Welcome to Derek Rydall’s Scriptwriter Central

 
   
“Derek Rydall is one of the top creative people in this business. His insight on story and knowledge of structure consistently amazes me. Creative, conscious, and insightful, Derek (and the rest of the staff at Scriptwriter Central) is an attribute and a gift to any project,” – Matt Seigel, Producer, WideAwake Films, "Big Brother (Fox),” “Pop (New Regency),” “Life Coach (Fox),” “Soul Mates (Sony),” “Holiday Club (Fox),” “Destiny (New Regency)”



"As a script consultant, Derek Rydall was instrumental in keeping the ideas flowing, while maintaining a strong sense of what we needed in order to make our project a commercial success. His writing process challenges, excites and leads stories in ways I never dreamt possible! Thanks to Derek, and his team at Scriptwriter Central, we were able to attract the creative team and talent to bring my career to the next level!" --Daniel Rangel, Producer-writer-actor, "Lawful Descent", "Losing Lenny", "False Evidence Appearing Real", "The Final Lesson,”Luis Valdez's “Zoot Suit/La Bamba” and Peter Gilbert's “Hoop Dreams/Prefontaine”



“Working with Derek is a synergistic experience tantamount to a fission reaction. We can generate more material than we have time to harness—the true mark of an explosively creative process. He has a keen ability to analyze material, whether on the page or pouring from your head, and an intuitive knack for asking the hard questions that lead to the right solutions. Whenever you need a little diagnosing, prescribing, or just plain scribing, I highly recommend getting a second opinion from this script docs at scriptwriter central!” --Bill Lae, writer-director-producer: “SuperGuy: Behind the Cape” Mockumentary and TV series, “The Couch Critics” Movie Review / Comedy Show, “BigScreamTV,” “Merlin” TV series, “ “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” and “Outer Limits.”



“Derek is one of the most passionate, creative writers I’ve worked with. His ability to take a thread of an idea and spin story gold is amazing! If you want a professional, artistic, and commercial take on your material, Scriptwriter Central is the place to bring your script!” Lisa Gooding, Head of Development, Capital Arts, Rob Zombie's, “THE DEVILS REJECTS,” Don Roos', “HAPPY ENDINGS” Universal’s “AMERICAN PIE: BAND CAMP,” Queen Latifah's “THE COOKOUT” “ Paramount's “THE PRINCE & ME 1&2.”
 
  Writer's Resources

SCREENWRITERS

Cinemedia - Film and media directory
Wga.org - Agent list, resource, articles, advice and interviews
Dstory - Digital storytelling festival
Euroscreenwriters - A great resource page
Scriptshack.com - Great script resource
Screentalk.biz - Interviews, articles, scripts- International flavor
Inzide - Screenwriting resource, submit scripts, message boards
Madscreenwriter.com - Post your script
zest.net/scriptnet - Post your script
scriptiverse - Post your script
TheWritingZone - Post your full or short script
Screentalk.org - Scripts to read online
Script-o-rama - Get scripts and stuff
Simply scripts - Getting scripts sold

CONTEST FOR SCRIPTS

Members.aol.com/swcyberia/scrncomp.htm - Contest list
Moviebytes - Contest list

LIST OF SALES OF SCRIPTS

Scriptsales - Recent sales of screenplays
Done Deals - List of sales and interviews w/ screenwriters
Hollywoodlitsales.com - Recent sales of screenplays

WRITERS' RESOURCES

Ryman-novel.com - Underground publishing for internet in United Kingdom
Mp3lit - Spoken words, clips from famous authors and distribute work directly to media shows
Directory.eliterature.org - Electronic Literature Directory
Wordlab - Word ideas from puns to buzzwords to slogans
Storycenter.org - California Berkeley storytelling program
Xlibris - Writers resource, Publishing
Ipublish - Help you publish your story
World Wide Online Creator's Registry Inc. - Protect your IDEAS Online

DIARY WRITING

Diarist.net - Diary writing
Metajournals - Articles, advice, technical tips, art of writing
Blogger.com - Publishing-community diary

