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How “Expressing What’s in You” Lead This Short Film to an Oscar Nomination

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Alyssa Miller

Why Did Jenna Ortega Rewrite 'Wednesday' Scripts?

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Jason Hellerman

What Are Some Outside-the-Box Ways To Come Up With Movie Ideas?

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Save the Cat! Screenplay Challenge Grounds Writers in Structure, Not Subjective Opinion

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How This Filmmaker Masters the Power of Film Activism in the Short Film 'Stranger at the Gate'

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How Do You Option a Book or an Article To Adapt into a Film or TV Show?

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Development executive

Jason Hellerman

We Love The Romance Genre in Film and TV (Definition and Examples)

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What Are the Best Ways To Organize Your Movie and TV Show Ideas?

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Charlie Kaufman Rallies the WGA With a Scorching Awards Speech

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What Are Some of the Best Short Films You Can Watch on Vimeo?

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What Are Some Storytelling Lessons from Netflix's Drive to Survive?

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7 Lessons We Learned From Experimental Documentaries

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experimental documentary

Alyssa Miller

I'm Worried About Big Data and Hollywood

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data

Data Analysis

Artificial Intelligence

hollywood

screenwriting contests

diversity

ethics

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Do We Miss Development Hell? Plus, 'The Last of Us'

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10 Things Screenwriters Should Keep In Mind While Collaborating With Executives

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Dissecting the Experimental Genre in Film and TV

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What Are the Most Common Questions Beginning Screenwriters Ask? (With Answers)

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What is a Leitmotif in Music and Screenwriting? (Definition and Examples)

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Jason Hellerman

The Screenwriting Contests We Think Are Worth Entering

1 month ago by Jason Hellerman

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screenwriting competition

screenwriting advice

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What This First Time Director Thinks You Need To Know Before Making Your First Project

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Guest Author

10 Screenwriting Tips From Ruben Östlund

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Alyssa Miller

The Western Genre in Film and TV (Definition and Examples)

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Jason Hellerman

Sara Dosa’s Top 7 Movies From the Criterion Closet

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7 Directing Lessons From Ava Duvernay Films

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The True Crime Genre in Movies and TV Shows (Definition and Examples)

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True Crime Documentaries

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How 'The Flying Sailor' Challenged the Creative Process of These Filmmakers to New Heights

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Alyssa Miller

100+ All New Screenwriting Prompts To Start Your Engines

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Jason Hellerman

Do We Need AI to Cry? Plus, the Future of RED

1 month ago by GG Hawkins

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Dilip Suthar

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Making a Short Film-

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Editor and Cinematographer

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How do you get into filmmaking as a beginner?

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How to show passing of days, filled with repetitive actions

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Call for Entries! 2017 CineYouth Festival

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Interior designer? Who is the best

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Nora Torres

Interior designer? Who is the best

Turn old color slides into a film

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How to get soldiers for WW2 short film?

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Director, Producer, Designer, Editor

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Lower Tier Screenplay Contests

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