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Reeling with words.
BACKGROUND MATERIAL
The writing process is an essential component of the movie industry. Because students have a strong interest in films, we invite you to use this issue of Writing to engage students in developing the skeleton of a short film or an advertisement through activities such as brainstorming, storyboarding, and screenplay writing.
CONVERSATION STARTERS
Which movies are nominated for best original screenplay in this year's Academy Awards? Which films have won in past years? Engage students in a discussion of what makes a good screenplay.
WRITING PROMPTS
- FILM/SNEAK PEEK : PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS FOR PRESTON STURGES.(L.A. LIFE)
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) August 14, 1998 700+ words
...Byline: - Bob McCarthy Preston Sturges' smart comedy wasn...name, and both the Writers Guild of America and Directors...of America bestow a Preston Sturges Award on the industry...screenwriter acknowledged by Writers Guild Foundation president...
- Countdown to City-Wide Celebration Honoring Preston Sturges, Hollywood's...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 13, 1998 700+ words
...Sandy Sturges (Preston Sturges' son and widow...Directed by Preston Sturges" will be held...LACMA, the Writers Guild of America...WGA and the Writers Guild Foundation...in honor of Preston Sturges' 100th birthday...
- Madcap: the Life of Preston Sturges.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Hollins Critic Atkins, Thomas February 1, 1991 700+ words
Madcap: The Life of Preston Sturges. By Donald Spoto. Boston...This book is aptly titled. Preston Sturges' unique brand of madcap farce...Depression. Like Chaplin, Preston Sturges was an original comic artist...
- Preston Sturges
- Picture from: Archive Photos January 1, 1995 700+ words
Archive Photos 01-01-1995 Preston Sturges American film director and screenwriter Preston Sturges looks suave in a suit. Sturges was...American film director and screenwriter Preston Sturges looks suave in a suit. Sturges was...
- THREE THAT SHOW THE TALENT OF DIRECTOR PRESTON STURGES
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Jay Carr, Globe Staff August 16, 1987 700+ words
...EVE (1941) Directed and written by Preston Sturges, based on Monckton Hoffe's play...STORY (1942) Directed and written by Preston Sturges. Starring Claudette Colbert, Joel...CREEK (1943) Directed and written by Preston Sturges. Starring Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken...
- The screwball social studies of Preston Sturges: laugh it up. With most of his...
- Magazine article from: Cineaste Rapfogel, Jared June 22, 2006 700+ words
Preston Sturges's achievement as a filmmaker is so substantial and lasting, his...studied and appreciated all together. A large part of the appeal of Preston Sturges's cinema is its paradoxical nature, its happy, gleeful combination...
- Preston Sturges at his best, and more.(The Orange County Register)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Perry, Vern August 28, 2001 700+ words
...And now that film, written and directed by the remarkable Preston Sturges, is available on DVD for the first time in a spectacular...First, the disc contains the 76-minute 1989 documentary "Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer," which first...
- Madcap, the Life of Preston Sturges. (A Guide for Bookworms)
- Magazine article from: Video Age International April 1, 1991 700+ words
MADCAP, THE LIFE OF PRESTON STURGES by Donald Spoto (Little, Brown, 301 p.) is that rare...clear what released the talent and shaped the personality. Preston Sturges, whose wit and humor lit up so many of Hollywood's best...