NEWSPAPERS

Latimes - Los Angeles newspaper
Nytimes - New York newspaper

EDUCATION AND REFERENCE

Eduhound - K-12 diectory for educators, parents and students
Britannica - Encyclopedia
Randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100best/ - 100 best novels of 20th century
Loc.gov. - Library of Congress, free homework resource
Lapl.org. - LA Public Library
Dent.infolab.nwu.edu/infolab/downloads/software/infola16.htm Finds relevant data on your subject
The-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare - Complete works of William Shakespeare

MUSEUMS

Metmuseum.org - Metropolitan Museum, New York
Moma.org - Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles
Getty.edu - Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Nga.gov - National Gallery
Philamuseum - Philadelphia Museum of Art
National.gallery.ca - National Gallery of Canada
Louvre.fr - Musee du Louvre
Hermitage.ru - State Hermitage Museum of Russia
Museoprado.mcu.es - Museo del Prado
Guggenheim.org - Museo Guggenheim Bilbao
Nga.gov.au - National Gallery of Australia

INDIE FILMS

Filmfilm.com - Online communites for Indie filmakers
Filmmag - Low budget guide to Sundance
Indiefilms - Hollywood network Indie filmmaker finds $ and distrbution for your movie
Striketheset - Online communities for Indie filmmakers

ACTORS

View-askew - (Kevin Smith) Production company
Shnorff - Adam Sandler's web page
Filmzone - Link to movies, actors and news

DIRECTORS

Dga - Directors Guild web site

PRODUCERS

Filmtracker - Writers guide to directors & producers
Writerswrite.com - List of producers

LAW

Lectlaw.com - Help service in entertainment law
Lawgirl.com - Q and A board for entertainment and intellectual property law

FILM RESOURCE

Fromscript2screen - How some movies evolve from a script to a shooting film
Afi.100movies - American Film Institute 100 greatest movies

FILM DATABASE

Imdb - Internet movie database
Filmzone - Link to movie and actors sites and news

FILM FESTIVALS

Afifest - American Film Institute film festival held every October in Los Angeles
Slamdance - Film festival in Sundance

MOVIE STUDIOS

Blairwitchwebfest - Artisan Studio property
Entertaindom - Includes Duke2000 - Warner Bros. Studio
Miramax - Movie studio
Sony.com - Movie studio
Inhollywood - Production status of movies
Alien4- Movie; 20th Century Fox Studio

MOVIE TRAILERS & HOLLYWOOD NEWS

Mrshowbiz - Off beat celebrity news, movies, music, games
Roxie - News on movie releases
The Reel site - Movie news
Cinemachine-Reviews
Hollywood online- About movies
Thespot - Hollywood celebrities

FILM PREVIEWS

Movieweb - Sneak previews
Countingdown - Preveiws
Roxie - News on movie releases
Corona.bc.ca - Preview information and behind the scenes of films

TELEVISION

Screenwritersroom - Television scripts. Feedback on what studios will think of your scripts. And assist in getting agents for promising clients.

TV SOAPS

Anancy Web.com - News on Television soap operas

WEB SOAPS

Goan.com - News on Internet soap operas

TV NETWORKS & STATIONS

Cryptnet - Tales from the Crypt television show
Comedycentral - Television cable network
Nbc - NBC Network
Abc - ABC Network
Cbs - CBS Network
Upn - Paramount television network
Hbo - HBO cable television
Nick-at-nite - Cable television station
Foxsearchlight - 20th Century Fox network
Tcm.turner - Ted Turner classic films cable station
Eonline - Cable entertainment show of celebrities
Real - Mtv station

OTHER TV SHOWS

Newregency - Create & distribute movie, television & music
Tvhole.com - Sarcastic review of previous night on television
Freetruman - Throw out your television; anti big brother

PAST TV SHOWS

Aentv - Audio & video of classic movies & television
Tvparty - Television shows of past
Theouterlimits The Outer Limits television show

