Script read club is this thursday!
Come hang while we discuss and breakdown a blacklist 2024 script
This month we’re reading - TURNAROUND by Elyse Hollander who wrote FREAKIER FRIDAY!
Logline: After beloved movie star Tom Adair is found dead, the outpouring of grief and sympathy quickly elevates his best friend Alec Donavan to movie star status. Now Alec must contend with his newfound fame and success – and the fact that he and his agent/girlfriend Karynn Pieper secretly murdered Tom and are haunted by his vengeful ghost!
What is Script Read Club?
Similar to a book club but it’s all about a script (shocker!) We all read the script beforehand and try to watch the film/tv show as well!
We’ll jump on a video chat and talk about what we loved, what surprised us, things we learned. We’ll be chatting all things: plot, characters and development, dialogue, settings, themes, favorite moments, how did the show and screenplay compare and more!
Some Past Month Reads:
July - The Devil Wears Prada screenplay by Aline Brosh McKenna based on the book by Lauren Weisberger
August - Abbott Elementary by Quinta Brunson
September - Beef written by Lee Sung Jin & THE BEAR written by Chris Storer
October - Scream written by Kevin Williamson
November - Pizza Girl written by by Jean Kyoung Frazier
December - Jingle Bell Heist by Abby McDonald
January - Good Will Hunting by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck
Feb - The 7 Guys You Date Before Marriage by Julia Yorks
March - The Substance by Coralie Fargeat
April - Miss Congeniality by Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford and Caryn Lucas
Midsommar by Ari Aster
June - Jaws by Peter Benchley & Carl Gottlieb
July - Heat by Michael Mann
August - Ladybird by Greta Gerwig
September - Turnaround by Elyse Hollander
Why Script Read Club?
Reading scripts is what I equate to taking my screenwriting work to the next level. The insights I gained from reading my favorite tv shows and writers work allowed me to better understand not only proper formatting of a script but the infinitely creative ways in which stories can be told in script format, how to define characters through dialogue, how important it is to develop my own sense of style and voice and so much more and when I was able to talk out the big ideas I took away from the read with friends, it enhanced it that much more!
This is a space for anyone who wants to be a writer, director or actor or just someone who loves to read.
Below you’ll find the slack invite for voting, date, links to scripts and more! Can’t wait to see y’all there!