It’s All About Story And Nothing Else - Full Interview with UCLA Professor Richard Walter

• published: 12 May 2015
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00:00 - Should Students Be On A First Name Basis With Their Teachers? 03:10 - Applying To UCLA's Graduate Program In Screenwriting 05:56 - Are Writers Born Or Made? 07:53 - Great Screenwriting Ideas Are Worthless 11:15 - Most Difficult Part Of Being A Writer 13:24 - Most Important Thing I Teach My Screenwriting Students 15:35 - Biggest Difference Between Bad Art and Good Art 21:16 - Why Screenwriting Is So Difficult 23:42 - Are Movies With Too Much Realism Boring? 30:56 - A Summer Screenwriting Class At UCLA with Professor Richard Walter For Non-UCLA Students 34:27 - Should Screenwriters Adapt Their Own Screenplays Into Novels? 41:38 - #1 Reason Why People Go To The Movies 46:12 - Writing Tip: Character Is Story 50:38 - It’s Action That Defines Character And Not The Other Way Around 56:18 - Biggest Mistake A Screenwriter Can Make 57:47 - Good Or Bad, The Audience Connects To Great Characters 1:00:37 - No Time To Write Is A Tired Excuse 1:07:22 - How Does A Writer Know They Are Good Enough? 1:14:00 - Sex And Violence In Movies 1:24:47 - The Good And Bad News For For Writers PROFESSOR RICHARD WALTER'S SUMMER SCREENWRITING CLASS: Open to Non-UCLA students, too! http://on.fb.me/1CKXcLM BUY THE BOOK - ESSENTIALS OF SCREENWRITING: The Art, Craft, and Business Of Film and Television Writing http://amzn.to/1J9SyLU FIRST FULL FILM COURAGE INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD WALTER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_pVBzWZvpo Richard Walter is an author, educator, screenwriter, commentator, consultant and chairman of the University of California, Los Angeles graduate program in screenwriting. Students from Walter's screenwriting program at UCLA have written projects for Steven Spielberg, and many successful Hollywood productions, including three Academy Awards for best screenplay: Dustin Lance Black for Milk and Alexander Payne for Sideways and The Descendants. Other past students of the UCLA program under Walter's direction include these television and film screenwriters: Sacha Gervasi - The Terminal; Dan Mazeau - Wrath of the Titans; Felicia Henderson - Fringe, Gossip Girl, Soul Food (television series), Everybody Hates Chris, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; Caroline Williams - The Office, Modern Family; Don Payne -- The Simpsons; Paul Castro - August Rush; Tom Shadyac - I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, Bruce Almighty, Dragonfly, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Liar Liar; David Koepp - Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, Carlito's Way, War of the Worlds, Angels & Demons; Gregory Widen - The Highlander, Backdraft; Scott Rosenberg - Beautiful Girls, Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, High Fidelity; Scott Kosar - Amityville Horror, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Crazies, The Machinist; Audrey Wells - The Game Plan, Shall We Dance, Under the Tuscan Sun, The Kid, George of the Jungle, The Truth About Cats & Dogs CONNECT WITH RICHARD WALTER http://richardwalter.com https://www.facebook.com/RichardWalterUCLA https://twitter.com/richardwalteruc CONNECT WITH FILM COURAGE http://www.FilmCourage.com http://twitter.com/#!/FilmCourage https://www.facebook.com/filmcourage http://filmcourage.tumblr.com http://pinterest.com/filmcourage SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FILM COURAGE YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://bit.ly/18DPN37 PROMOTE A MOVIE, WEBSERIES, OR PRODUCT ON FILM COURAGE http://bit.ly/1nnJkgm SUPPORT FILM COURAGE http://www.patreon.com/filmcourage