Author oliviastaffieri

My favourite podcast Sanspants Radio Presents: Movie Maintenance recently released an episode titled “Does 3 Act Structure Really Matter?”. Being the dedicated fan that I am, I listened to the episode straight away. I found the discussion very interesting and particularly… Continue Reading →

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My work-in-progress example of my exploration toward creating a screen story is an excerpt from the Ink screenplay (below). ——————————————————————————————————————————————– SCENE ONE. EXT. DAY. A distressed looking mother tugs a suitcase in one hand and holds her young son’s in the other…. Continue Reading →

Aaaaand we have some characters! I have been developing the main man of my story for a while, and am now happy to say that he is (almost) a three dimensional protagonist. Have a read below to ~discover~ who else is appearing… Continue Reading →

In this post, I write a respond to feedback I was given for my concept in a conversationalist way. Feedback: If you didn’t know already (and maybe you do) this is a fan fiction trope, i.e. the tattoo appearing on… Continue Reading →

Our reading from Screenplays: How to Write and Sell Them by Craig Batty has inspired me to apply the questioning of the author to my own construction of world. This is part two of four, in which I dissect my ideas and develop… Continue Reading →

Below is my first attempt at setting the scene and tone of my world. Whilst this is only a first draft, I like the ideas behind it and look forward to developing it further. Scene one. Ext. Day. A distressed… Continue Reading →

In today’s post, I adventure into the world of pitching and try my hand at using various tools. Log Lines Read on to observe my attempts at log lining, a tool Kathie Fong Yoneda explains in chapter three of The Script- Selling… Continue Reading →

Our reading from Screenplays: How to Write and Sell Them by Craig Batty has inspired me to apply the questioning of the author to my own construction of world. This is part one of four, in which I dissect my ideas and develop… Continue Reading →

My work-in-progress screenplay, Ink, is set in a world where significant aspects of a person’s character and symbolic life events appear in permanent ink on their skin. Below is a gallery of some photos I found inspirational when thinking about… Continue Reading →