The Screenwriter’s Notebook
An occasional blog about screenwriting and film
April 3, 2022
Dialogue as action, whatever the language: ‘CODA’
March 27, 2022
Dialogue as Action: Portraying dementia in ‘The Father’
March 20, 2022
Implied Readership: Memory and Time in ‘Arrival’
March 18, 2022
Deep structure: Structuring the Tone in ‘Arracht’
March 12, 2022
Active Questions: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier…Who is Spy?
February 19, 2022
Analysing theme and tone: A meditation on womanhood in ‘Proxima’
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The Screenwriter’s Notebook
Storytelling for me is about taking something fundamentally true about the human condition and exploring it through the imagination. Stories allow us to transcend time and place, shape our perspective on what it means to be human. When you enter a story, something magical happens, and for me entering a story on screen is where the greatest magic of all happens.