I'm looking for recommendations to add to my list of what to read! I'm a fantasy and high-concept writer, but I love psychological thrillers as well and things that make the mind think!
Screenwriting : What screenplays should I read? by Otello Calvert
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Otello: Dan M gave you a good recommendation. From a visual perspective, The Revenant is extraordinary. I'd also look at films you like. But I recommend Lawrence of Arabia. An absolute masterpiece. Another superb visual script is "The Great Waldo Pepper" by William Goldman. That's a great lesson in detailed narrative action.
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Thanks for all the great suggestions guys! Just read Ex Machina and it had some interesting and different formatting techniques I've not seen before taught or seen anywhere. I am quite inexperienced in reading, but I've read a bit about writing. Just goes to show how much there is to learn!
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Aliens, great for calling out shots etc. Locke, Steven Knight does great scripts so anything of his is great. 12 Monkeys, good for seeing how time travel and perspective is handled.
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Given your genre focus, Travis Beacham would be a good writer to read. http://scriptshadow.blogspot.com/2011/07/killing-on-carnival-row-carson-...
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All amazing suggestions. I'm interested in all the formatting aspects that a writer might be good when it comes to shot calling, handling time travel, and things similar to what you've all been suggesting.