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

BlueCat Screenplay Competition   


November 25th, 2014


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FEATURING 2014 FINALIST KATELAND BROWN

 

BlueCat founder & judge Gordy Hoffman talks with 2014 Feature Finalist Kateland Brown about her writing process and how she landed a 

manager at BenderSpink.

 

Gordy also answers screenwriting questions and talks with 2003 BlueCat winner Jon Goldman.

 

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IN THIS WEEK'S NEWSLETTER:
  • 3 SCRIPTS: Birdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and Wild
  • An extensive behind-the-scenes look at Jaws
  • A look at the life and career of screenwriter Carole Eastman
  • Gordy Hoffman on finding your next great movie idea
  • Wisdom from writer/director Pedro Almodovar
  • Ten Lessons in Filmmaking from David Lynch
  • Abi Morgan's BAFTA Screenwriting Lecture
  • Former BlueCat winner Ana Lily Amirpour discusses a scene from her new film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
  • The BlueCat Community Corner
  • BlueCat Workshop information

 

BEHIND THE SCENES OF JAWS
from The Biography Channel

A feature length documentary about the making of Jaws featuring co-writer Carl Gottlieb, Steven Spielberg, Richard Dreyfuss, producer Richard Zanuck, and former Universal executive Sid Sheinberg.

CAROLE EASTMAN
From Film Comment

Not much is know about screenwriter Carole Eastman (Five Easy Pieces, The Shootist). This fascinating piece from Film Comment explores her life and career.


BLUECAT ADVICE ARTICLE
From The BlueCat Archive 

BlueCat founder and judge Gordy Hoffman on discovering your next great movie idea.

 

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10 LESSONS ON FILMMAKING FROM DAVID LYNCH
From Filmmaker Magazine

 
David Lynch was recently honored with a lifetime achievement award from the Lucca Film Festival. While at the festival, Lynch offered some advice on filmmaking and creativity. Filmmaker Magazine has compiled Lynch's wisdom into this top ten list. 


HEY, WHADDYA SAY?

 
"You make films for very personal reasons, to discover things for yourself. It's an intimate process that, ironically, occurs via a means of expression that must aim at the widest audience possible. It's something that you do for others but which will only work if you're convinced that it's solely for you."

-Pedro Almodovar
writer/director of All About My Mother
SELECTED SCRIPTS
Three Screenplay PDFs

BIRDMAN
by Alejandro Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., & Armando Bo

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
by Wes Anderson

WILD 
by Nick Hornby


ANATOMY OF A SCENE
From The New York Times

  
In this episode of The New York Times web series Anatomy of a Scene, former BlueCat winner Ana Lily Amirpour discusses her film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night


ABI MORGAN ON WRITING
From BAFTA

  
Screenwriter Abi Morgan gives us an inside look into her creative 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: 

 

Online - December 4th - REGISTER

(Only 3 spots left)

 

Los Angeles - February 21st - REGISTER

(Only 3 spots left)

 

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.