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How Many Scenes Are in a Movie?

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

how many scenes in a movie

Jason Hellerman

How Two First-Time Filmmakers Turned Their Lives Into the Year's Best Film

4 years ago by Emily Buder

The Last Black Man in San...

interview

Joe Talbot

Jimmie Fails

Emily Buder

Calculating Minutes Per Page of a Script? Here Are Some Helpful Tips

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How 'Hereditary' and 'The Babadook' Showcase the Horror of Family [Video]

4 years ago by Jo Light

Jo Light

The Twin Films Phenomenon and Why Hollywood Has You Seeing Double

4 years ago by Evan Littman

producing

Evan Littman

Download the 'Hateful Eight' Script PDF and Learn "Voice"

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Mastering the Comedy Genre in Movies and TV [w/ Examples]

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How to Write a Montage in a Script w/ Examples and Downloads

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Montage

montage theory

Screenwriting Lessons

how to write a montage

Jason Hellerman

What Are Bottle Episodes And Why Do Shows Have Them? [VIDEO]

4 years ago by Jo Light

Jo Light

What's "The Scorpion and the Frog" Fable and Why Do People Reference It?

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Scorpion and the Frog

Jason Hellerman

Writers and Agents Are Still Fighting. Here's What We Know

4 years ago by Evan Littman

Evan Littman

Why the Ending to TOY STORY 3 Is Perfect [VIDEO]

4 years ago by Evan Littman

Toy Story

Toy Story 4

screenwriting

Evan Littman

Download 'The Force Awakens' Script PDF

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

5 Instances of Terrible Writing Advice [w/Lessons from Each]

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

writing advice

bad advice

terrible writing advice

screenplay

screenwriting

Screenwriting Lessons

Jason Hellerman

Download the 'Star Wars' Script PDF And Build Your World

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What Can 'Mad Men' Teach Us About Screenwriting?

4 years ago by Evan Littman

Evan Littman

How to Win at Screenwriting Contests

4 years ago by Evan Littman

screenwriting

Nicholl Fellowships

Austin Film Festival

screenplay competition

Evan Littman

Explore The Adventure Genre in Film and TV

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

3 Ways to Use Conflict to Amp Up Your Script

4 years ago by Evan Littman

screenwriting

conflict

writing

Evan Littman

Read the 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' Script

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Download the 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' Script PDF

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Don’t Write For Free -- And If You Do, Remember These Rules

4 years ago by Evan Littman

screenwriting

free

Evan Littman

Download the Scream Script PDF to Learn the Fun of Killing Characters

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Does 'Barry' Have Better Fight Sequences Than 'Avengers: Endgame'? [Video]

4 years ago by Jo Light

Jo Light

Writers: Get Your Bills Paid! SoCreate Contest Extended!

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

screenwriting contests

SoCreate

Write Your Bills Away...

opportunities

Jason Hellerman

Learn to Write the Action Genre in Film and TV

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Read and Download the Juno Screenplay PDF by Diablo Cody

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Highland 2 Gets Revision Mode in Its Biggest Update Yet

4 years ago by V Renée

screenwriting software

V Renée

This Big Little Lies Clip Demonstrates How TV is Reinventing the Dinner Table Scene

4 years ago by Jo Light

Jo Light

What is Theme in Film and TV Screenwriting?

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

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A film movement that shook the world: Japanese New Wave

6 years ago by Nazia Nusrat Adnin

Nazia Nusrat Adnin

Director /Writer

316

How to Become a Screenwriter in Hollywood

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

how to become a screenwriter

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

394

High School Produced Full Length Film

6 years ago by Paul Amato

Paul Amato 197

The Tree of Life - Analysis

6 years ago by B.D. Sharples

B.D. Sharples

Cinematographer and Director

236

SINNER - a post-apocalyptic witch hunt with robots. Would you watch it?

6 years ago by Stash Capar

Sci Fi

Artificial Intelligence

Stash Capar

Film Director

Mr. Robot Script Analysis: Breakdown the Pilot Episode

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

script writing software

screenplay software

screenplay formatting software

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

394

Celtx vs. Final Draft

6 years ago by Wyatt E Otero

screenwriting

Final Draft

celtx

Wyatt E Otero 263

FilmRiot and DSLR Guide are a disgrace? Why hate CinematographyDatabase? (Rant)

6 years ago by Mark Miller

Mark Miller

Director

149

Script Writing Software: 5 Apps Better & CHEAPER Than Final Draft

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

script writing software

screenplay software

screenplay formatting software

Highland script writing software

Save the Cat Software

John August

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

394

UPDATE: On-Going FREE On-Line FILMMAKING WORKSHOP & INDIE COMMUNITY

6 years ago by Alex Molina

Alex Molina

Creative Director, MalaCom-UNATI (Actor/Filmmaker)

Difference in story - short/feature film

6 years ago by David David

David David 1193

How to show the future or flash forward in a film

6 years ago by blake kimball

blake kimball 74

Doug Richardson – Screenwriting Bad Boys, Die Hard 2 & Making It in Hollyweird

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

394

The Web Series Podcast

6 years ago by Robin Nyström

Robin Nyström

Blogger

103

Novel, Screenplay and Stage-Play; What's the difference?

6 years ago by Toby Garside

screenwriting

Toby Garside

Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Indie Filmmaker

274

Why Indie Filmmaking is Like Being in a Horrible Relationship

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

394

35+ OSCAR, BAFTA, Golden Globe, Cannes & Emmy Award Winning Judges

6 years ago by Justine Owens

screenwriting competitions film

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

802

Screenplays

6 years ago by Alan

Alan 282

On-Going FREE On-Line FILMMAKING WORKHOP & Indie Community

6 years ago by Alex Molina

Alex Molina

Creative Director, MalaCom-UNATI (Actor/Filmmaker)

My first film! 'Draft Eight' (10 min) A godlike short film about the regrets of wasting ones life. I'd love some feedback.

6 years ago by Chris Chalklen

Chris Chalklen

Writer/Director/Animator

111

Shore Scripts Final Submission Deadline Closes 31st August

6 years ago by Justine Owens

screenwriting competitions film

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

802

Suggested laptops for screenwriters?

6 years ago by Hailey Escobar

laptops

Hailey Escobar

Screenwriter

Made a short film, would appreciate critique.

6 years ago by Cedar Riley Nelson

Cedar Riley Nelson 80

Is this funny or not?

6 years ago by Kevin

Kevin 144

How to get an idea and make it a story and not to be scared

6 years ago by Ryan P, Brown

Ryan P, Brown 101

Getting inspired to go for it.

6 years ago by Ryan P, Brown

Ryan P, Brown 101

Just Announced: PARTICIPANT MEDIA & PIVOT TEAM WITH THE NYTVF for WORKS FOR PROGRESS

6 years ago by Emily Damron

Emily Damron

New York Television Festival

Educational Resources for Cinematographers and Filmmakers

6 years ago by Scott Oswald

Shanes Inner Cirlce

masterclass

Scott Oswald 179

What Filmmakers Can Do About the Diversity Problem in Hollywood

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Diversity Problem in Hollywood

filmmaking

filmmakers

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

394

It's good to be bad - 99 Solutions review

7 years ago by Zam Ded

Zam Ded

Creator