Write a hit Horror Movie like the pros!
Turn Your Horror Idea Into a Script That Actually Hits
Make Your Horror Script Impossible to Put Down!
Are you tired of writing material that gets rejected by contests, managers and producers? Do you wonder what is the difference between your scripts and successful, working pro screenwriters and filmmakers? Do you wish you could tap into current themes and trends and capture a global audience?
Concept alone won’t carry a script — structure is what creates fear.
Many writers don’t have the structural tools or the understanding of genre and budget to produce a winning script that can compete in the ultra-competitive Hollywood market.
For the first time, top story analyst and screenwriter Daniel Calvisi will introduce you to his “Fear Map,” the most clear, simple and powerful structural template you can find, and teach you how the pros create and develop their audience-friendly ideas, execute on the page and BLOW AWAY the reader.
There is no more time to wait. Horror is the only genre of screenplay to consistently sell in Hollywood, and it’s the number one type of feature film to break you into the industry and establish your name and voice in an undeniable, powerful way that will make it impossible for readers, execs, producers and reps to say no to you.
Learn the 13 Steps to a great Horror story!
Story Maps presents:
“Write a Hit Horror Movie!”
1 hr 20 minute webinar +
Fear Map worksheet +
“The Substance” sample Fear Map
-Presented by Daniel Calvisi
$49 USD
THE WEBINAR
Professional screenwriter, writing coach and former major studio story analyst Daniel Calvisi has taught writers with credits that include all of the top networks, streamers and studios in the industry. In this 1 hour and 20 minute presentation, he will demonstrate how to use his Story Maps method to generate a fantastic concept, killer logline and undeniable screenplay that can break you into the industry at exactly the position you want to be.
Using many examples of popular horror and dark thriller films, from major studio blockbusters to low-budget indies, you will learn the exact steps to follow to create an original, compelling scary story and execute it on the page in a dynamic voice. Movies cited include Weapons, Sinners, Final Destination, Scream, Get Out, Hereditary, Late Night with the Devil, It Follows, A Quiet Place, Frankenstein, Barbarian, The Sixth Sense, The Ring, Rosemary’s Baby, and more. You will see examples of loglines, beat sheets and screenplay excerpts from successful films. You will get direct input gathered from working filmmakers, and an ending Q&A will give advice about career topics like networking, managers and agents.
BONUS EXTRA #1
Daniel Calvisi’s exclusive Fear Map WORKSHEETwill allow you to easily map out your own horror story.You won’t find this beat sheet anywhere else. Beats like “The Mirror Shatters,” “The Hammer Falls” and “Atonement & Punishment” and their accompanying definitions will quickly supercharge your process.
BONUS EXTRA #2
A sample map of the hit film “The Substance,” which grossed many times its budget worldwide and won multiple awards, including an Oscar and Best Screenplay at Cannes. The map will break down all of the critical elements and take you through the entire story, including the 13 unique “signpost” beats in Calvisi’s Fear Map paradigm.WHY THE SUBSTANCE?
“The Substance” may not be your cup of tea, but it is exactly the type of screenplay that gets noticed in Hollywood: an edgy, high-concept supernatural thriller with outrageous twists and turns that incorporates timely themes and riffs on classic archetypes in the public domain.
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Your Instructor
Daniel Calvisi is a screenwriter, director, renowned screenplay consultant and author. He served as Script Consultant on the upcoming horror feature film “Devoted,” written and directed by Richard J. Bosner and starring Mena Suvari and Skeet Ulrich, and was co-screenwriter on the award-winning horror short “The Lost Camp.” He has written many uncredited, paid rewrites on features, TV pilots and shorts, in all genres, including horror and dark thrillers. For over 20 years, he has coached screenwriters to write GREAT screenplays that BLOW AWAY the reader. His coaching clients include Oscar and Emmy winners and professionals with credits that include Netflix, Amazon, HBO Max, Disney, Sony, Warner Brothers, Apple TV+ and more. He has worked as a story analyst for several major studios and production companies, including Dimension Films, New Line Cinema and Twentieth Century Fox. He is the author of the best-selling books Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay and Story Maps: TV DRAMA: The Structure of the One-Hour Television Pilot. He has created and taught webinars for Writer’s Digest, Script University and many other schools and screenwriting groups. He holds a BFA from NYU in Film and Television. More about Dan.