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Everything can be measured, including movies. There are two things I can do for your screenplay:
Screenplay Analysis $3,500 (775) 39l-l42l I can analyze your screenplay and provide detailed feedback. Turn around time is 7 to 10 business days (or longer, depending on my schedule). Price is $3,500 for a screenplay up to 120 pages. My input is geared towards a production company that is about to take a screenplay into production (or possibly an actor trying to discern which screenplay to move forward with).
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I'm an analyst through and through. I love breaking down success of any kind and then developing a system in order to repeat the result. It's not just success that I analyze, it's almost every situation and every person I encounter. I can't help myself. I walk into a room and my mind starts analyzing and categorizing people, their behavior and even the objects in the room. The closest I can come to describing how my mind strips apart situations and rebuilds them on a constant basis is Harold Crick in Stranger than Fiction. When I first saw that movie, I was like holy shit that's how my mind works! While Harold simply measured everything in sight and didn't do anything with the data, my imagination reorganizes everything, trying to find the optimum layout/condition and will even start timing intervals between random events. I've studied thousands of movies. I know what excites an audience and what puts an audience to sleep. Please note: I do not provide cover. You can buy cover from hundreds of different online sources for a relatively inexpensive price. The analysis I provide can only be performed by me or by someone who has thoroughly studied the Seven Moments. Production companies: If you have multiple screenplays to choose from, I can help you decide which one is worth your time and money. If you're already moving forward with a particular script, I can definitely help you improve it. Actors: If you're a working actor and you have multiple screenplays to choose from, I can analyze each script and help you choose the one that's going to help your career and not hurt it. I can help you decide which script is worthy of your best efforts. I will do the following for your screenplay:
My analysis is based on how often the Seven Moments occur within your screenplay and how tightly related they are to each other and to the story. The typical "three act structure" is a nice concept but I don't believe it's nearly as important as the Seven Moments. After all, practically every screenplay that gets produced today follows the traditional three-act structure but only a small percentage are financially successful.
If you would like to learn more about the Seven Moments, please read The Seven Moments in Storytelling that Really Matter. You can purchase the book on Amazon and view it through your Kindle device or your Kindle viewing software. My Movie List Here is a list of movies I can watch over and over again without growing tired of them. You'll notice there aren't too many recent films. In my humble opinion, despite the wealth of storytelling and movie-making knowledge available, today's movies are subpar compared to older films. Modern films seem to be focused on reconditioning the audience rather than telling an interesting story, and the moment I sense any sort of brainwashing attempt when watching a movie, I turn it off. Modern filmmakers are so hell bent on rewriting the human condition that I rarely watch a newish movie. It has to be highly recommended in order for me to invest time into watching it, and even then I have a short fuse when it comes to nonsensical viewpoints on humanity. You'll also notice there's only one television series on the list. Although I've watched a few from start to finish in my lifetime, I generally avoid television shows.
With a few exceptions, the movies on my list are fast paced. Information is dealt to the viewer at a rapid clip through visual action while dialogue is used as a secondary means to further the story. Dialogue-heavy films are difficult for me to sit through (such as anything by Tarantino - any of his films could have 40%+ dialogue stripped from them and they would tell a tighter, more enjoyable story). Film is (obviously) a visual medium. With that in mind, I believe the story should be told visually because nobody pays premium admission for stadium seating in order to sit and listen to an audio book. I appreciate visually stunning films. A few on the above list that I highly recommend are The Dark Valley, Watchmen, Bladerunner, Apocalypse Now, Master and Commander, Dracula, Jean de Florette and Once Upon a Time in the West. The Dark Valley is one of those rare films that kept me uncomfortable from beginning to end. Because I live where extreme weather conditions are the norm, the reinforcement of cold weather living in every scene really hit home with me. |
