MASTER CLASSES IN SCREENWRITING || from screenwriter max adams JANUARY2011 THE ART OF THE PITCH ONLINE 6 week master class | the art of the pitch | START DATE 01.11.11 || •this class is full || *next class 09.13.11 VISUAL WRITING ONLINE 6 week master class | visual writing | START DATE […]
This is pretty entertaining. It is a satirical look at the PJ McIlvaine/20th Century Fox sitch and if you have missed that [how?] you can read up on it :::here::: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IU9SwalCDo]
Hmm, it appears — There is some confusion in the press about whom this blog belongs to. Let’s clear that up. Celluloid Blonde is the personal blog of screenwriter Max Adams. That is why it says “the sometimes suspect musings of max adams” right up there at the top of the blog. Also. Max […]
pj mcilvaine & goliath — by max adams The day PJ McIlvaine was — Supposed to be celebrating the baptism of a child, two strangers knocked on her door and informed her, in front of her children, 20th Century Fox was suing her for 15 million dollars. Two hours later, after grilling her with […]
Big congrat’s — To my student Julie Howe who just won best comedy screenplay at Austin Film Festival. Yay yay yay! *pictured above, 5150 members Lauren Sheppard & Julie Howe at Austin Film Festival
I am filling seats in the next two ONLINE classes: Visual Writing which is next up and begins 11.16.10 The Art of the Pitch which begins 01.11.11 _________________________________________________ _____ Visual writing is about setting scenes in ways that will make readers “see” a film or scene. This is especially important for film writers — without […]
One of my new toys is the clips page on the AFW site. This is fun for me. It is a feed I am doing off Tumblr. Just interesting things I find on the net. Photos. Quotes. Convos. Vids. Sometimes outside stuff I think is interesting and write or post in. Some of my […]
The Academy of Film Writing’s Structure Class Begins September 14, 2010. This is a six week online master class taught by yours truly, Max Adams. Seating is limited to 12 students. Please register early to reserve your seat in this class. More info on the class is available at :::structure::: A full schedule of […]
Keeping up with the calendar — The July 11th pitch meetup filled, but we have opened a few more chairs so you can still get in if you jump now: :::pitch meetup::: The July 13th online master class, Character Writing, has seats still open, this is an online master class in screenplay character choices, […]
I read — A lot of scripts. Not as many scripts as industry suits read. Those poor bastards read scripts year in, year out, 24/7. I just read a lot of scripts over the summer. Reading scripts over the summer though, I see mistakes continually in genre writing. It kind of makes me crazy. […]