I interview the two writers on our Christmas movie to to how the project got it's start, how they work as a writing pair, how scripts are different than games, how and what a logline and beat sheet is, book recommendations, game pillars in Subnautica, what we feel is essential in a Christmas movie and our favorite Christmas movies and why.
YouTube video interview
https://youtu.be/OJuBJ01QP3o
Book Recommendations
Save the Cat, by Blake Snyder (Loglines, beat sheets)
The Hero with a Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell (Story structure, the monomyth, Hero’s Journey)
The Art of Creative Writing, by Lajos Egri
Classic Christmas movies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rankin/Bass_Productions_films
Pillars in Subnautica and game development (re: loglines)
https://www.charliecleveland.com/game-pillars/
Jennifer Bascom
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-bascom-she-her-5b679a233/
Deborah Dodge
https://www.instagram.com/debi_dodge/
Charlie Cleveland
https://www.charliecleveland.com
Christmas Letter (working title)
https://www.linkedin.com/company/christmas-letter
Questions or thoughts? => charlie@abyssal.co
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