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4 Lessons on Being a First-Time Director from a First-Time Director

3 months ago by Guest Author

Guest Author

What Should Be In Every Scene You Write?

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

'Raging Bull' and the Glory of the Unlikable Protagonist

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How Director Joe Marcantonio Captured the Thrilling Complexities of 'Kindred'

3 months ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

How to Format a Screenplay: What Matters and What Doesn't?

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How Did 'Heat' Inspire Nolan to Make Gotham a Character in 'The Dark Knight'?

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

3 Lessons from the 'Planes, Trains, and Automobiles' Screenplay PDF (Free Download)

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

We Think You Can Ignore This Screenwriting Advice

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What the Tortoise and the Hare Can Teach You About Your Filmmaking Career

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Tortoise and the Hare

career advice

Jason Hellerman

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How Did a Chance Encounter Lead to a Legendary Kubrick Character?

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How The 'Twin Peaks' Pilot Changed Television (Free Script Download)

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How Does 'The Queen's Gambit' Create Conflict Without Words?

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Read and Download the 'Coco' Script PDF

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How 'Eternal Sunshine' Completely Obliterates Your Expectations of Rom-Coms

4 months ago by Alyssa Miller

Sci Fi

rom com

eternal sunshine of the...

manic pixie dream girl

genre bending

mise en scene

genre

Alyssa Miller

Was Walter White a Cannibal?

4 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Why Does 'The Exorcist' Have Such a Conservative Ending?

4 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

'Toy Story 4' Is Actually the Perfect Ending to Woody's Saga. Here's Why

4 months ago by Jasmyne Bell

Toy Story

pixar

storytelling

character development

Jasmyne Bell

How to Write Like a Sculptor

4 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Defining The Thriller Genre in Movies and TV

4 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Aaron Sorkin Takes to Twitter to Answer Your Burning Screenwriting Questions

4 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Forget the Gimmicks, Screenwriting is Just Telling a Story

4 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How Does Ricky Gervais Tell a Compelling Story?

4 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

If 2020 Were A Hollywood Screenplay, How Would it End?

4 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How Did 'Mank' Give Fincher 'Alien 3' PTSD?

4 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

The Black List and Google Want to Pay You $20K to Work on Your Screenplay

4 months ago by Jason Hellerman

screenwriting fellowship

screenwriting mentorship

screenwriting

The Black List

fellowships

Jason Hellerman

How 'Sneakers' Became a Cult Heist Hit

4 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

State of Horror: 'Blair Witch' Co-Director Talks Tech, Terror, and Tomorrow's Filmmaking Landscape

4 months ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

This is Why You Think ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ is Absolutely Terrifying

4 months ago by Alyssa Miller

The Haunting of Hill House

Alyssa Miller

A Genre Examination of Psychological Horror Movies and TV Shows

4 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

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6 years ago by Liam Martin

Liam Martin

DP, editor, part time director

1360

Is it better to make a Short Film in your Native language for film festivals across the world or we should prefer English?

6 years ago by Akshay Asthana

Akshay Asthana

Writer, Director, Cinematographer and Editor

Internship in Europe - 2015

6 years ago by Maria Sécio

Maria Sécio

film student

Fusion for Mac

6 years ago by Ragüel Cremades

Ragüel Cremades

Film producer and director

8581

Screenwriting technique - character reveal

6 years ago by Daniel Falcon

Daniel Falcon

Director, VFX artist

319

URGENT- Does anybody speak Spanish?

6 years ago by Kazi Zaman

Kazi Zaman

Cinematographer

What are these in-between shots called?

6 years ago by Sathyaish Chakravarthy

terminology

Sathyaish Chakravarthy 230

Know of a solid storyboarding app?

6 years ago by Jake the film guy Keenum

Jake the film guy Keenum

Filmmaker

2435

Ideas for a Short Film

6 years ago by Kyri Saphiris

Kyri Saphiris

Filmmaker

445

Screenplay writing software

6 years ago by Ritambhara Agrawal

screenplay

software

mac

Ritambhara Agrawal

Aspiring filmmaker and writer

101

The 5 (or maybe 1) things you MUST know before making your first GOOD indie film

6 years ago by Richard C. Bailey

indie film

filmmaking

Richard C. Bailey

Actor/Writer/Director

What do you think of our $150 Holocaust Short?

6 years ago by Jordan Mederich

Jordan Mederich

Documentarian / Filmmaker

1097

What do you think of our $150 Holocaust Short?

6 years ago by Jordan Mederich

Jordan Mederich

Documentarian / Filmmaker

1097

How should I start the distribution of my web series?

6 years ago by Oscar Illingworth

web series distribution

Oscar Illingworth 81

IMDB: it's possible be in the database without paying each month?

6 years ago by Ragüel Cremades

Ragüel Cremades

Film producer and director

8581

Tips on Pre-Production for 16mm short film

6 years ago by Faust

Faust

Director

Music Video !

6 years ago by Adhurim

Adhurim

DOP

which books are good to read for filmmakers?

6 years ago by Tsering Lodoe

Tsering Lodoe 173

Story structure

6 years ago by Michelle Stuart

Robert McKee

Michelle Stuart

Screenwriter

166

best screenwriting software?

6 years ago by Michelle Stuart

screenwriting software

Michelle Stuart

Screenwriter

166

amateur filmmaker seeks down to the bones advice

6 years ago by Michelle Stuart

FILM VIRGIN

Michelle Stuart

Screenwriter

166

how do you manage your research bits and pieces prior to scriptwriting?

6 years ago by markus

markus 74

Original Screenplay: Submit to Contest or Try to Sell Them?

6 years ago by Xavier Miles

Xavier Miles

Director | Writer

Where Are All The LA Film People?

6 years ago by Ian

Los Angeles

California

FilmLyfe

Ian 165

Money for camera or writing?

6 years ago by Johnny Sari

writing

Johnny Sari 95

GoPro 4K and other stuff. What do you think about the upgrades?

6 years ago by Ragüel Cremades

Ragüel Cremades

Film producer and director

8581

Not getting a story idea

6 years ago by Tsering Lodoe

Tsering Lodoe 173

Everytime - a new collaboration app for filmmakers

6 years ago by Guillaume Fradin

Guillaume Fradin

visual effects artist / director / entrepreneur

How to upload my short film at nofilmschools board?

6 years ago by Tsering Lodoe

Tsering Lodoe 173

Technical Screenplay

6 years ago by R A

Screen writing

directing

R A

Indie Film Maker