Rather than looking at movies in terms of "two thumbs up" or "two thumbs down" Award Winning Screenwriter Jacob Krueger discusses what you can learn from them as a screenwriter. He looks at good movies, bad movies, movies we love, and movies we hate, exploring how they were built, and how you can apply those lessons to your own writing. More information and full archives at WriteYourScreenplay.com 831588
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Civil War vs Apocalypse Now: The War Movie
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“Civil War, like Apocalypse Now, doesn’t have the traditional Hollywood narrative structure. It’s built more like a zombie road trip into the heart of darkness….”Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Steve Molton: Internal Antagonists and the 7 Forms of Conflict
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Learn the 7 forms of conflicts and how connecting to your character’s internal antagonist can provide a bedrock to your structure and the key to your personal wisdom.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Poor Things: Theme and Meaning
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Discover how Yórgos Lánthimos' Poor Things uses a simple theme to navigate profound questions about identity, the past, and the search for one's authentic voice.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Lessons From Sundance 2024, Part II
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Learn screenwriting tips from Sundance films Nocturnes, Every Little Thing, Black Box Diaries, Eno, Thelma, Kidnapping, Inc, and lectures from Jonathan Nolan and Steven Soderbergh.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Lessons From Sundance 2024, Part 1
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Jacob Krueger and Christian Lybrook discuss some of the most exciting independent movies premiering at Sundance and what screenwriters can learn from them.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Past Lives: Genre and Premise
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Learn how Past Lives both honors and subverts the genre elements implied by its premise, and how to apply those concepts to your own writing in any genre.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Dream Scenario: Passive Main Characters
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How can the new Nicholas Cage movie be a hit with the critics but leave audiences cold? Three words: Passive Main Character.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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5 Steps To Keep Your New Year’s Writing Resolutions
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Learn 5 simple steps to set New Year’s Resolutions for your writing that actually stick!Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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4th Annual Pitch Festivus!
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Learn pitching from Jacob Krueger and top JKS faculty members.If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Night Writes! Our Happy Hour of Writing Exercises with Jake every Thursday night at 7:00 pm ET, RSVP: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/t...Learn more about our programs: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com…
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10 Tips For a Winning “Elevator” Pitch
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Learn the secrets of a winning pitch for contests and festivals, and prepare your pitch for our upcoming Pitch Festivus! event.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Saltburn: A Master Class in Tone
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Learn how Emerald Fennell mashes up genre and controls tone in Saltburn.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapting a True Life
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Learn how to find your “take” and balance fiction and truth when adapting a true story or book from this script analysis of Killers of the Flower Moon.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Writer's Block and the Inner Censor
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The Inner Censor helps build writer's blocK –here’s how to turn it offJacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Two Kinds of Writer’s Block
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Learn about the two forms of writer’s block and how to combat them in your writing career.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Talk to Me, Part 2: World Building & Structure
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Learn mirrors and foils, an intuitive approach to world building, structure, character and theme in Jake’s script analysis of Talk to Me.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Talk to Me Part 1: The Vital Role of Your First 10 Pages
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Learn the vital importance of your screenplay’s first 10 pages, and what it takes to make them successful on both a commercial and creative level.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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The Bear, Season 2: Overcoming Self Doubt As a Screenwriter
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Learn to escape the “refrigerator” of doubt and negativity that gets in the way of your screenwriting through Jake’s analysis of The Bear, Season 2.If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Night Writes! Our Happy Hour of Writing Exercises with Jake every Thursday night at 7:00 pm ET, RSVP: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/free-writing-cla…
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Barbenheimer: The Art of Adaptation
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Learn from Barbie and Oppenheimer the vital role of theme in writing a screenplay adaptation.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 3: How to Write Flashbacks and Exposition
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Learn how to write flashbacks that work and how to handle exposition in your screenplay from Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 3Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Shrinking Part 2: Five Tips For Writing Better Dialogue and Exploding Cliché
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Jake compares the famous “adventure book” scene from Pixar’s Up! and the photo-album scene from Shrinking to show you how to turn a familiar scene into something fresh and new.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Shrinking Part 1: Is Writing Like Therapy?
