Jordan Peele Interview on writing Get Out - 10 Screenwriting Lessons from Oscar winning Screenwriter

10 Screenwriting Tips from Jordan Peele movies for Aspiring Screenwriters. Oscar winning screenwriter Jordan Peele gives screenplay writing advice in the interview about his screenwriting process and lessons from the screenplays on his films and movies Get Out, Us and tv series The Twilight Zone. He is also known for Key & Peele especially for his Obama Meet & Greet (Key and Peele Obama Impression Presidential Handshake). As an actor he has roles on Big Mouth and Rick and Morty. His collaborators include Daniel Kaluuya and Lupita Nyong'o. He was a producer on the film BlacKkKlansman form Spike Lee. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Writers Guild Award for his film Get Out. We can’t wait for his new movie!
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0:00 - Intro
1:20 - TIP 01 - In some way your work has to be autobiographical. Be vulnerable with your own emotions, dig deep, explore your fears and put your specific truth out there. People are drawn to truth like magnets.
3:58 - TIP 02 - Write your own TRUTH that you haven’t seen represented in a movie before.
5:24 - TIP 03 - Like in jujitsu - if you can predict what and where an audience is going to go, or what they think you’re going to do, you can use that momentum against them.
7:20 - TIP 04 - The best advice for writer’s block: Follow the fun. If you aren't having fun, you are doing it wrong. Allow writing to be your hobby.
9:57 - TIP 05 - When producers interfere with your work don't “pop-off”. Every critique has something of value. Listen patiently and then think of creative ways to solve the issue.
12:21 - TIP 06 - A good story can be transformative and do the most for social change. So use your intelligence and make audiences think when crafting your stories.
13:40 - TIP 07 - Writing a screenplay is a combination of gut inspiration and a strategy to focus on things that work which don’t require a huge budget.
15:20 - TIP 08 - When writing comedy or horror know that both present the truth. With both forms technique is tension building and release.
15:51 - TIP 09 - Use writing projects to dug you out of your own fear and darkness. And use that fear to learn how scare the audience with your work.
17:21 - TIP 10 - Take big risks and put your love into it. It can take a long time, but in the end it does pay off.
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[@AllThingsFilm1]

Wow. Jordan Peele really hit a lot of strong points here. He shared 10 recipes for climbing out of a hole and writing a script you love. It kinda bugs me that I didn't discover this channel sooner. Much respect and thanks to the creator of this channel. You deserve millions of subscribers.

[@OutstandingScreenplays]

Thank you! 💯🙌

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[@nattyhillerse4236]

Such raw honesty in Mr. Peele's simplicity. Things we've all been told but laid out in a manner less pretentious and just, forward. "We are all human."

[@thestartinglinerules]

I read his screenplay of Get Out... phenomenal

[@SoCreate]

Tip #2 about writing your truth adds yourself and originality into the script. Great content!

[@ic9778]

Most filmmakers nowadays don't use tip 6. This is why Christopher Nolan is one of my favorite filmmakers. Great video!

[@AlphaTonesStory]

I tell compelling stories, people in my comment section are saying I am a great story teller. You be the judge, let me know what you think please. 🤯😀. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGbRc32LlKeSobs

[@KingDetraktos]

Ehhhh I wouldn’t say that’s right. I’d say it’s the opposite actually. Far too many filmmakers use tip 6 way too hard, and their films all have to be packed with some message that promotes a government narrative/agenda. Did you know the CIA has a liaison in Hollywood? The CIA routinely watches over productions to make sure the movies are properly set to “influence” the audiences that see them. It’s disgusting. Tip 6 has been morphed into something monstrous.

[@avaduvall9611]

This channel is a breath of fresh air and so informative. Thank you!

[@rkms5606]

Amazing compilation. Then you for posting.

[@lostghoststudios6408]

Amazing video! Working on a manga series and this was really insightful!

[@Talus2k]

If you're not having fun you're doing something wrong,...so many tips

[@silent6648]

Great video yet again my dude, keep it up!

[@roshan3267]

Much needed one

[@contentsoonipromise3278]

Jordan Peele is such a good actor i feel these clips are different skits and characters

[@stu9000]

Love this. Jordan Peele is a master

[@PanHaszaman]

Is he tho?

[@sandeepgoolla8848]

Thq so much do more videos on directors

[@liberpolo5540]

UNDERRATED video!

