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7 Screenwriting Exercises That Actually Make You a Better Storyteller

2 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

screenwriting exercises

Writing tips

Screenwriting tips

storytelling

Jason Hellerman

All the Ways a Filmmaker Can Break Into Hollywood

1 week ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

'Shutter Island' Ending Explained

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

100 Inventive Screenwriting Prompts To Inspire You During the Writers' Strike

3 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Screenwriter

screenwriting prompts

storytelling prompt

screenwriting exercises

Jason Hellerman

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

8 years ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Oakley Anderson-Moore

50+ Camera Angles, Shots, and Movements: A Complete Guide

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Why Do AI-Created Fake Film Trailers Scare Us So Much?

2 weeks ago by Jourdan Aldredge

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Jourdan Aldredge

Read and Download the 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' Screenplay PDF

5 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Everything Everywhere All at...

Jason Hellerman

You Can Use Sudowrite to Write Your Next Screenplay Using AI

3 weeks ago by Yaroslav Altunin

Sudowrite

Story Engine

ai writing

Yaroslav Altunin

The 'Contact' Movie Explained: What Does the Ending Mean?

1 year ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

These 12 Character Archetypes Are Key Ingredients in All Great Stories

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

character development

Carl Jung

Jason Hellerman

How To Create an Animated Short in Unreal Engine

3 weeks ago by Guest Author

unreal engine

the voice in the hollow

vfx

virtual production

Guest Author

This Film Was Written and Directed by AI—Here’s the How and What You Can Learn

6 months ago by James DeRuvo

Artificial Intelligence

ChatGPT

virtual filmmaking

James DeRuvo

Explore 100+ Public Domain Fairy Tales for Crafting Your Screenplay

2 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Check Out Our Creative Screenwriting Exercises, Character, and Dialogue Prompts

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

character prompts

dialogue prompts

creative screenwriting exercises

screenwriting exercises

screenplay ideas

scene prompts

Jason Hellerman

'Interstellar' Explained: Movie Plot, Timeline, Ending, Themes, and Meaning

1 year ago by Jason Hellerman

Interstellar

Interstellar ending

interstellar explained

Jason Hellerman

How This Indie Filmmaker’s Horror Short ‘Hunger’ Grabbed the Attention of Marvel Studios

3 weeks ago by Guest Author

Guest Author

Should Your Movie Come With a Trigger Warning?

1 week ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How to Intercut Scenes In Your Script

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

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Jason Hellerman

Learn How To Analyze Movies With This Cheat Sheet

4 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How to Format Your Screenplay Title Page

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How Can You Get Narrative Ideas From Watching Non-Narrative Films?

22 hours ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

A Filmmaker's Guide to Creating Intellectual Property for Film and TV

2 days ago by Jason Hellerman

Intellectual Property

Jason Hellerman

What a Film and TV Executive Must Do if They Don’t Want To Be Replaced by AI

3 days ago by Jason Hellerman

development

Development executive

Jason Hellerman

First-Time Horror Writer/Director Brings Indie Creature Feature to Life–Here's How

4 days ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Why We’ll Be Babysitting AI To Avoid a Cliché Hellhole

5 days ago by NFS Staff

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the hole in the fence

NFS Staff

Why You Need to Create a Proof of Concept for Your Feature Film

5 days ago by Guest Author

proof of concept

feature films

finance

Guest Author

In Hollywood, Anything is Possible!

5 days ago by Guest Author

Guest Author

Why Taika Waititi's Comments on 'Casablanca' Matter

5 days ago by Jason Hellerman

Taika Waititi

Casablanca

Michael Curtiz

Jason Hellerman

An Accidental First Feature—Walé Oyéjidé’s on His Stunning ‘Bravo, Burkina!’

1 week ago by GG Hawkins

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GG Hawkins

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Open source screenwriting?

9 years ago by David Komer

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Our 2018 Short Film Fund is NOW OPEN!

5 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

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Interview: Oscar Nominee & Legendary Actor Robert Forster

8 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

533

Calling Directors - THE SHINY LIVESTREAM

3 years ago by Shiny Show

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[FILMSUMO.com] New Boards & Classifieds site for NFS users

7 years ago by Jordan Mederich

Jordan Mederich

Documentarian / Filmmaker

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Upgrade Time - 6D or GH4?

8 years ago by S M Sabir

S M Sabir

Filmmaker in MAKING :)

289

Crowdfunding Advice?

8 years ago by Trae Dukes

Trae Dukes

Entry Level

189

Our Judges have spoken!

6 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

844

How do I stir up interest in my film?

8 years ago by Avery Maycock

Avery Maycock

Writer, Director

177

How I Made Over $90,000 Selling my Short Film

8 years ago by Alex Ferrari

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DVX100a

Final Cut Pro

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

533

Festival DISCOUNT

5 years ago by Aman Sharma

Aman Sharma

Film Producer & Entrepreneur

148

Shore Scripts Contest Final Deadline 31st August

5 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

844

Script based on news article

7 years ago by Arvi Ragu

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Arvi Ragu

Writer / director / editor

Where Are All The LA Film People?

9 years ago by Ian

Los Angeles

California

FilmLyfe

Ian 158

Shore Scripts Announce 2017 Screenwriting Contest Winners!

6 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

844

What're you working on?

8 years ago by David David

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Shore Scripts Announce 2016 Prize Winners

7 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

844

To Die For | Comedy Horror Short Film (2016)

6 years ago by BigShorts

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Bun In The Oven (New Comedy Web Series) - Episode 2

8 years ago by Chris Weir

Chris Weir

Creator / writer / actor

236

Can My Reel Be a Short?

6 years ago by Zachary Lewis

Zachary Lewis

Cinematographer

254

2020 Fiction Podcast Contest | Early Deadline Nov. 15th

3 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

844

Making my first documentary film

5 years ago by Nick Alexander

Nick Alexander

Director, Director of Photography, Editor

169

Nathan Karimi

Writer/ Director

338

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

533

Advice for Rookies?

9 years ago by whatever

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Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

533

Announcing Our 2021 Spring Short Film Fund Finalists

2 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

844

Need Some Constructive Criticism

8 years ago by Hovig Kazandjian

Hovig Kazandjian

Writer, Director

549

Favorite War Movie?

8 years ago by Hovig Kazandjian

Hovig Kazandjian

Writer, Director

549

Advice on this?

7 years ago by Kyler Wagner

Kyler Wagner

Director/Cinematographer/Video Editor

218