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The Official Newsletter of the

BlueCat Screenplay Competition   



April 28th, 2015

IN THIS WEEK'S NEWSLETTER:
Read our Winner Interviews!
  • Feature Screenplay Winner Interview
  • Short Screenplay Winner Interview
  • Joplin Award Winner Interview
  • Cordelia Award Winner Interview
  • 10 Tips for Character Development
  • 2 Scripts: The Grand Budapest Hotel & The Avengers
  • Watch the new trailer for Federico Fellini's 8 1/2
  • Ask BlueCat Video: The Importance of Short Screenlays
  • Dog Bowl Movie T-Shirts
  • Follow us on Instagram: @BlueCatPictures | #BlueCatScreenplay
  • SPONSOR: ScriptFest in Los Angeles
  • BlueCat Workshop information

   

 

 2015  

Feature Screenplay  

Winner

Kimi Howl Lee 

 

 

 

Q. Do you have any particular writing habits or routines to keep you motivated?

A. I really adore public libraries. They've got the right ratio of tranquility and grit. I avoid writing in caf�s at all costs because doing so feels like an elaborate charade. I'm also crippled by the constant paranoia that someone is reading over my shoulder. In terms of routine, I bought this book entitled "Daily Rituals: How Artists Work" with the hopes that I might cop a ritual, but reading it was mostly just another form of procrastination.
   

 

 2015

Short Screenplay  

Winner

Susan Fleming 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q.  What are the greatest challenges you experience during your writing process, and how do you overcome them? 


A.
Writing is such a beautiful and terrible activity. It reminds me of running. The first 10-15 minutes of running are so hard, my legs hurt and my lungs hurt and I wonder why the hell am I doing this. Then somehow you just get past it and things get smoother. With writing, also, I start out feeling thick and clunky and then, somehow, you get in the groove and it takes off.

   

 

 

2015 International Winner

The Joplin Award  

Leonardo Noboru de Lima  

 

 

 

Q.  The laugh track in your script can almost be viewed as a character itself.  Where did the idea of having audible laughter as an element in the story come from? 

 

A.  Writing is such a beautiful and terrible activity. It reminds me of running. The first 10-15 minutes of running are so hard, my legs hurt and my lungs hurt and I wonder why the hell am I doing this. Then somehow you just get past it and things get smoother. With writing, also, I start out feeling thick and clunky and then, somehow, you get in the groove and it takes off.

   

 

 

2015 International Winner

The Cordelia Award   

Kitty Percey   

 

 

 

Q.  The laugh track in your script can almost be viewed as a character itself.  Where did the idea of having audible laughter as an element in the story come from? 

 

A.  Writing is such a beautiful and terrible activity. It reminds me of running. The first 10-15 minutes of running are so hard, my legs hurt and my lungs hurt and I wonder why the hell am I doing this. Then somehow you just get past it and things get smoother. With writing, also, I start out feeling thick and clunky and then, somehow, you get in the groove and it takes off.

10 Tips for Character Development
From The Script Lab 


Character development is an important part of crafting an exceptional screenplay. Check out this article, which lists 10 things to consider when crafting your characters!  
 

Watch the new trailer for Federico Fellini's masterpiece 8 1/2
From BlueCat Blog

 

Opens across UK on 1 May 2015!

  
 
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SELECTED SCRIPTS
Two Screenplay PDFs

The Grand Budapest Hotel
by Wes Anderson 

The Avengers
by Joss Wheden
ASK BLUECAT Video Series
 
Over our history, BlueCat's often been asked questions from our community, topics ranging from script formatting, improving dialogue or finding representation.  BlueCat founder and judge Gordy Hoffman attempts to answers your questions in our video feature, Ask BlueCat.

Q. Why is writing a short screenplay helpful for my screenwriting career?

The Importance of Short Screenplays 
The Importance of Short Screenplays




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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.

  

  


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