[@karenmink865]

I am literally literally hanging on his every word right now

[@gouthams3641]

Thanks ♥️

[@jeannettemiller9275]

Awesome Enlightenment

[@ChristianW0lf]

LOVE THIS! The main points I took away from this is that writing takes time, using your fears as a source for writing and also just have fun when writing! And I can say, I most certainly am trying to have fun with my screenwriting. Follow me for updates on my script as I will soon convert it into a motion comic book.

[@godar-teest2554]

Blessings on your journey bruh

[@silbug]

"I allowed it to be my hobby." Right on.

[@damepieper2163]

Wow, this information put together here is great! Jordan Peele is a f*ucking film genius

[@achristianson4059]

I had an idea while walking my dog. I was 28. It stayed with me and irked me for a couple years. I decided to try to let it out. I wrote some stuff . It didn’t work. But the thought stayed with me. Couple more years goes by , I’m 32. I tried a few more pages a little longer drawn out. It released the urge of what was nudging me. But it I left it at that. A few more years . Same thing and not much different. Then at 40, me and my dog 10 years older, I decided to make it through a a beginning , a middle and end. Turns out , Sometimes an idea can be a curse. I’ve discovered so much within the creation of making a world , it’s a wonder I never bothered to leave my own before.

[@ImperfectD]

Wow, it's scary how I resonate so much with this. I had hoped by the end of reading that you would find solace and completion in having finished telling the whole story idea all these years. I'd love to hear more about it as both we and Peele have these stories that bubble up from our subconscious. It's time we tell those stories. I have many of them to tell, myself. All the best to you brother. Keep going, dreaming and actualizing. 🤘🏾💚

[@NealX_Gaming]

Smoke weed. Got it.

[@dinfluence30]

Thanks

[@privacypeep2894]

Almost done with mine !!!!!! ✏📑

[@redbaron8130]

Best of luck with it.

[@losskopein9999]

"Uhhh....I know Tiger" 😅😅😅😅 so true!

[@schmebulockjizz]

PLEASE DO ONE ON STANLEY KUBRICK... if theres enough material

[@OutstandingScreenplays]

Coming very soon!

[@realmediummike]

@@OutstandingScreenplays oh shit😳

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

It's here. It's here. It's here it's here. Dooroodoo Dooroodoo doo it's here!

[@CringeAssProductions]

@@OutstandingScreenplays and you did! 7 days ago!

[@m.mishra9133]

The thumbnail looks weird 😂. As if the head's been photoshopped ON. JA, video was amazing as always.

[@gretaenglish3519]

Follow the fun!

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

Can you please do one on edgar wright anytime soon?

[@reignvictory9865]

A+💡✔💯👍👈✏📒

[@ruly8153]

We need a Terrence Malick tips video!

[@OutstandingScreenplays]

Great artist! But it’ll be hard to find enough material from him 😏

[@ruly8153]

@@OutstandingScreenplays Honestly try finding ONE interview

[@sandeepgoolla8848]

Make more videos

[@hdpmrr]

[8:50-9:22]

[@sandeepgoolla8848]

Make video on bong joon hoo

[@OutstandingScreenplays]

Coming very soon! 🙌

[@sandeepgoolla8848]

@@OutstandingScreenplays tnq for ur reply

[@mageshwarmurugesan103]

Hey Please add English Subtitles too. I hard to understand while speaking. Plz consider it will help lot of people.

[@XWBgaming]

all I got from that was "smoke some weed"

[@redbaron8130]

Jordan is right that no one would have made this movie. Jordan Peele is already a name so they were willing to risk it, joblo screenwriter? Not a chance in hell.

[@maniveiszadeh8030]

What the hell is that piano Muzak doing throughout the whole video? You don't need that.

[@user-nr5tj4iv8l]

Пересадка мозгом жесть. Мне такой формат не нравится если это ужас. Переселение душ мне больше идея нравится. Вроде астрал или звонок такая подача. В конце сценария история ломается из за вспышки. Может я чего то непонял. Барри линдон👉🤞

[@devonh2762]

I can't read this

[@CoLeMaWeSoMe]

Write your favorite movie that doesn’t exist.

[@PanHaszaman]

To be cited among legends just because of one movie, makes me wonder how much of it is just the PC culture we are living in. The advices are alright, but the comments are presenting them into something epic and legendary, which to me is extremely overblown.

[@gianthills]

totally racist white hating movie but well done first act and second... the final act gets pretty implausible and corny horror tropes.