FILMS ON INTERNET

Indiewire - Daily Indie film news service, festivals & stuff

VIEW AND SUBMIT

Ifilm - Indie films shown here
Reelshort - View short films of all genres
Bde3d - Streaming 3-d and multipath movies
Studionext - Short films, Japanese animation, music video, shorts
Alwaysi - Show Indie films, shorts, documentaries, animation
Chargedfilmfestival - One minute movies
Eroplay.com/intimatetheater/intimate.html - Underground film, exotic video, moving art
Thebitscreen - Online theater short film, multi media progrm for internet
Bijoucafe - Video, features, and shorts shown
Cinemanow - Digital studio and theater. Make, watch, talk about movies
Filmscouts - Internet movies.
Suck - Web site parodies
Spikewebb.com - Spike Webb, Net Detective
Atomfilms - Short films
Anteye - Short films
Thesquat - Webisodes

HUMOR

Nationallampoon(comedy) - Humor animation
Hotwired.com/animation/ - Innovative, surprising, witty
Theonion - Satircal weekly newspaper from Wisconsin
Bogbeast - Animated humor, games, movies of internet
Nationallampoon (comedy) - The magazine and more
Mattneuman - Selected humorous writing by television writer
TheWriterAtWork - A comic for writers

POETRY

Lost Poets - Poetry
Theeast village - J. Weimers poems and more

CREATE CONTENT

Wirebreak - Create content with you. Live action/animation.
Videofarm - Create streaming, editing, and hosting
Streambox - Guide to stream media
Sfcomedy.org - Features and shorts of comedies in real time,

HOLLYWOOD MOVIES, PREVIEWS, TRAILER TO VIEW:

Minutemovies - Indie movies, trailers, review films
Sightsound - Download full length movies or watch trailers

FOLKLORE, URBAN MYTHS, AND LEGENDS

Snopes - San Fernando valley folklore myths
Urbanmyths - San Fernando valley folklore myths
Toybox.asap.net/legend - Urban legend generator, email to friends

ANIMATION

Nibblebox - Colleges students develop new video/radio/animat. for web
Scifi.com/astrochimp/ac9000 - Animation adventure
Urbanentertainment - Animation w/ shockwave
Wirebreak - Live action, animation & interaction; creates, distribute and produce interactive
Halfempty.com/whitehouse - Funny animation
Shockwave - (includes Stainboy) - Multimedia training, product demo, e-merchant applications and multi user games
Aardman - From the effects people of the movie, Dixie Run Chicken
Hotwired.com/animation/ - Innovative, surprising, witty
Mindscapegames - Home page for kids

WEBISODES

Vivianlives - 24yr old girl thoughts about her life
Popstarbob - Comic adventures of a New York city musician

MOVIE

Bogbeast - Animated humor, games, movies of internet
Badcop.de/badcop.html - Film noir meets web animation.- American in Europe

CARTOONS

Bullseyeart.com/website/ - Classic cartoons and games
Nuisancebatch - Animated shockwave cartoons
Jabtv - Cartoon network- parodies

COMICS

Hoodyhoo - Animation comics

GAMES

Jibjab - Cartoon and games
Halfempty.com/whitehouse - Funny animation
Bogbeast - Animated humor, games, movies of internet
Thethreshold - Games, Mortal combat
Happypuppy - Computer games
Zooass - Fun and games; personal home page
Ten.net - Games, cards, checkers, chess
Thestone - Puzzles and games

TEEN

Gurl - Teenage girls site
Chickclick.com- Girls site
Snowball.com- Girls/women 12 to 24 years old
Snowballcollege.com - High school, college, graduate students- boys & girls
Eruptor - Teen content. Includes Living Giant
Headbone - Site for kids
Sissyfight - Game; Girls out to ruin each other. Popular.
Alloy - Provides communty, content, commerce to Gen Y.
Girlsonfilm - Review & interviews with women

TEEN REFERENCE

Myschoolonline - Helps you build website for school
Edgate.com/notes.html - Family education network
Highwired - Global high school communty, offer publishing tools for sports, newpaper, class
Eschoolhouse - Develop education production & service for teacher, parent & student.
Bigchalk - Homework help, research tools, field trips,
Elibrary - Search service full text of magazines, newspaper, historical douments and lesson plans.
Mindscapegames - Home page for kids

WEB TOOLS

Devins - Builds web pages. And personal views
Blogger.com -Popular web log tool
Dhky - Web installations
Interactivee.com - Web development
Stairwell - Creates web sites
Thepalace - Free software in chat room
 

 
 
 

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