you should be prepared for an agent
  • Wisdom from writer/director Nicole Holofcener
  • Boyhood: A look into Richard Linklater's creative process
  • Emma Thompson's BAFTA Screenwriting Lecture
  • The BlueCat Community Corner
  • BlueCat Workshop information

 

BEHIND THE SCENES OF ALIEN
from Twentieth Century Fox

An extensive behind-the-scenes look at the making of Ridley Scott's Alien, including an in depth discussion of the development of the screenplay, featuring writers Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett.

ANATOMY OF A SCENE
From The New York Times

In this episode of The New York Times web series Anatomy of a Scene, writer/director Jon Stewart discusses a pivotal scene from his new film Rosewater.


BLUECAT ADVICE VIDEO
From The BlueCat Archive 

BlueCat founder and judge Gordy Hoffman discusses how many scripts you should have in your arsenal before attempting to secure representation.  

 

WATCH THE VIDEO

 

LINKLATER'S BOYHOOD
From No Film School

 
"How To Write A Movie That Takes 12 Years To Shoot" - a look into the creative process behind Richard Linklater's epic film Boyhood.


HEY, WHADDYA SAY?

 
"I think I'm a good writer. I think I have my own voice, which is unique to everyone - everyone has their own voice; if they would just write from a vulnerable embarrassing place, it's going to be universal, and it's going to be entertaining. Because everyone is the same, and everyone is unique."

-Nicole Holofcener
writer/director of Enough Said
SELECTED SCRIPTS
Three Screenplay PDFs

GONE GIRL
by Gillian Flynn

ST. VINCENT
by Theodore Melfi

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING 
by Anthony McCarten


RIAN JOHNSON ON WRITING
From Making Of

  
An in depth conversation with Rian Johnson (writer/director of Brick, Looper, and an upcoming Star Wars film) about screenwriting and getting started in the film industry. 


EMMA THOMPSON ON WRITING
From BAFTA

  
Screenwriter and actor Emma Thompson offers a fascinating look into her process in this BAFTA Screenwriting Lecture. 


HEY, WHATCHA UP TO? 

The BlueCat
Community Corner

 

BlueCat is continuing our new Community Corner in the newsletter where each week we feature what YOU'RE up to.    

 

Do you play in a band, paint, write books, draw, sculpt, make short films or web series, etc.? Do you participate in an arts organization our community should know about?

 

Share your accomplishments as well as upcoming fairs, shows, screenings, and gatherings by emailing:

info@bluecatscreenplay.com

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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: 
  

Denver - November 24 -  REGISTER 

(Full registration SOLD OUT,  

regular registration still available)

  

Denver - November 25 - REGISTER  

(Full registration SOLD OUT,

regular registration still available)  

 

Online - December 4th - REGISTER  

 

Jacksonville - December 13th - REGISTER 

 

Los Angeles - February 21st - REGISTER

 

Salt Lake City - March 5th - REGISTER 

(Only 5 spots left)

 

Please let us know if 

 

you'd like the BlueCat Workshop 

 

 to come to your town!

 

See you soon.