BlueCat Logo

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

BlueCat Screenplay Competition   



March 25th, 2015

   

 

 

Blue's Beats - A Most

Violent Year 

 

Blue's Beats is a new original blog series where we break down various nominated feature screenplays by identifying and discussing their important beats.
IN THIS WEEK'S NEWSLETTER:
  • BLUE'S BEATS - A Most Violent Year
  • 5 Screenwriting Tips from Woody Allen
  • 2015 Semi-Finalists: Features
  • 3 Scripts: The Hateful Eight, The Lego Movie, The Way Way Back
  • The BlueCat Community Corner
  • BlueCat Workshop information
5 Screenwriting Tips from Woody Allen
From Screencraft


This article lists 5 quotes from iconic writer/director Woody Allen. Check out what he has to say on the various aspects of screenwriting! 
 
2015 Semi-Finalists: Features
From BlueCat Blog

In case you missed it, here is the announced list of the 2015 Semi-Finalists for feature submissions!
 
Buy a Dog Bowl Hoodie or T-Shirt!

  

Support Gordy Hoffman's new short film, Dog Bowl, by purchasing a 
hoodie or t-shirt!

  

 CHECK OUT THE DOG BOWL MERCHANDISE HERE! 

SELECTED SCRIPTS
Three Screenplay PDFs

The Hateful Eight
by Quentin Tarantino

The Lego Movie
by Chris Miller and Phil Lord

The Way Way Back  
by Jim Rash and Nat Faxon


HEY, WHATCHA UP TO? 

The BlueCat
Community Corner:

 

BlueCat is continuing our 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
Please use the subject line Community Corner Submission

Advertise With BlueCat
Would you like to advertise in our newsletter? Interested in a dedicated e-blast? We have nearly 18,000 screenwriters who read our newsletter every week.

To discuss, please contact Heather at: info@bluecatscreenplay.com
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: 

 

Nashville - April 18th -  REGISTER 

(Only 3 spots left)
 

Honolulu - March 28th - REGISTER 

(Only 1 spot left)
 

San Francisco - May 2nd - REGISTER  

(Only 3 spots left)
 

Online - May 7th -  REGISTER
(Sold out)

Los Angeles - May 16th - REGISTER
(Sold out)

Online - June 19th - REGISTER

Atlanta - June 28th - REGISTER
(Only 4 spots left)

Columbus - July 18th - REGISTER
(Only 4 spots left)

Phoenix - July 25th - REGISTER
(Sold out)

Online - August 6th - REGISTER

Chicago - August 8th - REGISTER

(Only 2 spots left)
 

Chicago - August 9th - REGISTER


 

Vancouver - August 29th - REGISTER

Seattle - August 30th - REGISTER
(Only 4 spots left)

Portland - September 9th - REGISTER
(Only 4 spots left)

New York City - September 20th - REGISTER
(Only 4 spots left)

Austin - October 11th - REGISTER

New Orleans - October 17th - REGISTER

Pittsburgh - November 9th - REGISTER

Rochester - November 10th - REGISTER

Please let us know if you'd like the BlueCat Workshop 

to come to your town!


 

See you soon.