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How to Write Character Development [FREE Worksheet]

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

character

Character arc

character development

screenwriting

Jason Hellerman

Taika Waititi on Being Hilarious as a Person and a Writer

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Taika Waititi

bafta guru

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

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

Born Sexy Yesterday: Why Does This Male-Fantasy Trope Need to Go?

3 months ago by Alyssa Miller

Alyssa Miller

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

3 months ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Oakley Anderson-Moore

Jason Hellerman

How to Pitch a TV Show to Any Network or Streamer (Free Checklist)

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How ‘[REC]’ Teaches You to Do Found Footage Right

2 days ago by Alyssa Miller

Alyssa Miller

8 Great Filmmaking Lessons from 'A League of Their Own'

2 days ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How Is TCM Tackling Problematic Films? By Showing and Talking About Them

3 days ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Meet the 2021 Sundance Institute Screenwriters Intensive Fellows

3 days ago by Jo Light

2021 Sundance Institute...

sundance institute

Jo Light

What Is Situational Irony in Film and TV? (Definition and Examples)

3 days ago by Jason Hellerman

irony

situational irony

storytelling

Jason Hellerman

Listen to Tarantino's Thoughts on a Masterful Sequence in 'Joker'

4 days ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What Do Producers Want? We Ask One

5 days ago by George Edelman

podcast

the no film school podcast

no film school podcast

podcasts

producing

Shivani Rawat

George Edelman

5 Steps to Murder Your First Draft

5 days ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What Does 'High-Concept Idea' Mean?

6 days ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How to Balance Multiple Filmmaking Projects All at Once

6 days ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How the Framing Narrative of 'Judas and the Black Messiah' Shapes the Movie

1 week ago by Jason Hellerman

Judas and the Black Messiah

Jason Hellerman

All the Things We Learned from the 2021 Writers' Roundtable

2 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

the hollywood reporter

writer roundtable

Writing tips

Jason Hellerman

13 Filmmakers Share the Advice You Need to Direct an Indie Feature

2 weeks ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Sundance Film Festival

Oakley Anderson-Moore

8 Great Filmmaking Lessons from 'Hustlers'

2 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Check Out a Free TV Writing Master Class with the 'Succession' Creators

2 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What Are the 10+ Best Villain Monologues? And How to Write an Evil One!

3 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

50 Years Later, White House Tapes Reveal Richard Nixon Hated 'All in the Family'

3 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What's Behind the Success of 'Ted Lasso'?

3 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How Ajitpal Singh Went from Lonely ‘Terrorist’ to 44-Year-Old First-Time Filmmaker

3 weeks ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Ajitpal Singh

Fire in the Mountains

Sundance 2021

Sundance Film Festival

sundance film festival 2021

interview

Oakley Anderson-Moore

8 Great Filmmaking Lessons from 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'

3 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

This Guy Almost Scored the Film Rights to the Gamestop Madness

3 weeks ago by Jeffrey Reeser

podcast

the no film school podcast

no film school podcast

podcasts

stonks

COVID-19

Jeffrey Reeser

Only 25 Spec Scripts Were Sold in 2020

3 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

8 Great Filmmaking Lessons from 'The Departed'

4 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

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Shore Scripts Early Deadline 31st May!

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

825

Sell screenplay or make the movie on my own?

6 years ago by Dennis Mirza

writing

directing

Dennis Mirza

Nomad Filmmaker

Script Beats

6 years ago by Daniel Neo

beats

Daniel Neo 88

Anyone else feel this way?

5 years ago by Daniel LLOYD

Daniel LLOYD 154

SHORE SCRIPTS SCREENWRITING COMPETITION REGULAR DEADLINE 31st July 2016

5 years ago by Justine Owens

screenwriting

scriptwriting

film

Justine Owens

Business Manager

825

Script Feedback

6 years ago by Robin Nyström

short film

Web Series

independent

Robin Nyström

Blogger

108

Ever feel like you're getting a little too ahead of yourself?

6 years ago by Matt Bastos

Matt Bastos

Filmmaker/Writer

896

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

3 years ago by Mark Joseph

Mark Joseph 86

Made a New Short -- The Last Night

6 years ago by Kyler Wagner

help

new short

comment

Kyler Wagner

Director/Cinematographer/Video Editor

159

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

3 years ago by Ryan Oksenberg

short film

Thriller

suspense

psychological thriller

indie film

trailer

Ryan Oksenberg

Director, Screenwriter, Editor

Dedicated to the Lost Strings

4 years ago by Yuvraj Soi

music

art

Yuvraj Soi

Filmmaker

120

Quentin Tarantino and Inglorious Basterds

2 years ago by Tom Gleason

Quentin Tarantino

Tom Gleason

Writer

285

2020 Feature & TV-Pilot Semi-Finalists!

4 months ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

825

Andrea Mitchell

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER online and mobile Interactive Content

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

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Anyone need research done?

4 years ago by Ty

research

Ty 74

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera - Short Film Thoughts

6 years ago by Ben Meredith

Ben Meredith

Cinematographer/Filmmaker

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Gear For Sale (Nashville, Willing to Drive the gear to you!)

4 years ago by Nick Friend

Nick Friend

Cinematographer and YouTuber

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

1202

Call For Entries: CineYouth Chicago International Film Festival 2015

6 years ago by CineYouth Film Festival 2015

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Shore Scripts Announce 2017 Screenwriting Contest Winners!

3 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

825

Screenwriting

1 year ago by Marcos Cotlar

Single location

short horror films

Marcos Cotlar

Production Assistant

176

Shore takes Winning Screenwriter to Blumhouse

3 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

825

What ND Filter is That

3 years ago by Arsh DSJ

Arsh DSJ

Director Editor Producer

267

Why didn't my Doritos ad make it past the semifinalists round?

6 years ago by Dallin Wells

Dallin Wells

Director/Producer/Editor/Writer/DP/Actor

276

2018 Short Film Fund FINAL Deadline 2nd MAY

3 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

825

Making a Short Film-

4 years ago by Dilip Suthar

short film

script

Dilip Suthar

Editor and Cinematographer

199

STUDENT FILM NEEDS YOUR HELP!

6 years ago by Iria Enahoro

Iria Enahoro

Student: Producer and Screenwriter

169

My writing and after effects will be better than the cameras I'll be using.

6 years ago by Blake Alan Mihavics

after effects

camera quality

tips and tricks

Blake Alan Mihavics

Writer, director, editor

How do you get into filmmaking as a beginner?

4 years ago by Machaela Cassidy

Machaela Cassidy 86