At present’s visitor is a screenwriter, director, professor, and Secretary-Treasurer of the Writers Guild of America West Aaron Mendelsohn. He’s finest recognized for co-creating and co-writing the profitable AIR BUD household movie franchise, which sired eleven sequels and generated thousands and thousands of {dollars} over time. You probably have children, then you definately most likely have already got seen an Air Bud spin-off movie.
Aaron has plenty of tasks in growth, together with the drama pilot BAD MEDICINE with ITV America and the action-comedy ARMOR HERO with Alpha Footage. His romantic comedy, LIKE CATS & DOGS, aired lately on the Hallmark Channel. He lately wrote the animated characteristic PRINCES for Warner Bros, the drama pilot THE ASSOCIATE for Sony, and the animated pilot HOODS for Cartoon Community.
Different produced tasks embody the perennial ABC Household vacation film THE 12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS, the Lifetime TV film CHANGE OF HEART, the Fox TV collection KINDRED: THE EMBRACED, the child’s TV pilot THE ADVENTURES OF TAXI DOG, the Household characteristic THE THREE INVESTIGATORS: THE SECRET OF TERROR CASTLE, and the unbiased characteristic CHAPTER ZERO, which he additionally directed. Aaron has additionally written movie and TV tasks for Fox, New Line, Showtime, Paramount, the Spike Community, New Regency, Hasbro Studios, Bob Yari, Lightstorm, and Arnold Kopelson.
Twenty years right into a profitable screenwriting profession and he nonetheless loses his manner within the thickets of story-breaking and script-writing. Aaron assembled The 11 Fundamental Questions: A Guide to a Better Screenplay
“This can be a VERY sensible solution to deconstruct and demystify the job of screenwriting.”
– Billy Ray, Oscar-nominated screenwriter of “Captain Phillips”
Beginning out as a private story-breaking methodology and evolving right into a masterclass that Aaron has taught world wide, THE 11 FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS is now an e book (newly revised and expanded for Amazon/Kindle) that shares the secrets and techniques of his profitable approach. Easy and intuitive, every query within the e book is strategically designed to elicit key story factors, problem lazy writing, and stimulate concepts.
Wherever you might be within the writing course of, and whether or not you’re writing for movie, tv, new media, or books, asking your self the 11 FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS is an effective way to reinforce your inventive course of and promote extra tasks.
This can be a enjoyable episode. Get able to take some notes. Get pleasure from my dialog with Aaron Mendelsohn.
