Isabel Dréan on Movies That Changed Your Life: All About Eve, The Godfather 2, Memento

3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE: A Britflicks Podcast with screenwriter Stuart Wright

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with screenwriter Isabel Dréan, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore All About Eve impact, The Godfather 2 analysis, and The Memento influence on her personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Isabel Dréan also discusses querying and mentoring, how most writers approach querying the wrong way and why mentorship has made her a better writer.

Movies That Changed Your Life

Find out about why screenwriter Isabel Dréan most writers approach querying the wrong way and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.

[1:01] Querying and mentoring, how most screenwriters approach querying the wrong way and why mentorship has made her a better writer

[1:09] What are screenwriters getting so wrong with their query emails?

[5:00] How do you couch I can help you versus here’s a logline, read my script.

[6:50] What is your email subject line saying to get people to open it in the first place?

[14:28] Summary of how get more success from query emails

[19:26] How can mentoring help you become a better writer

[23:44] What mentoring services does Isabel offer?

[26:20] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life

All About Eve impact

[27:02] Isabel Dréan shares how when she first watched All About Eve it was dubbed into French. How, in all her childhood she has never been more enthralled by a movie. At 12 years it made her want to be an actor like Bette Davis.

The Godfather 2 analysis

[32:19] Isabel Dréan shares how The Godfather 2 is a film she watched very young. How she was obsessed with the actor and proponent of ‘method acting’ Lee Strasberg and how that became her dream to study at the Lee Strasberg Institute – which she did in 1993 – stepping into the footsteps of her heroes from The Godfather Part 2.

Memento Influence

[38:25] Isabel Dréan talks about how Memento is a perfect movie made with very little resources. Not having big stars – at the time - made it feel more real; more raw. She envies the creative relationship Christopher Nolan has with his brother which makes them challenge each other and continues to make them better filmmakers as a result.

Key Takeaways:

- Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.

- Learn about how screenwriters can write query emails that get responses

- Learn how mentoring can make you a better screenwriter

- Understand cinema’s transformative power through All About Eve (1950), The Godfather 2 (1977), Memento (2000)

- Full show notes and transcript:

About the Guest:

Isabel Dréan is a screenwriter, director, and producer based in Los Angeles. She started her career in horror and psychological thrillers before pivoting to Christmas movies. The shift to writing holiday movies changed everything, leading to five of her scripts being produced over an 18-month period.

For more information see https://isabeldrean.com and https://21dayscreenplay.com

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