Good scenes are like great movies in miniature: they draw the reader into a unique reality; create empathy and identification with the characters; reveal compelling desires and insurmountable conflicts; contribute to character growth and theme; provide a blueprint for direction and performance; and elicit bigger-than-life emotions.

Using examples from such award winning screenplays as Million Dollar Baby, Sideways, and Pirates of the Caribbean, this DVD reveals the elements of action, description, and dialogue that will insure the overall success of your screenplay.

Part of the Screenwriting Expo DVD Series, this 2-hour masters course is an exceptional value. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from the finest faculty teaching screenwriting today.

Michale Hauge, author of Writing Screenplays That Sell, has consulted with screenwriters or producers on projects for Warners, Disney, New Line, CBS, Lifetime, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Lopez and Julia Roberts. He is producing several films based on screenplays by former clients, and has presented his screenwriting seminars and lectures to more than 30,000 writers and filmmakers throughout the US, Canada and Europe. Michael is on the Board of Directors for the American Screenwriting Association. He is a STAR Speaker of the Screenwriting Expo.