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A Massive List of Spring 2021 Grants All Filmmakers Should Know About

1 week ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Academy Nicholl Fellowships

SFFILM

itvs

Oakley Anderson-Moore

20 Dynamic Ways to Come up with Amazing Movie Ideas

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What Makes a Film Great? Here Are 6 Elements to Watch For

5 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

Film Crew Positions And Why All Jobs on a Movie Set Matter

2 years ago by George Edelman

George Edelman

How to Write a Movie Synopsis That Sells (Free Template)

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How to Write a Treatment (with Film Treatment Examples)

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

how to write a treatment

Jason Hellerman

75 Scene Writing Prompts to Supercharge Your Creative Output and Scenes

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

writing advice

writing prompts

story ideas

Jason Hellerman

The 20 Best Screenwriting Books You Should Get Right Now

1 year ago by Jason Hellerman

screenwriting advice

Screenwriting Book

screenwriting

Best Screenwriting Books

Jason Hellerman

Ethos, Pathos, Logos and the 20 Most Effective Ways to Advertise [Infographic]

1 year ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Here's How You Should Write a TV Commercial

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Commercial

commercial making

TV commercials

Free TV Commercial Script...

script template

commercial script

Jason Hellerman

What Are the Symbols in 'Parasite' and What Do They Mean?

1 year ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What is an Anti Villain (with Examples and Definition)

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What's "The Scorpion and the Frog" Fable and Why Do People Reference It?

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Scorpion and the Frog

Jason Hellerman

4 Changes to Michael Scott That Saved 'The Office' and Made it a Hit

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What Is a Non-Linear Narrative and How Do You Write One?

1 year ago by Jason Hellerman

nonlinear narrative

parallel plot

subvert the narrative

fragmented narrative

Jason Hellerman

Try Our Screenplay Beat Sheet (Free Template)

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What is a Spec Script (and How to Write One)

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Understanding Film Theory: An Essential Guide

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Calculating Minutes Per Page of a Script? Here Are Some Helpful Tips

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

8 Great Filmmaking Lessons from the 'Blade Runner' Films

2 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

The 11 Greatest Fist Fights In Action Movies, Ranked

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How to Make a Dynamic 60-Second Short Film

1 year ago by Jason Hellerman

short film

short film writing

directing

Jason Hellerman

Learn to Write a TV Show Bible With Our Show Bible Template

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How to Write Character Development [FREE Worksheet]

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

character

Character arc

character development

screenwriting

Jason Hellerman

Mastering the Comedy Genre in Movies and TV [w/ Examples]

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How to Create Captivating Character Arcs in Your Screenplay [FREE Infographic]

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What's a Writers' Room and How Do They Work?

1 year ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

8 Great Sources of FREE Public Domain Footage for Your Documentary!

6 years ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Pages

Online critiquing?

6 years ago by Craig Walkine

Craig Walkine

Video Editor

Has anyone the Screenplay from Fast & Furious 7?

6 years ago by Jonas Dietze

Chris Morgan

Jonas Dietze

Directer of Photography

Screen Forward Conversations

6 years ago by John Matson

Brickman

UCB

screenwriting

Screen Forward Conversations

transmedia

Multi-platform content

filmmaking

John Matson

Sales and Marketing Manager

202

Shortfilms - getting reviewed

6 years ago by subhakar tikkireddy

shortfilms

review

website

subhakar tikkireddy

FilmMaker

118

5 Reasons why No One is Watching Your Films (And Mine)

6 years ago by Bennett Johnson

Bennett Johnson

Director

102

Beat sheet or not to beat sheet?

6 years ago by Kenneth Scrues

Screenwriting Writing process

script

Kenneth Scrues

Screenwriter/Producer/Director

Why don't filmmakers understand statistics?

6 years ago by Jonathan Krimer

feature films

screenwriting

indy

independent filmmaking

Jonathan Krimer

Founder of WritersandFilmmakers.com

Posters and Royalties: Legal Problems?

6 years ago by Andreas Beissel

Legal rights producing set...

Andreas Beissel

Making a no budget mockumentary

6 years ago by Nero R mercer

Nero R mercer 74

Licensing/Rights Issues when adapting literature

6 years ago by Simon Reichel

Simon Reichel

Director & Editor

139

Stage 32, Get one

6 years ago by alice chen

Stage 32

Richard Botto

alice chen

Student

DON'T. STOP. RUNNING - new blog post - rehearsals

6 years ago by Alex Richardson

Alex Richardson

Director

3772

How much character development for short film?

6 years ago by George Watkins

George Watkins

Writer/Director

161

Using a shot from Nosferatu

6 years ago by Alejandro

Alejandro

Filmmaker

167

What's Your Favorite Digital Cinema Camera?

6 years ago by Hovig Kazandjian

Hovig Kazandjian

Writer, Director

490

How do you post an article on here?

6 years ago by Jeff M.

Jeff M.

Director/Writer/Editor/Cinematographer

162

A7S like a Cinema Camera

6 years ago by Hovig Kazandjian

Hovig Kazandjian

Writer, Director

490

What do festival shorts programmers really want?

6 years ago by Jon Mills

shorts

festivals

filmmaking

Jon Mills

Filmmaker

907

Public Domain Scripts

6 years ago by Cameron Stow

Cameron Stow

Filmmaker / Student

"UNBROKEN" Script (anybody have it?)

6 years ago by SKY MILLER

SKY MILLER

WRITER

What is the structure of pre production workflow ?

6 years ago by ali ata akel

production budget list

ali ata akel

Filmmaker, Editor, Cinematographer, Animation

Contract with writer (not screenplay creator)

6 years ago by Nestor Chornovus

#screenwriting #filmmaking

Nestor Chornovus 74

Adapting novel or play to the screen

6 years ago by vishu

vishu

screenwriter

104

Writing a script with a partner/co-author?

6 years ago by Joseph Fouts

Joseph Fouts

Director, Producer, Writer, Editor.

Starting out

6 years ago by toste severin

toste severin 74

Oscar Nominees Best Picture

6 years ago by Carlos Alpizar Arguello

Carlos Alpizar Arguello

Videographer/Character Animator

24 years old and just figured out i want a career in film

6 years ago by tom k

tom k

Film Student

147

Script Beats

6 years ago by Daniel Neo

beats

Daniel Neo 81

One act play

6 years ago by conan's apprentice

conan's apprentice 107

How do you shoot a simple knife fight scene?

6 years ago by Iria Enahoro

Iria Enahoro

Student: Producer and Screenwriter

169