Academy Award for Best Picture — Full List & Top 20 Ranked

Major Awards:Open menu Insert Image Best Picture Insert Image Best Director ActingOpen menu Insert Image Best Actress Insert Image Best Supporting Actress Insert Image Best Actor Insert Image Best Supporting Actor WritingOpen menu Insert Image Best Original Screenplay Insert Image Best Adapted Screenplay TechnicalOpen menu Insert Image Best Film Editing Insert Image Best Visual Effects… Continue reading Academy Award for Best Picture — Full List & Top 20 Ranked

What is New Hollywood? The Revolution of 1960s and ‘70s Hollywood

What is New Hollywood? There’s a scene in Orson Welles’ The Other Side of the Wind that can answer that for us. It shows a group of young directors going to the home of a Hollywood Golden Age titan to express their admiration. This scene shows what the Hollywood New Wave was really about; an… Continue reading What is New Hollywood? The Revolution of 1960s and ‘70s Hollywood

What is Verbal Irony? Definition and Examples for Screenwriters

3 Types of Irony Dramatic IronyOpen menu Insert Image What is Tragic Irony Insert Image Stages of Dramatic Irony Verbal IronyOpen menu Insert Image Sarcasm Insert Image Understatement Insert Image Overstatement Insert Image Socratic Irony Situational IronyOpen menu Insert Image Cosmic Irony Insert Image Poetic Justice Insert Image Structural Irony Insert Image Historical Irony (FREE… Continue reading What is Verbal Irony? Definition and Examples for Screenwriters