Need help writing Horror Screenplay...can u help?

[cougar814]

Hey what's up my name is Matt and I'm 22. I am an aspiring Filmmaker. My interest lies in the Horror Genre, I've always had a love for Horror ever since I was a little kid. I am very much a novice, I have no real formal experience outside of making home movies and reading many books on filmmaking, no Film School. Definitely do not have the money for that. Yet I am attending a 4 week Filmmaking Workshop in the fall. The workshop along with my book reading and the knowledge I gain by reading the content of this helpful site will hopefully prepare me for my dream. Either way I am going to fulfill my dream of making movies, Whether they make any dough or not...well that's another thing entirely, I will not be holding my breath. I am wanting someone to collaborate with concerning some really interesting movie ideas I have. These ideas are of course for the horror genre.
Perhaps maybe I could get extremely lucky and find some really cool people who have a love of horror and for making horror movies. And perhaps these people may even wish to collaborate with me in the future on my filmmaking projects.

Can you write at all, good then you are qualified. As long as you have a vivid imagination and a love of horror you're golden. Trust me I do not require a resume, probably wouldn't read it anyway. However if you have previous experience and you are actually interested in this crazy proposition then by all means go for it.

Drop me a line I look forward to hearing from you.

God Bless,
Matt Catlett [e-mail]

[golem]

Hi!

I recomend a screenwriting seminar. "Story" - with Robert Mckee.
(www.mckeestory.com)

- and then attend his genre weekend and learn all about the horror genre.

I attended the seminar in London last year and it just blew me away. It is so great. I wish I had done it a long time ago, and yes it is quite expensive - but it is worth all the money! I can assure you that.

One week ago I attended the horror-genre seminar in London also (he mostly run the seminar in the US). And it is very good. It got a lot of ideas and understanding why horror attracts me and others. Very interesting to learn about the conventions and do a analysis on "Alien" during the seminar. I recomend it.

You should also read his book "Story".

You could try to buy the tapes / cds of J. Truby on genre. There is one on horror, but I have no idea if it is any good. Probably it is...

Good Luck!

/ Steve