National Screenwriters Day

Facts & quotes about National Screenwriters Day

• Screenwriters are the ones who create the story. There are seven basic storylines according to raindance.org:
  1) Man vs Nature
  2) Man vs Man
  3) Man vs the Environment
  4) Man vs Machine/Technology
  5) Man vs the Supernatural
  6) Man vs Self
  7) Man vs God/Religion
• In 2020, Bill Marsilii and Terry Rossio sold the screenplay Déjà Vu for $5 million, which became the most expensive screenplay ever sold. The film features Denzel Washington as a Federal agent who is working to prevent a terrorist plot. With the use of technology, Washington must travel back in time to stop things before they happen.
• According to Chapman University, the fist screenplay created was named A Trip To the Moon by George Méliès in 1902.
• To make a great film you need three things – the script, the script and the script - Alfred Hitchcock
• In many ways being a screenwriter is still an invisible profession, so we’d like to have the public know about the creative people behind their favorite show or movie - Hal Croasmun, ScreenwritingU President and creator of National Screenwriters day.

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Top things to do for National Screenwriters Day

• Watch the top 5 movies of 2020. According to metacritic they were:
  Nomadland
  Collective
  Small Axe: Lovers Rock
  David Byrne's American Utopia
  Time
• Read the script of your favorite movie to see what kind of vision the screenwriter originally had.
• Watch a movie about screenwriters and the screenwriting process. Here are our suggestions:
  Adaptation (2002)
  Shakespeare in Love (1998)
  Can You Ever Forgive Me (2018)
• Try writing your own script either for a movie or a TV show. It can be tough but there are many resources online to help you. Remember, structure and good storytelling are what make a good screenplay.

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