Breaking Down a Screenplay

FilmSlate blogger Deborah Osment wrote an article recently about how (and why) to break down a screenplay. It's short, but helpful.

"For me, breaking down a script is another step in catching the mistakes I made while writing that script," she writes.

Screenplay Adaptation

Beau Willimon wrote the play Farragut North, which forms the basis of the George Clooney film The Ides of March. Willimon is interviewed in The Atlantic about his history in politics and the journey of his play to the screen.