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Because our deadline is Wednesday, March 1. And we offer the largest cash prize in the world---- $16,000----for a screenplay competition, which gives feedback to all entrants. Yes, if you enter, you receive notes on your script. Founded in 1998 by produced writer-director Gordy Hoffman, Sundance winning screenwriter for LOVE LIZA, BlueCat is THE groundbreaking screenplay contest, supporting the undiscovered screenwriter by providing written analysis to all, keeping the entry fee affordable - $35 ??“ and consistently raising their cash prize---four times in eight years. Recommended by Creative Screenwriting Magazine, BlueCat stages a reading for one finalist at the High Falls Film Festival in New York as a part of Screenplay Live. Two previous BlueCat winners have gone on to be Nicholl Finalists, one BlueCat winner won a Nicholl Fellowship, and our latest winner was signed by UTA. BlueCat finds great scripts and knows where to place them in the industry, year after year. Less than 48 hours to deadline. Submit Your Script NOW! http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/Application/ Join Newsletter http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/About/news.php New Screenwriting Advice Section http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/About/advice.php Screenwriting Tips from a Screenplay Contest Judge After cracking hundreds of screenplays sent into the BlueCat Screenplay Competition, the same problems in the execution of the story and script continue to emerge. Here is a general overview of these persistent issues. How to Start a Screenplay: Treatment or Free Fall? Starting a screenplay can sometimes be as hard as finishing one. Impatient to pull up to the front door of a classic motion picture, I want to get everything right so quickly. This impatience challenges my trust in the work, the creative process of screenwriting. Writing the Classic Movie Ending (How to Finish your Screenplay!) I??™ve only finished so many screenplays in my life. Writing a script all the way to the very last page is always an extremely significant, personal achievement for me. A large part of its significance is the reality that I actually wrote an ending, or, at the very least, typed ???THE END.??? Rewriting your Screenplay: The Road to your Audience The promise of the rewrite is very sweet. I have collected evidence that the more authentic the labor put into rewriting your screenplay, the greater the reward, and the reward is high, for whatever lovely, wonderful moments you might have discovered in the frightening process of plowing through the first draft, those moments, those seeds, are only seeds, and they only fulfill their destiny as giant, involving scenes in the movie that screens before people. Discovering the Great Movie Idea for Your Next Screenplay I am lucky. I have no problems coming up with very good ideas for movies. If I never had another idea for the rest of my life, I would not make a sizable dent in the ones I already have. Screenwriters who struggle with coming up with an idea tend to be visibly annoyed when I tell them this. About the Author Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival for LOVE LIZA , Gordy Hoffman has written and directed three digital shorts for Fox Searchlight. He made his feature directorial debut with his script, A COAT OF SNOW, which world premiered at the 2005 Locarno International Film Festival. He is also the founder of the BlueCat Screenplay Competition. Dedicated to develop and celebrate the undiscovered screenwriter, BlueCat provides written screenplay analysis on every script entered. In addition, Gordy acts as a script consultant for screenwriters, offering personalized feedback on their scripts through his consultation service, www.screenplaynotes.com. For more articles by Gordy on screenwriting, visit www.bluecatscreenplay.com. BlueCat Screenplay Competition P.O. Box 2630 Los Angeles, CA 90028 www.bluecatscreenplay.com info@bluecatscreenplay.com |
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