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Watch: How to Visualize Comedy with the Premiere of Web Series 'Ching Chong Blues'

4 years ago by Joshua Fu

Joshua Fu

Rickshaw to Hollywood

directing

series

Joshua Fu

From Short to Feature (and a Sustainable Career): Director Reinaldo Marcus Green on 'Monsters and Men'

4 years ago by Erik Luers

reinaldo marcus green

Erik Luers

'If You Don't Cut, You're Just Being Lazy': 'White Rabbit' Star Vivian Bang on How to Cut Down Your Feature

4 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

Get 365 Days of Screenwriting Master Classes for Only $25, Thanks to Scriptnotes

4 years ago by Christopher Boone

Christopher Boone

Final Draft 11 Offers New Capabilities Ready to Take You from Script to Screen

4 years ago by Sponsored Content

Final Draft 11

screenwriting

Sponsored Content

How to Know When to Take Risks in Adapting a Popular Novel: Paul Weitz on 'Bel Canto'

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

A Massive List of Fall 2018 Grants All Filmmakers Should Know About

4 years ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

sundance institute

tribeca film institute

pare lorentz

international documentary...

Oakley Anderson-Moore

Watch: Why 'Chinatown' is Considered One of the Greatest Screenplays of All Time

4 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

Watch: How 'No Country for Old Men' Successfully Defies Narrative Expectation

4 years ago by Justin Morrow

No Country for Old Men

Justin Morrow

Pulling Double Duty: Brittany Allen on Serving as Actor and Composer on 'What Keeps You Alive'

4 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

A Few Tips on Creating a Tribe of Constructive Filmmakers

4 years ago by V Renée

community

collaboration

Team Building

V Renée

3 Ways to Establish Visual Rhythm in Your Film

4 years ago by V Renée

visual rhythm

rhythm

pacing

V Renée

Watch: What 'Seven Samurai' Teaches Screenwriters About Story and Structure

4 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

Watch: Here's How to End a Movie, Coen Brothers Style

4 years ago by Justin Morrow

Coen brothers

No Country for Old Men

fargo

videos

screenwriting

Justin Morrow

'Juliet, Naked': How Adapting a Famous Novel was Like Solving a Puzzle for Its Screenwriter

4 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

‘A Prayer Before Dawn’ DP David Ungaro on Shooting Fight Scenes Up Close

4 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

Watch: What Role Does a MacGuffin Serve?

4 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

Watch: Everything You Need to Know About the Bechdel Test in Five Minutes

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

How to Find the Right Story For Your Documentary

4 years ago by Rachel Elizabeth Seed

Sandi Tan

Tim Wardle

Three Identical Strangers

Shirkers

sheffield doc fest

Rachel Elizabeth Seed

Not a Trick Question: What Do 'Boogie Nights' and 'Goodfellas' Have in Common?

4 years ago by Justin Morrow

goodfellas

Boogie Nights

Video Essay

Justin Morrow

'Where We Reigned': Terence Nance on His HBO Series, 'Random Acts of Flyness'

4 years ago by Scout Tafoya

production

Terence Nance

Random Acts of Flyness

Madvillain

HBO

BlackStar film festival

interview

interviews

Scout Tafoya

Watch: The First Episode of 'Random Acts of Flyness' Teaches the Art of Collaboration

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Terence Nance

Random Acts of Flyness

Erik Luers

Watch: The Secret to the Success of 'Mission Impossible' is Not Just Tom Cruise's Stunts

4 years ago by Justin Morrow

mission impossible

lessons from the screenplay

Justin Morrow

Get Mentored by Screenwriting Professionals at the 2019 Middlebury Script Lab

4 years ago by Erik Luers

screenwriting

Call for Entries

submission

middlebury script lab

Erik Luers

Why 'Nico, 1988' Used 50-Year-Old 8mm Footage from Jonas Mekas in a Fictionalized Biopic

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

Want to Make a Profitable Movie? Turn Toward Science

4 years ago by Jon Fusco

Jon Fusco

7 Tips That Will Help Make You a More Productive Filmmaker

4 years ago by V Renée

productivity

V Renée

How Laurel Parmet Learned to Master Directing Teens in Her Two Award-Winning Films

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Laurel Parmet

Kira Burning

short film

Museum of the Modern Art

nobudge

directing

cinematogaphy

Erik Luers

'Never Goin' Back': How A New Director Made the Ultimate 21st Century Stoner Comedy

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

'Night Comes On': Jordana Spiro on What to Remember When Making Your First Feature

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

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Shore Scripts Announce 2016 Quarter Finalists

6 years ago by Justine Owens

screenwriting competitions film

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

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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 59

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

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

594

Will a BlackMagic Cinema Camera get the job done?

6 years ago by Jackson Flowers

Jackson Flowers

Director of Photography/ Director/ Actor

232

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

232

Started my carreer in filmmaking, what now?

6 years ago by Alejandro Badillo

Alejandro Badillo

Music Producer, Actor, Screenwriter

149

Best websites to get screenwriting jobs?

6 years ago by D. Robards

D. Robards 167

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

594

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 Prakash

Arjun Prakash

Founder of Parikkara, Documentary and Portrait photographer

239

Ideas for production company name?

6 years ago by borkes

production company name

borkes

Director / Writer

155

5 Ways to Use Momentum to Make Your Second Indie Film

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

screenwriting software

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

594

Monthly Film Fund HORROR SPECIAL

6 years ago by Monthly Film Fund

Short Film Funding

Monthly Film Fund

Short Film Funding Organisation

How to Write a Screenplay That Really Sells

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

how to become a screenwriter

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

594

How Mumblecore Films Are Changing the Hollywood Landscape

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

594

The Monthly Film Fund

6 years ago by Monthly Film Fund

Funding For Short Films

Monthly Film Fund

Short Film Funding Organisation

MacGuffin: What are they?

6 years ago by Nazia Nusrat Adnin

Nazia Nusrat Adnin

Director /Writer

337

A film movement that shook the world: Japanese New Wave

6 years ago by Nazia Nusrat Adnin

Nazia Nusrat Adnin

Director /Writer

337

How to Become a Screenwriter in Hollywood

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

how to become a screenwriter

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

594

High School Produced Full Length Film

6 years ago by Paul Amato

Paul Amato 39

The Tree of Life - Analysis

6 years ago by B.D. Sharples

B.D. Sharples

Cinematographer and Director

229

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

594

Celtx vs. Final Draft

6 years ago by Wyatt E Otero

screenwriting

Final Draft

celtx

Wyatt E Otero 249

How to Write a Screenplay...FAST!

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

script writing software

screenplay software

screenplay formatting software

Highland script writing software

Save the Cat Software

Jeff Bollow

Fast Screenplay

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

594

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

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