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Watch: How Aaron Sorkin Creates Compelling Characters

4 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

The 11 Best Screenwriting Software Solutions (with FREE Options) for 2021

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Screenwriter

screenwriting

screenwriting software

Free Screenwriting Software

scriptwriting software

screenwriting programs

Jason Hellerman

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

Pages

My first short film, "Familiarly Alien"

7 years ago by Caspar Kerr

Caspar Kerr

Enthusiast

121

A tutorial on screenwriting

7 years ago by Yves Lavandier

Screenwriter

Yves Lavandier

screenwriter, director and script doctor

142

A tutorial on screenwriting

7 years ago by Yves Lavandier

Screenwriter

Yves Lavandier

screenwriter, director and script doctor

142

Coming Up With A Short?

7 years ago by Craig Walkine

Craig Walkine

Video Editor

Online critiquing?

7 years ago by Craig Walkine

Craig Walkine

Video Editor

Has anyone the Screenplay from Fast & Furious 7?

7 years ago by Jonas Dietze

Chris Morgan

Jonas Dietze

Directer of Photography

Screen Forward Conversations

7 years ago by John Matson

Brickman

UCB

screenwriting

Screen Forward Conversations

transmedia

Multi-platform content

filmmaking

John Matson

Sales and Marketing Manager

148

Screen Forward Conversations

7 years ago by John Matson

Brinkman

UCB

screenwriting

Screen Forward Conversations

John Matson

Sales and Marketing Manager

148

5 Reasons why No One is Watching Your Films (And Mine)

7 years ago by Bennett Johnson

Bennett Johnson

Director

Beat sheet or not to beat sheet?

7 years ago by Kenneth Scrues

Screenwriting Writing process

script

Kenneth Scrues

Screenwriter/Producer/Director

Why don't filmmakers understand statistics?

7 years ago by Jonathan Krimer

feature films

screenwriting

indy

independent filmmaking

Jonathan Krimer

Founder of WritersandFilmmakers.com

Posters and Royalties: Legal Problems?

7 years ago by Andreas Beissel

Legal rights producing set...

Andreas Beissel

THE DECISIVE GUIDE - Directors / Films to Study? *Please help! Opinions wanted!*

7 years ago by Ethan Proia

Ethan Proia

Cinematographer | Freelance Filmmaker

Making a no budget mockumentary

7 years ago by Nero R mercer

Nero R mercer 81

Licensing/Rights Issues when adapting literature

7 years ago by Simon Reichel

Simon Reichel

Director & Editor

149

Stage 32, Get one

7 years ago by alice chen

Stage 32

Richard Botto

alice chen

Student

DON'T. STOP. RUNNING - new blog post - rehearsals

7 years ago by Alex Richardson

Alex Richardson

Director

3773

How much character development for short film?

7 years ago by George Watkins

George Watkins

Writer/Director

154

Using a shot from Nosferatu

7 years ago by Alejandro

Alejandro

Filmmaker

175

What's Your Favorite Digital Cinema Camera?

7 years ago by Hovig Kazandjian

Hovig Kazandjian

Writer, Director

521

How do you post an article on here?

7 years ago by Jeff M.

Jeff M.

Director/Writer/Editor/Cinematographer

162

What do festival shorts programmers really want?

7 years ago by Jon Mills

shorts

festivals

filmmaking

Jon Mills

Filmmaker

822

Public Domain Scripts

7 years ago by Cameron Stow

Cameron Stow

Filmmaker / Student

Do dialogue count as beats?

7 years ago by Daniel Neo

Daniel Neo 102

"UNBROKEN" Script (anybody have it?)

7 years ago by SKY MILLER

SKY MILLER

WRITER

What is the structure of pre production workflow ?

7 years ago by ali ata akel

production budget list

ali ata akel

Filmmaker, Editor, Cinematographer, Animation

Contract with writer (not screenplay creator)

7 years ago by Nestor Chornovus

#screenwriting #filmmaking

Nestor Chornovus 62

Adapting novel or play to the screen

7 years ago by vishu

vishu

screenwriter

104

Documentary scenario

7 years ago by Klaas-Thijs Postma

documentary

Scenario

screenwriting

Klaas-Thijs Postma

Producer / Editor / Mediamanager

113

Writing a script with a partner/co-author?

7 years ago by Joseph Fouts

Joseph Fouts

Director, Producer, Writer, Editor.