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Jacob Krueger - Alien: Covenant - Setting Up A Trick Ending
Excerpt From The Podcast"...as Dan O’Bannon has noted in interviews, the idea that actually spawned the original Alien, was the horror of rape and forced pregnancy-- a horror that so many women have gone through in their real world lives, but that few men could viscerally understand. So instead of going after women in an exploitative way, as ....
Jacob Krueger - Darren Aronofsky's Mother! What's It Really About?
In this week's podcast:Jacob Krueger breaks down the structure of Mother! and the three simple screenwriting concepts that make it both succeed and struggle to connect to its audience.....
Jacob Krueger - Plays vs Screenplays
"...The process of writing a screenplay is different from writing a play in many essential ways. The first is the difference in the use of action.For screenwriters, action is the primary tool of structure. But for playwrights, the primary tool is dialogue.Don’t get me wrong. As a playwright, you need to visualize to some degree what is happen....
Jacob Krueger - See, Hear and Feel Everything
In last week’s podcast, we discussed the many differences between playwriting and screenwriting. So this week we’re going to be getting deeper into the craft of screenwriting: what it takes to write a script that succeeds on the page.As we discussed last week, writing a screenplay often takes more rewriting time than writing a play.And ....
Jacob Krueger - Sell Your Script (Without Selling Your Soul)
Want to know how to make a living as a screenwriter? You won't find a more powerful podcast than this, and it's all because of the talented and dedicated Jacob Krueger.Everybody wants to sell their script, but how are you supposed to know what makes a movie commercial? And how can you sell your screenplay without selling your soul?The ISA ....
Jacob Krueger - War For The Planet of the Apes Writer, Mark Bomback
EXCERPT FROM THE INTERVIEW:"...Don’t write for anyone but yourself. At the end of the day, write the movie that you know you would be super excited to sit down and watch. Don’t think because you read a Blacklist script and saw a certain style being execu....
Jacob Krueger - Writing A Script With More Than One Character
EXCERPT FROM THE PODCAST:“...This week, we’re going to be talking about a whole bunch of movies, but they all have one thing in common. They all have more than one main character. There’s a lot of debate about the question of whether new screenwriters should even attempt to write scripts with multiple main characters. Ther....
Jacob Krueger and Atomic Blonde: Guns Are No Fun
EXCERPT FROM THE PODCAST:"...For all its many structural problems, Atomic Blonde does succeed in its extraordinary fight sequences for the same reason that Iron Man succeeds: because the writer knows that guns are no fun.If Iron Man is going to work, you’ve got to get him out of the all-powerful suit. And if....
Jacob Krueger and How To Write a Webseries
EXCERPT FROM THE PODCAST:"... as writers we can feel terrified. We have a blank page and it looks like the entire world is available, but if you start to put limitations on what you can do, you can create something....
Jacob Krueger and Star Wars, The Rewrite Awakens
As I was watching Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it occurred to me that in many ways, this movie is just a rewrite of Star Wars: A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back with a little spattering of Return of the Jedi splashed in there. And like any effective rewrite, the structure and the approach of Star Wars: The Force Awakens focuses on two vital c....
Jacob Krueger Discusses a Blast from the Past, Inception
Having just seen Get Out! which I'll be discussing in an upcoming podcast - and which deals pretty brilliantly with the themes of race within a big genre movie, but pretty poorly with the concept of hypnosis-- I wanted to look at a movie that looks at hypnosis in a truly profound way. And in fact builds its structure around hypnotic concepts.&n....
Jacob Krueger Studio
Founded by Award Winning Screenwriter Jacob Krueger, JK Studio is the only screenwriting school that teaches both the art and the craft of the writing process. Rather than imposing formulaic models from the outside, we teach a unique approach to organically “grow” your script from initial idea, to character,....
Jacob Krueger's Screenwriting Challenge
Whenever you're talking about your writing or anything you want to be doing more of - eating healthy or working out at the gym - watch for when you're about yo say, "I have to...", or "I need to...", and reframe the question for yourself to be actually more truthful to reality, which is to say, "I choose to..."....
Jacob Krueger's Screenwriting Challenge - First Check-In
"When your judgement of your writing is based on fear, it has very little connection to reality. You may dismiss really brilliant writing as terrible, simple because you're afraid that other people aren't going to like it. Or you may fall in love with scenes that are not working simply because they feel safe to you..."....
Jacob Krueger's Seminars and a Brand New Fix Your Pitch
In association with the International Screenwriter's Association, we are proud to support Jacob Krueger Studio and WriteYourScreenplay.com. Jacob's studio is now presenting live and online seminars completely free. Please don't forget to register for free as a member with the ISA at www.networkisa.org.To....
Jacob Krueger: Bojack Horseman - Breaking the Rules of Structure
Excerpt from Podcast:"...This week we are going to be talking about BoJack Horseman. But we aren't just going to be talking about the series. We are going to be talking about one very particular episode, and doing a really deep breakdown of Season 4, Episode 9, entitled Ruthie...And what is interesting about this episode is that it is breaking all ....
Jacob Krueger: Not La La Land, A Message Interlude
...I had planned this week to talk about La La Land. But with the new Executive Order barring refugees, immigrants and green card holders from our country, I want to use this podcast for something much more important. As filmmakers, writers, actors, directors, producers, executives, we have a sacred responsibility to our audience. Our films an....
Jacob Krueger: Stranger Things 2 - Primary & Secondary Structure - Part 1
Excerpt from the podcast:“...the pilot episode of any TV series does more than just introduce great characters or tell a great story. It creates an engine powerful enough to launch every character in the series into a huge journey-- and a replicable structure for the series powerful enough to last many seasons.But Stranger Things 1 has a part....
Jacob Krueger: What Is A Series Bible, and Do You Need One?
What the heck is a TV series bible anyway? How do you write one? And why do you need one?The truth is, the idea of a show bible, as many people talk about it today, is total fiction. But like many fictional ideas, it's become a reality that we now need to deal with as TV writers. If you ask Jerry Perzigian, who teaches our TV Comedy Classe....
JACOPO DELLA QUERCIA: PREEMPTIVELY EDIT YOUR FILM
In this discussion with writer Jacopo della Quercia we examine the question of what NOT to reveal to the audience and more by sharing personal and historical examples of where cuts were made to better fit a larger story. Points of conversation include deleted scenes from classic films, unused material from famous scripts, the challenges faced and ....
