We’ve had a successful relaunch of the GITS Script Reading & Analysis series. I say relaunch because we have done this type of thing before. For the past month, I have been spotlighting previous movie scripts we have studied.

Today: Prisoners (2012)

Written by Aaron Guzikowski

IMDb plot summary: When Keller Dover’s daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?

Links to the entire December 2014 series:

Scene-By-Scene Breakdown

Major Plot Points

Sequences

Psychological Journey

Takeaways

For my 7-part series on How to Read a Screenplay, go here.

30 Days of Screenplays [2013]

30 Days of Screenplays [2014]

Years ago, I came up with this mantra: Watch movies. Read scripts. Write pages. A link to my reflections on that here.

Cannot emphasize enough the importance of reading movie scripts.