Jim Mercurio DVD Set Now Available

Writer/Director/Screenwriting consultant Jim Mercurio from A-List Screenwriting has released his new 6-DVD set — Complete Screenwriting from A to Z to A-List. This ain’t any ol’ screenwriting how-to. This insanely detailed 10+ hours of all-new material (with top-notch motion graphics) guides you step by step through developing high-concept material through execution, using examples from a panoply of hit movies like Liar, Liar, Tangled, Dead Poets Society, The Dark Knight, Superbad — yes, Superbad — and more! there’s a reason why Mercurio is a consultant to A-List clients. His knowledge of things like Theme and adding emotional resonance to your characters is second to none.

From the description:

In this brand new DVD set, filmmaker, story analyst, and master teacher Jim Mercurio delves deep into the nitty-gritty of screenwriting and shows you how to:

– Teach your brain to see storytelling patterns everywhere.
– Understand why scene writing isn’t a separate skill from screenwriting and storytelling.
– Learn to put character first and create structure organically from nothing.
– Right-brained approach to a left-brained topic – Discover how a location, a prop, or even the rewrite of one word contribute towards theme.
– Use Jim’s detailed theories to jump-start your creativity and brainstorming.
– Look at the ten criteria of a line of dialogue including how to find its climax, create a reversal, incorporate it into a metaphor, align it to a concept, and reframe it toward theme.
– Perfect the most lucrative skill in Hollywood. Not how to come up with high-concept ideas… but how to execute them!
– Gain a new appreciation for the craft of screenwriting and what it can be.

So if you’re looking for an all-in-one solution, the proverbial screenwriting school in a box — here it is. Check it out right here.