Ben Vanderput

writer, director, lover of stories, seeking life to the fullest

[Ben Vanderput @benvanderput]

@moment 1.33 anamorphic for sure.

[Ben Vanderput @benvanderput]

@threadreaderapp unroll

[David Wappel @davidwappel]

THREAD ALERT

Fellow screenwriters!

A thread on writing action lines, with special attention paid to word order and what I call "anchoring" nouns.

[Ben Vanderput @benvanderput]

I completed Legion M FILM SCOUT for South by Southwest 2023 Film Festival! https://t.co/QyhyLcS3MP

CHAMPION
Beef

RUNNERS-UP
Love & Death
Self Reliance
The Big Door Prize
American Born Chinese
Riders on the Storm
Frybread Face and Me
Hail Mary
#legionm #sxsw

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

Did you know if you hold an ermine up to your ear, you can hear what it’s like to be attacked by an ermine?

[Ben Vanderput @benvanderput]

@WriteChrisWrite What is that, some kind of app for bees?

[Ben Vanderput @benvanderput]

If you’re a #screenwriter looking for a place after the possible twitter implosion check out Script Hive on discord: https://t.co/MV3CGKiqrS
Awesome community with lots of activities.
#ScreenwritingTwitter #screenwriting #TwitterMigration

[The Onion @TheOnion]

NFL Players React To The League’s Concussion Protocol https://t.co/QU5AIps1hx

[Community @CommunityTV]

you got your movie. now stop yelling at me.

[Ben Vanderput @benvanderput]

Let me assure you, the hype that the hype for @allatoncemovie isn’t too much, is also not too much.

[Ben Vanderput @benvanderput]

@mirrorben I couldn’t even finish the screenplay for The Babadook, in the exact same boat.

[Ben Vanderput @benvanderput]

Entertain family in town for Easter ☑️
Pretend to be a pirate for my daughters, nieces, and nephews ☑️
Make sure not to screw up the ham ☑️
Squeak in a submission to @WriterDuet’s 48 Hour Throwdown ☑️
#screenwriting #throwdown #Easter

[don hertzfeldt @donhertzfeldt]

my next project is a musical

[Ben Vanderput @benvanderput]

Hitting 90s in late March…

[Ben Vanderput @benvanderput]

@unsquare Looking forward to 40 hour videos of people hitting random walls.

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

If we truly care about the people in Ukraine and other war-zones, we will welcome refugees.

We can’t tell the victims of war, “We care about you, as long as you stay over there.”

And we can be confident, as we welcome them, we welcome Christ.

[Ben Vanderput @benvanderput]

Super pumped to announce that my one page short, The Last, has been selected as a #quarterfinalist at @killershorts, onto waiting for the next round! #killershorts #killeralum #shortfilm #screenwriting

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

I will never forget one mother saying the first time she could kiss her baby’s cheek in 20 years was after he was executed. And his cheek was still warm. The death penalty is evil.

[Ben Vanderput @benvanderput]

@killershorts @Shudder Night of the Giving Dead

[Ben Vanderput @benvanderput]

@killershorts @finaldraftinc Hunted by the Hegemony

[Jeopardy! @Jeopardy]

"If we all pitch in just a little bit, we're gonna get there."