Rom-Com – ETB Screenwriting

Extraordinary vs the Ordinary – Yesterday

#TypesTuesday – Immigrant Stories and Power of Love

#TypesTuesday – Immigration and Assimilation Stories are Romantic Comedies

#WritingAdviceWednesday – Breaking The Mold : When Harry Met Sally

#WritingAdviceWednesday – Emotion transcends Genre

Did You Hear About The Morgans – Day Twenty Five – #40movies40days

This movie demonstrates conclusively that an actor’s persona is no replacement for actual character development in a script.

The Awful Truth – Day Thirteen – #40movies#40days

The Awful Truth is a 1937 screwball comedy film starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. It’s the start of Cary Grant’s comedic persona in films.

Rom Com Cliches to Avoid

Here is an interesting survey of 24 Rom Com cliches and in what movies they appear.

This is a great piece by Moviefone. What are your worst of the worst 25 Rom Coms? When the Moviefone staff started trying to name the worst romantic comedies of all time, the discussion quickly got heated. Is ‘The Sweetest Thing’ a crass, tasteless mess or an underrated gem? What’s worse, ‘Swept Away’ or ‘Who’s… Continue reading Terrible Romantic Comedies

Romantic Comedy Pitfalls – Recent Films

The three highest grossing Romantic Comedies in 2009 were The Proposal (Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds) It’s Complicated (Meryl Streep & Alec Baldwin) and The Ugly Truth (Katherin Heigl & Gerard Butler). Despite some terrific performances each movie manages to stumble into more than one of the RomCom Pitfalls.

Nancy Meyers – It’s Complicated

PART AND PARCEL of her uniqueness is Nancy Meyers’s focus on making films that both feature and speak to middle-aged women, a demographic that studios traditionally ignore.

Vulnerability Scenes

Everyone who has heard me speak or teach knows how fundamental vulnerability is to making a movie or television show memorable. The way an audience BONDS with a character is through scenes where the character is vulnerable. Here are some of my favorites– what are yours?