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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

3 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

star wars revenge of the sith

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?

1 day 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

no film school podcast

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

no film school podcast

GG Hawkins

Pages

Quality or quantity when starting out?

5 years ago by Emil F. Skanning

Emil F. Skanning

Writer, Director, Editor

408

Watch "Damage Control": Film Shortage Selected Weekly Feature

5 years ago by Ryan Oksenberg

Ryan Oksenberg

Director, Screenwriter, Editor

Damage Control: Teaser Trailer (Premiering on Film Shortage 4/23)

5 years ago by Ryan Oksenberg

short film

Thriller

suspense

psychological thriller

indie film

trailer

Ryan Oksenberg

Director, Screenwriter, Editor

Finding NYC directors and DP's

5 years ago by Ryan Brennan

Ryan Brennan 81

Seattle Minute Movies: Copy

5 years ago by Bryan Howell

Bryan Howell

Screenwriter, corporate videographer, and indie filmmaker

578

New Sci Fi Short Film "UTU"

5 years ago by Daniel Freedman

Daniel Freedman

Writer, Director, Editor

154

Guerilla Movie Making Awards - Open for entries

5 years ago by MJ PaxtonMitchell

MJ PaxtonMitchell 63

Big Ambitions-- Screenwriting App Prototype and Small Company Formation

5 years ago by David Syes

Patreon

David Syes

Recasting Self and Future

Just Finished my First Short Film “Casey Jones: Overtime” **TMNT Universe Fan Film**

5 years ago by Carlos Shabo

Carlos Shabo

Producer, Director

NEW COMEDY FILM FESTIVAL SLATED TO DEBUT IN LAS VEGAS THIS WINTER

5 years ago by Jaimé Morton

Jaimé Morton 81

Getting zero feedback on trailer for first feature...

5 years ago by Alex Richardson

Alex Richardson

Director

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Barry Jenkins & Greta Gerwig in Conversation

5 years ago by Jon Brown

Jon Brown 81

Our 2018 Screenwriting Contests are Open!

5 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

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How would I come up with ideas for a short film?

5 years ago by Megan T

#ideas #help #stuck

Megan T

Writer, Film Maker

HOLY F__K - An award-winning sexorcism comedy (8min)

5 years ago by Chris Chalklen

Chris Chalklen

Writer/Director/Animator

111

Using well known toys / action figures in a film

5 years ago by Mark D

short film

Copyrights

props

Mark D 74

What films create a world that the audience can expand?

5 years ago by Gui Fradin

scifi

storytelling

MediaTag

Gui Fradin 81

What we can learn from '12 angry men' - part 1

5 years ago by Gui Fradin

Gui Fradin 81

Screenwriting

5 years ago by Roman Richards

screenwriting

Roman Richards 74

A SCREENWRITER IN DISGUISE

5 years ago by Joyce Sousa

Joyce Sousa

Screenwriter

Film Con Hollywood 2018

5 years ago by michael williams

Film Con

michael williams

Production Associate, Aspiring Director

Free short screenplays

5 years ago by Robert Lee

short scripts

short screenplays

free scripts

free script free screenplay

Robert Lee

Screenwriter

113

Please advice an aspiring director.

5 years ago by Michael Oleinik

Michael Oleinik 74

Talking Film - A New Show Discussing Different Topics About the "Biz"

5 years ago by Mark Joseph

Mark Joseph 79

2018 SmashCut Screenplay Competition - Judges Announced

5 years ago by Matt Edwards

screenplay competition

Matt Edwards

director/producer/editor

Experienced Filmmakers (All jobs)

5 years ago by We Get Work

We Get Work

Recruitment

Send us Feature Movie Scripts!

5 years ago by Manuela Santini Dalkiran

Manuela Santini Dalkiran 74

Send us Scripts for TV Series!

5 years ago by Manuela Santini Dalkiran

screen; tvserie; scripts;...

Manuela Santini Dalkiran 74

Short Film Pace Is Too Quick

5 years ago by Zachary Lewis

Zachary Lewis

Cinematographer

254

Free 2018 Screenwriting Contest Calendar!

6 years ago by Justine Owens

screenwriting contests

screenwriting

writing

film

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

823