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Learn from Shrinking about therapeutic and anti-therapeutic writing structures, the challenges of writing therapy scenes, and the links between writing and therapy.If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Night Writes! Our Happy Hour of Writing Exercises with Jake every Thursday night at 7:00 pm ET, RSVP: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/…
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A Man Called Otto: Character Building
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Learn an intuitive approach to character building through A Man Called Otto, and how to write characters more truthfully by connecting to your own emotional needs.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Everything Everywhere All at Once PART 2: The Opening Sequence
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Jake does a deep, line by line analysis of the opening sequence of Everything Everywhere All at Once to help you understand how to write a great opening sequence for your own movie.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Everything Everywhere All At Once: Evelyn’s Journey is the Screenwriter’s Journey
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Understand the structure of Everything Everywhere All at Once and how Evelyn’s journey relates to the journey of every screenwriter trying to build structure in their screenplay.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Succession Season 4: The Difference Between Plot & Structure
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Learn the difference between plot and structure through Jake’s deep structural analysis of Succession, Season 4, Episode 1Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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The Last of Us: How To Find Variations on Your Series Engine
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A deep analysis of Episodes 1-3 of HBO’s series The Last of Us, and how you can use theme to push against the normal expectations of your TV series.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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The White Lotus: Engine of a Limited Series
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Learn how Series Engine works in a limited series through Jake’s analysis of The White Lotus and The White Lotus, Season 2.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Triangle Of Sadness: Meaning, Structure and the Power of Location in Screenwriting
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Jake analyzes the meaning and structure of Triangle of Sadness, and how to build your visual acuity as a writer through the use of location in your screenplayJacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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The Banshees Of Inisherin: Allegory, Stakes and Structure
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Learn about the meaning of The Banshees of Inisherin and how Martin McDonough builds a feeling of high stakes in the structure of his allegory.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Avatar: The Way of Water VS. Avatar - Spectacle and Structure
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Jake analyzes the structure of both Avatar screenplays and shows you the how to harness the power of spectacle in your own writing.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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New Year’s Resolutions For Writers That Actually Work
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Learn why most New Year’s Resolutions fail, and how to set Resolutions for your writing that actually work, by understanding the dance between the conscious and subconscious parts of writer’s mind.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Jake and JKS faculty members Steven Bagatourian, Keatyn Lee, Ron McCants, Karin Partin Wells and Jonathan Redding blow the lid off of pitching in our annual 3 hour pitching extravaganza.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Jake explodes the myths about pitching, helps you understand the real purpose of a pitch and how to make your pitch most effective.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Getting back to writing after you’ve stopped for awhile can be like entering a creepy shed covered with cobwebs. Here’s how you can overcome procrastination and writer’s block to make it safe to write again.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Discover how understanding the format of a musical can allow you to master the two most vital elements of any genre.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Pulp Fiction: A Simple Trick For Shaping Your Audience’s Expectations
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Learn how to use The Audience Draft to surprise both your audience and your characters as you build the structure of your screenplay.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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This simple metaphor can help you find your screenplay’s structure intuitively.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Homeland: Getting Staffed on a TV Show with Jonathan Redding
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Learn about getting staffed on a TV show and the experience of working in the writer's room on Homeland from our newest faculty member, Jonathan Redding.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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The Inner Game of Screenwriting with Christian Lybrook
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Learn from writer/producer/director Christian Lybrook about the inner work of becoming a professional screenwriter.If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Night Writes! Our Happy Hour of Writing Exercises with Jake every Thursday night at 7:00 pm ET, RSVP: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/free-writing-classes-thursday-night-writes/Learn …
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The Bear: The First Image and the Opening Sequence
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Learn from The Bear the vital importance of the first image of your screenplay or pilot, and how to use that first image to build a successful opening sequence for your script, your pilot or your whole seasonJacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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How to Transition from Playwriting to Screenwriting
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Learn the differences between plays and screenplays, and how you can use some of the skills you have as a playwright in order to make the transition into screenwriting or TV writing.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Top Gun: Maverick - All Writing Is Political
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For all its impressive success, Top Gun: Maverick misses a tremendous opportunity to say something that matters. Jake talks about writing’s power to change the world and shares an exercise in writing for political change.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Winning Time: How To Adapt a True-Life Story
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Learn from Winning Time how to adapt a true-life story into a TV show or feature film by focusing on your theme.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Selling a TV Series: The Role of the Show Bible
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Learn how an effective TV Series Pilot, Show Bible and Pitch Deck work together to help you sell a TV Series.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Archetypes vs. Stereotypes: A New Look At The Hero’s Journey
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Learn a new way of thinking about archetypes and the Hero’s Journey that will help you transcend stereotypes and create unforgettable characters and structure in your screenplay or TV Show.Join us for Thursday Night Writes www.writeyourscreenplay.com/thursday/Learn more about our programs: www.writeyourscreenplay.com…
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The Gilded Age: 5 Steps To Raise The Stakes in Your Screenplay
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Learn how HBO’s series The Gilded Age creates high stakes around what appear to be low-stakes plot points and 5 simple steps to raise the stakes in your own screenplay or series pilot.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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Character Traits vs Character Development: Is Your Character an Adjective or a Verb?
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Learn the four elements of character development, and how thinking of characters as verbs instead of adjectives can help you write unforgettable characters.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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How to Sell Your Screenplay Pt. 5: Learn from Indie Producer, Noah Lang
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Learn from acclaimed indie producer Noah Lang how to produce your own low-budget film, connect with producers, and build your career, even if you’re not independently wealthy.Jacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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How to Sell Your Screenplay Pt. 4: Getting Past the Gatekeepers
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Learn techniques for building relationships with the right people to pitch your script and sell your screenplay. Part 4 of How to Sell Your ScreenplayJacob Krueger Studio tarafından oluşturuldu
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