Secrets of Scenes

Twelve ways to create new scenes, improve the scenes you have, create magical movie moments, and show you how to use transitions to link your scenes are create smooth “story flow”.

* How many scenes are too many? Too few?
* Ten ways to create new, exciting, memorable scenes.
* DNA – how scenes reflect the whole story.
* Beats within a scene.
* Transitions, Match Cuts, Buttons.

William C. Martell has written 19 films for cable nets like HBO, Showtime, and USA Network; has been on international film festival juries, including Raindance in London four times – with Mike Figgis, Saffron Burrows, Lennie James and Edgar Wright. Roger Ebert discussed him with Gene Siskel on their 1997 “If We Picked The Winners” Oscar show. He’s quoted in Bordwell’s book “The Way Hollywood Tells It”. His USA Net flick HARD EVIDENCE was released on video the same day as Julia Roberts’ film “Something To Talk About” and out-rented it in the USA. Recently wrote the remake of a hit 1980s horror flick for a studio, and later this year has a big action film shooting in Finland.  His book THE SECRETS OF ACTION SCREENWRITING is usually in the top 20 at Amazon (kindle).