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Dazed&Confused
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Published:
on Jul 11 2008 @ 12:02 am - Popularity: 279 views
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Category:
Movies, Thoughts, Screenplay, The Omen, Wordplayer
Great Screenplay Ingredients- Case Study- ‘The Omen’
I’ve just been reading all the columns at wordplayer.com and if you are an aspiring screenwriter, suggest that you do the same. Invaluable advice, there. What I also did quite recently, was read the screenplay of ‘The Omen’. Remember the movie- Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner? Written by David Seltzer and directed by Richard Donner? It’s a fantastic screenplay which if you get past the first five pages, is unputdownable. If you are the kind who avoids horror movies, I strongly recommend reading the screenplays of the better ones and then seeing them. Reduces the thrill factor but it will get you introduced to the genre at least.
Ok, the reason I am writing this is because while I was reading and admiring the screenplay, I couldn’t but help relate to what Terry Russio had been saying in his columns about what makes a great screenplay and many …










