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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

10 Tips for Pulling Together Your Shorts on a Tight Timeframe

4 years ago by Lauretta Prevost

Lauretta Prevost

A Western in Las Vegas with No Money: Robert Scott Wildes on His Debut Feature 'Poor Boy'

4 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

Why a Filmmaker Turned The Camera on Her Family for Her Latest Narrative Feature

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

How Gus Van Sant's Latest Film Tells Five Periods of a Life at Once

4 years ago by Max Winter

Gus Van Sant

interviews

Max Winter

Have a Great Idea for a TV Show? ScreenCraft Wants to Hear It

4 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

Humanity Through Animation: Director Alexandre Espigares on Netflix's 'White Fang'

4 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

'Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives' Director Tom McLoughlin on How Comedy Can Produce Great Horror

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

How a Filmmaker Found a B-Movie Aesthetic to Draw Light to Violence in the Philippines

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Dean Colin Marcial

Manila Death Squad

borscht film festival

Erik Luers

Collaboration & Creativity For All: Celebrating 10 Years of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective

4 years ago by Alex Mallis

Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective

collective

directing

screenwriting

Alex Mallis

4 Takeaways From Director Tim Robbins on Creativity Behind and In Front of the Camera

4 years ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Oakley Anderson-Moore

Watch: Stanley Kubrick Interprets the Ending of His '2001: A Space Odyssey'

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

'Sharp Objects': DP Yves Bélanger on Letting Available Light and the Subject Shape Your Cinematography

4 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

Deus Ex Machina, the Laziest Way to Spoil Your Screenplay

4 years ago by V Renée

Deus Ex Machina

writing

Video Essay

V Renée

3 Things That Make Quentin Tarantino's Dialogue So Damn Good

4 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

Watch: How the Screenplay For 'Jurassic Park' Creates Conflict Amongst Its Characters

4 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

Here's How Two Filmmakers Made a Wildly Independent Western Comedy Shot on 16mm

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

Watch: How 'Fear and Loathing' Points Out the Cinematic Challenges of Adaptation

4 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

'Distorted' DP Mark Dobrescu on How Lighting and Locations Helped Visualize Paranoia

4 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

How DP Andrij Parekh Used Noir Lighting to Modernize 'The Catcher Was a Spy'

4 years ago by Max Winter

the catcher was a spy

Max Winter

CoverflyX Lets You Exchange Script Notes with Other Screenwriters for Free

4 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

Watch: 4 Ways 'The Babadook' Brilliantly Uses Classic Techniques to Create Suspense

4 years ago by Jason Boone

Jason Boone

How to Meld the Perfect Collaborative Atmosphere on Set

4 years ago by Jon Fusco

Jon Fusco

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Deciding your place in Film/videography

6 years ago by Dallin Wells

Dallin Wells

Director/Producer/Editor/Writer/DP/Actor

304

Boondock Saints' Troy Duffy: A Cautionary Hollywood Tale

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

606

How could a young filmmaker with no resources set up casting calls, hire crew, etc.

6 years ago by Alexander McGriff

Young Filmmakers

Alexander McGriff 74

The Revenant: Into the Madness - Documentary

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

606

Is Technicolor's 'Creative District' no more?

6 years ago by anthony fiorillo

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Need your Reviews about Short Film.

6 years ago by Taha

Taha 107

Need your Reviews about Short Film.

6 years ago by Taha

short film

learning film making

Taha 107

Have a moment to check our preproduction tool? Scriptwriting, Storyboarding, Casting and many more

6 years ago by MrLogline

MrLogline

Production Manager

What is the best storyline you've heard?

6 years ago by Johannes Karpe

10 Cloverfield Lane

Storyline

pitch

Johannes Karpe

Director

122

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

606

Securing the screenplay and finding actors

6 years ago by Fedi Bn

Fedi Bn 76

Robert McKee: FREE Master Class on the Craft of STORY

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

606

My student short film. Opinions?

6 years ago by Christopher Allen

Christopher Allen

Director/Creator/Cinematography

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

606

Canadian Indie Short Film Shooting On 35mm Film Needs Your Help!

6 years ago by Mack Calistan

Mack Calistan

Cinematographer

291

52 Shorts in 52 weeks

6 years ago by Ryan Thomas LaBee

Ryan Thomas LaBee

Writer/Director

The Shawshank Redemption - FilmLook

6 years ago by subhakar tikkireddy

Frank Darabont

Morgan Freeman

The Shwashank Redemption

FilmLook

subhakar tikkireddy

FilmMaker

132

What I Learnt From: The Hobbit (Trilogy)

6 years ago by Simon Parnham

The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R Tolkien

Peter Jackson

Simon Parnham

Scriptwriter & Director

Interactive Workshop: How to Make Meaningful Connections

6 years ago by John Matson

Meaningful Connections

Columbia Business School

John Matson

Sales and Marketing Manager

127

How to Write the Million Dollar Screenplay with August Rush writer Paul Castro

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

606

How do I get a job in the film industry?

6 years ago by Jayce Kolinski

Jobs in film industry

documentary

advice

Jayce Kolinski 282

How to Create Your Own Interactive Film

7 years ago by John Matson

Choose Your Own Adventure

John Matson

Sales and Marketing Manager

127

Filmmaking Motivation Speech for 2016 – Happy New Year!

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

606

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

606

The Power of Myth: Creating Star Wars’ Mythos with Joseph Campbell

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

The Power of Myth

Joseph campbell

Star Wars the force awakens

Star Wars

Star Wars Holiday Special

post production workflow

indie film

filmmaking

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

606

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

606

Lawrence Kasdan & J.J. Abrams: Screenwriting ‘The Force Awakens’

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Star Wars

Star Wars the force awakens

guerrilla film school

DVX100a

Final Cut Pro

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

606

"Best-Seller" Horror/Suspense Short Film

7 years ago by Matias Rispau

Matias Rispau

Director

178

Anyone Interested in Producing Bob Dylan's Stealing of James Damiano's Songs?

7 years ago by virtuefilms

James Damiano

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Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

606