Movie Breakdown: "Wonder Woman" Becomes Highest Grossing Female Directed Live Action Film

The huge success 'Wonder Woman' is for DC and Warner Brothers just added another accolade to its name.

'Wonder Woman' isn't just a blockbuster, it became the first of DC's critically acclaimed movies and now, it is, officially, the highest grossing female directed live action film.

Even though it's a shame that gender distinctions are made when these type of achievements are earned, it's definetely a solid step toward change in gender bias. This means Hollywood can start to realize men and women can equally direct and produce critical and box office hits, like 'Wonder Woman' director Patty Jenkins did.

As of Thursday, the film surpassed the $609.8 million mark previously set by 'Mamma Mia', thus earning the previously mentioned title.

It is amazing how one movie can start a change, especially when it comes to big issues like gender bias in Hollywood. Congratulations.

Screenwiting 101: The Basic Elements of Master Scene Screenplays

On the previous post on the Screenwriting 101 I covered the basic definitions of what a screenplay is, macro descriptions of the starting stages of screenplay development some little advice. Then I posted an entry on the origins of screenplay formatting. If you haven't read any of those two articles, I strongly recommend you do before reading this one. Here are the links: Screenwriting 101 The Origins of Screenplay Formatting Now, in this post I'll be talking about the basic elements of screenplay formatting. If you're planning to write a screenplay right now it is necessary to write it according to the Master Scene Script format, which has six elements that we will touch on ahead. Scene Heading Action Character Name Parentheticals Dialogue Transitions Scene Heading This is the first element, oftentimes known as slug line. All screenplays written in the Master Scene format are broken into individual scenes. Each scene heading is written in all ca...

Screenwriting 101

Screenplays are often defined as the blueprints for a movie, the document that will guide the filmmaking and storytelling processes from beginning to end. Screenwriting is also conceived as one of the most difficult writing tasks in the world, due to its limitations (page count, writing style, tense, etc.), limitations novelists and poets don’t have. This post is the first one, in a series, to bring a wider understanding of what screenwriting is, its purpose and tips on how to write better screenplays. With that said, first things first: What is a screenplay? Wikipedia defines a screenplay as: A written work by screenwriters for a film, video game or television program. These screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. I think this is a great definition of what a screenplay is; like I said before a screenplay is the blueprint for a story, any type of story that is set to become an audiovisual production. It is also a g...

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