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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 14h

Happy Halloween Sale! Horror Class on MP3 - Only $5! The full class from Raindance Film Festival and Screenwriting Expo! Professionally recorded. Was $25! So 1/5 the price! Ends Oct 31st!
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Horror MP3 Sale by William C. Martell

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 16h

THRILLER Thursday: TERROR IN TEAKWOOD. This one freaked me out as a kid, and still works now that I'm an adult. A pianist wants to play a concerto that requires a very specific set of hands...

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THRILLER Thursday: Terror In Teakwood

Best Of THRILLER Thursday... Terror In Teakwood The spider web fills the screen, it's Boris Karloff's THRILLER! Season: 1, Episod...

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 16h

More time to plan your writing for tonight!

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 16h

Think about the million scripts already finished... Some of them fit that need. (But do they suck?)

I think writing something that fits
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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 16h

Shoplifting?

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 16h

Yesterday I forgot to mention my new pilot script DIRK DOLAN: DESK SERGEANT! (A Quinn Martin Production)

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 16h

A perfectly safe way to shoot one of the hairiest car chases ever put on film.

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 1d

Screenwriters need to factor this into their dreams - most of what you are paid for writing is never going to end up on screen.

They are one of a hundred beauty pageant participants at the studio or production company and only one can win. Yours was still beautiful.

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 1d

Also working on procedural crime show pilot AARON ANDERSON: EVIDENCE ROOM ATTENDANT!

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 1d

On this date in 1949 Alfred Hitchcock's UNDER CAPRICORN was released in the USA (yes, that's 3 in a row). A big, glossy, silly soap opera that just doesn't work, starring Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotton, Michael Wilding, Cecil Parker, Margaret Leighton.

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Under Capricorn trailer

YouTube video by History Comes to Life

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 1d

Because TV is nothing but Cop Shows now...

Working on another procedural crime show pilot: FRANK FINLAY - FINGER PRINT DUSTER.

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 1d

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 1d

Wednesday's Script Tip: PICK UP THE PACE! We look at the importance of pacing in screenplays, Why your "juice scenes" need to be organic, Why Act 3 is wall-to-wall juice! The 3rd oldest tip! 1998! Even MORE IMPORTANT NOW!

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Screenwriting Tip Of The Day by William C. Martell - Pacing

Wednesday's Screenwriting Tip by William C. Martell

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 1d

Because TV seems to be nothing but cop shows in different cities with different types of cops...

Working on my new procedural crime show pilot. THE CHALK OUTLINER!

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 1d

That guideline is BS. It's going to cost a million dollars a page to make the film - every page needs to earn its keep. If it's not one kind of excitement or suspense, it's another.

The film has lots of comedy scenes to break tension, and emotional scenes that also pay their way.

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 1d

I have to get to the end of the page for it to count... Even if it's a day where someone has replaced my brain with a brick.

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 1d

So this isn't about writers named Dawn?

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 1d

“Boss, take off your sunglasses when you go in. Palace guards say they can tell an assassin by his eyes.”

From a movie starring an actress born on this date.

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 3d

On this date in 1929 the first British sound film BLACKMAIL was released in the USA. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by Charles Bennett. Starring Anny Ondra, John Longden, Cyril Ritchard, and Donald Cathrop. Here's a modern trailer...

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Blackmail (1929) Trailer [HD]

YouTube video by HD Retro Trailers

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 5d

On This Day In Film History - October 4, 1998 - Ash kills Deadite Henrietta with his chainsaw hand in EVIL DEAD 2.

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Amazon.com: Evil Dead 1 & 2 Double Feature [Blu-ray] : Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker, Barbara Carey, Hal Delrich, Richard DeManincor, Philip A. Gillis, Sarah York, Cheryl Guttridge, Dav...

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 5d

On This Day In Film History: October 4, 2014 - The White House is under attack... and only one man can save the President! Magic Mike! In WHITE HOUSE DOWN.

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White House Down (Two Disc Combo: Blu-ray / DVD)

Capitol Policeman John Cale (Channing Tatum) has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx). Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation’s government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 5d

I'm sorry, I don't have any prizes...

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 5d

"You're a funny guy, Sully. I like you. That's why I'm going to kill you last."

Quote from today's movie.
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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 6d

Because the novel (and all of the others) will be based on scripts, they kind of follow 3 acts, and the scripts weren't written 8 sequence, they do have a big action scene every 10 pages. 1/2

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William C Martell @wcmartell.bsky.social · 6d

Sorry for that! I was conversing in #ScriptChat for an hour.

(That SPEED on a plane script actually began as DIE HARD on a plane, because SPEED didn't exist when I wrote it.)

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