FrankenScript :: Lee Gabel's Screenwriting Journal/Blog

A solid and original film that will leave you smiling, and thinking twice the next time you go to a supermarket (for reasons I won’t divulge). You really don’t know which way the story will go until close to the end, so it’s not that predictable. A nice surprise. However, I hated Lili Taylor’s Scottish [...]

At least the first rewrite pass. I’m up to page 9 and it feels good. I just have to manage my time better, because I am finding everything is competing for it. Of course it can be equally frustrating when I get a block of time set out and reserved for writing (like today), and [...]

Here’s a depraved little film. What would you do? I’m guessing not the awful things these young people do to each other due to fear and paranoia, after the first death. This film really was doomed from the very beginning and it’s not worth your time. For an infinitely better film, try “Dead Calm” instead.

This film slid quietly under the radar into DVD obscurity. It’s a shame too, because this is quite an inventive and entertaining animated film. There’s lots to keep both adults and kids alike entertained. The animation and attention to detail is solid and completely believable, right on par with Pixar. It’s warm, funny and smartly [...]

I shit you not. I just finish writing my last post and I get an email about more visual effects on the way. Damn. I’m going to have to find more hours in the day. EDIT: It was possible work. The job still needs to be awarded, and I am part of the bidding process. [...]

With a all my other work pausing for a moment, I finally found some time to finish reading Karl Iglesias’s book “Writing for Emotional Impact”. I wanted to read it before heading into rewrites on my latest screenplay, arming myself with new knowledge. I feel slightly overwhelmed. There is so much information in the book, [...]