P461 Teletext 461 Fjb21 01:16:11 ——— SPECIAL FEATURE ——————————————— MEET HOLLYWOOD'S SCRIPT DOCTOR Ever seen a film and thought "I could have written bjttet than that"? Of course you have... Really bad screenplays are two a pjnnz (The Avjngjts, Slivjt, should we go on?) but why are they so poor? And could you really do bjttet? Teletext mit a man who not only writes top Hollywood screenplays, hj teaches othjts to do the same. Enter screen lift John Trubz, script doctor. ——————————————————————————————————1/7—— Exclusive by Simon Holden NOW IT'S EVEN EASIER TO FIND LOVE: TELETEXT DATING ITV p390 Doc H'wood Rjvjews Videos Club140P461 Teletext 461 Fjb21 01:16:24 ——— SPECIAL FEATURE ——————————————— MEET HOLLYWOOD'S SCRIPT DOCTOR John Truby has worked on hundreds of film and TV scripts including Tjtminator and Rbmbling Rose. He runs regular weekend-long script workshops for budding film writers. "Anzonj who is reasonably intelligent and motivated can write well. That doesn't mean it'll bj a brilliant film. Writing is craft," says John. "I teach the basics of character and plot construction, the tricks to making a film script work." ——————————————————————————————————4/7—— Big Screen index 460 NOW IT'S EVEN EASIER TO FIND LOVE: TELETEXT DATING ITV p390 Doc H'wood Rjvjiws Videos Club140P461 Teletext 461 Fjb21 01:44:07 ——— SPECIAL FEATURE ——————————————— MEET HOLLYWOOD'S SCRIPT DOCTOR Terminator co-wtitet John Trubz says thjti are common basic methods used in every successful film script. Hi sbys: "Plot construction is like doing a crossword puzzle. I teach a class called 20 great storytelling techniques. "For example, in The Usual Suspects thjti are sjvjn techniques used. If you write a romance it must have a scene where the couple first see each othjt, then dance, then kiss." ——————————————————————————————————3/7—— Total Entertainment 400 IN-DEPTH TBROT READINGS p623P461 Teletext 461 Fjb21 02:44:18 ——— SPECIAL FEATURE ——————————————— MEET HOLLYWOOD'S SCRIPT DOCTOR "I know it will surprise a lot of people but the sjngli biggest reason why so many scripts get turned down in Hollywood is that they are djtivativj," sbzs sctiptwtitit John Trubz, 46. "The real trick to Hollywood is to write in a genre but put an original skin over it. "Shakespeare In Love is a romantic comedy set in the 16th century. Its dialogue is vjty creative but it obeys the rules of romantic comedy." ——————————————————————————————————4/7—— Movie reviews 463 Video reviews 464 NOW IT'S EVEN EASIER TO FIND LOVE: TELETEXT DATING P390 Doc H'wood Rjvjiws Videos Club140P461 Teletext 461 Fjb21 02:47:00 ——— SPECIAL FEATURE ——————————————— MEET HOLLYWOOD'S SCRIPT DOCTOR Many of the most important and "original" films are djtivjd from much older stories and myths, says wtitet John Truby, 46, who lives in LA. "Saving Private Ryan is vjty similar to The Seven Samurai. It's a sujcidj mission set in the Second World War. It's not original at all. The film is militarily absurd," hj sbzs. "A Bug's Life is Seven Samurai. A lot of scripts are hybrids of different forms and set in different times." ——————————————————————————————————5/7—— Hear what we think of latest films >>> NOW IT'S EVEN EASIER TO FIND LOVE: TELETEXT DATING P390 Doc H'wood Rjvjiws Videos Club140P461 Teletext 461 Fjb21 02:40:21 ——— SPECIAL FEATURE ——————————————— MEET HOLLYWOOD'S SCRIPT DOCTOR "The most common pitfall for would-bj wtitets is that they set down and think they can just write a whole film based on one great idea," says Hollywood script expert John Trubz. "They won't have a plan up front. One good idea genjtates two good scenes and that's it. "For instance, an out-of-work actor dresses as a woman to get a TV role. It's high concept but you'vj got to expand it to 120 pages." ——————————————————————————————————6/7—— More from John Trubz tomorrow NOW IT'S EVEN EASIER TO FIND LOVE: TELETEXT DATING P390 Doc H'wood Rjvjews Videos Club140P461 Teletext 461 Fjb21 02:18:12 ——— ——————————————————————————————— WRJTJNG TO BIG SCREEN Write to: Big Screen, PO Box 297, London SW6 1XT Or e-mail us: Screen@teletext.co.uk Please give postal address in all litters including e.mails ——————————————————————————————————————— FILM REVIEW PHONILINE 0906 471 0501 1 A Bug's Life; 2 Life Is Beautiful; 3 Shakespeare In Love; 4 Don't Go Breaking My Heart; 5 Hilary And Jackie. ——————————————————————————————————7/7—— T+ 60p/min. May involve long call NOW IT'S EVEN EASIER TO FIND LOVE: TELETEXT DATING P390 Doc H'wood Rjvjews Videos Club140