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You Can Learn A Lot Watching Martin Scorsese Shoot 'King of Comedy'

4 years ago by Phil Pirrello

Phil Pirrello

What's the True Meaning Behind 'The Terminator' and 'Aliens?'

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Check Out The Bitter Script Reader's Spec Database

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Spec Script

Screenwriting tips

writing

The Bitter Script Reader

Jason Hellerman

What Does the Feather Mean in 'Forrest Gump'?

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How to Write a Marvel Film From Start to Finish

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

4 Lessons from Eric Heisserer on Writing Science Fiction

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

4 Filmmaking Tips from 'It' Director Andy Muschietti

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Get Paid By Universal For a Year to Write Two Feature Films (Oct 1st, 2019 Deadline)

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

universal

grants

contest

Jason Hellerman

An Essential Back-to-School Shopping List for Filmmakers

4 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

75 Scene Writing Prompts to Supercharge Your Creative Output and Scenes

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

writing advice

writing prompts

story ideas

Jason Hellerman

3 Scriptcat Screenwriting Tips That'll Help Inspire You

4 years ago by Evan Littman

Evan Littman

Learn From the Changes Between First Draft and Final Draft in Lulu Wang's The Farewell

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

5 Tips on How Christopher Nolan Wrote the Joker and 'The Dark Knight'

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What the Final 'Joker' Trailer Can Teach You About Originality and Homage

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

5 Ways You Can Break into the Film Industry

4 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

Analyzing Jim and Pam From 'The Office': Will They or Won't They?

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

WGA Minimums: How Much Should You Get Paid for Your Script?

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

wga

WGA minimums

WGA schedule of minimums

screenwriting

contract

Jason Hellerman

Why Your First 10 Screenplay Pages Matter the Most

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Five Writing Lessons from 'The Simpsons'

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

The Simpsons

tv writer

TV writing

Screenwriting Lessons

screenwriting advice

animation

Jason Hellerman

How You Should Develop Short-Form Projects for Places Like Quibi

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Taika Waititi In Talks to Star In James Gunn’s ‘Suicide Squad’

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How Jim and Dwight From 'The Office' Can Make Your Scripts Better

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

'Rambo First Blood Part II': A Lesson in “Earning” the Action

4 years ago by Jourdan Aldredge

Jourdan Aldredge

How Teenagers In Nigeria Are Making Big Movies With Smartphones

4 years ago by James DeRuvo

James DeRuvo

4 Things Denis Villeneuve Can Teach You About Directing

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

58 'Kill Bill' Easter Eggs You (Probably) Missed

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

kill bill

Quentin Tarantino

Jason Hellerman

4 Great Directing Tips You Can Learn From 'No Country For Old Men'

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

No Country for Old Men

The Coen Brothers

directing

directing tips

Jason Hellerman

HBO's 'Succession' Will Change How You Shoot and Edit

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

'The Mandalorian' Release Date, Badass New Poster Revealed

4 years ago by Phil Pirrello

Star Wars

The Mandalorian

disney

Phil Pirrello

Why You Should Stop Writing Query Letters

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

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Shore Scripts Announce 2016 Winners

6 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

819

How to start?

6 years ago by Joey Rice

Joey Rice 74

Max Landis: How This Screenwriter is Disrupting Hollywood

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

493

Is the opening of True Detective the best ten minutes of TV ever?

6 years ago by Ted Wilkes

Ted Wilkes 52

Shore Scripts Announce 2016 Semi Finalists

6 years ago by Justine Owens

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Justine Owens

Director of Contests

819

Any recommendations for story outlining tools?

6 years ago by Susan Wright

Susan Wright

Producer

Quentin Tarantino’s Unreleased Feature Film: My Best Friend’s Birthday

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Quentin Tarantino

My Best Friend’s Birthday

filmmaking

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

493

Short Film

6 years ago by Yuvraj Soi

documentry

Yuvraj Soi

Filmmaker

113

How do you assign monetary value to a screenplay?

6 years ago by Josh Egel

#screenwriter #script #money ...

Josh Egel 157

Shore Scripts Announce 2016 Quarter Finalists

6 years ago by Justine Owens

screenwriting competitions film

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

819

Screenplays ,How to get it across

6 years ago by Melvin Alex

Melvin Alex

Writer

Why are First Ten Pages of BREAKING BAD'S Screenplay so Important?

6 years ago by Ted Wilkes

Ted Wilkes 52

Screenplays: FREE Download 2017 Oscar Contenders + Over 60 More Film Scripts

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

493

Will a BlackMagic Cinema Camera get the job done?

6 years ago by Jackson Flowers

Jackson Flowers

Director of Photography/ Director/ Actor

267

Narrowing down on a Cinema Camera, NFS can you help steer me in a right direction?

6 years ago by Jackson Flowers

Jackson Flowers

Director of Photography/ Director/ Actor

267

Started my carreer in filmmaking, what now?

6 years ago by Alejandro Badillo

Alejandro Badillo

Music Producer, Actor, Screenwriter

142

Best websites to get screenwriting jobs?

6 years ago by D. Robards

D. Robards 188

Required team of highly enthusiastic indie filmmakers from around the world for an upcoming project.

6 years ago by Vinit Kadu

job indie film shortfilm...

Vinit Kadu

Editor, Colorist , VFx , Motion Graphics and Graphics

I've got a script. What now...?

6 years ago by Nick Friend

Nick Friend

Cinematographer and YouTuber

John Milius: The Craziest Writer/Director in Hollywood?

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

film script. film director

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

493

How do you check a screenwriter's credentials if his experience has been ghostwriting?

6 years ago by C Zimmermann

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A huge list of questions from a budding film maker (numbered and categorized)

6 years ago by Arjun.P

Arjun.P

Founder of The Parikkara Foundation and Photographer

232

Ideas for production company name?

6 years ago by borkes

production company name

borkes

Director / Writer

140

5 Ways to Use Momentum to Make Your Second Indie Film

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

screenwriting software

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

493

Monthly Film Fund HORROR SPECIAL

6 years ago by Monthly Film Fund

Short Film Funding

Monthly Film Fund

Short Film Funding Organisation

How to Get Yourself or Your Film Listed on IMDB

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

493

How to Write a Screenplay That Really Sells

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

how to become a screenwriter

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

493

The Monthly Film Fund

7 years ago by Monthly Film Fund

Funding For Short Films

Monthly Film Fund

Short Film Funding Organisation

MacGuffin: What are they?

7 years ago by Nazia Nusrat Adnin

Nazia Nusrat Adnin

Director /Writer

323

A film movement that shook the world: Japanese New Wave

7 years ago by Nazia Nusrat Adnin

Nazia Nusrat Adnin

Director /Writer

323