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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

'The Yellow Birds': DP Daniel Landin on Creating Contrasting Visuals for Iraqi Desert and Virginia Mountains

4 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

Calling All Drama Queens! ScreenCraft's Drama Screenplay Contest Is Now Open

4 years ago by V Renée

screencraft

drama

Drama Screenplay Contest

V Renée

Watch: Don't Blame Rose for 'The Last Jedi', Blame Finn

4 years ago by Jon Fusco

Jon Fusco

'Hereditary': How Ari Aster Pushed His Horrifying Film 'As Dark As It Could Go'

4 years ago by Emily Buder

Emily Buder

5 Tips for Directors from Sidney Lumet

4 years ago by Romel Rodriguez

Romel Rodriguez

The Most Important Qualities You Need as a DP According to ‘13th’ Cinematographer Hans Charles

4 years ago by Liz Nord

Liz Nord

7 Basic Questions Your Screenplay Should Answer (And How 'The Last Jedi' Answers Them 3 Times)

4 years ago by V Renée

Star Wars The Last Jedi

The Last Jedi

writing

storytelling

V Renée

5 Steps for Transforming an OK Story to a Great One from a Pixar Story Supervisor

4 years ago by Randall Esulto

Randall Esulto

The Specific Methods Every Director Should Understand When Working with Actors

4 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

'Summer 1993': How to Shoot an Award-Winning Film About Your Own Life

4 years ago by Emily Buder

summer 1993

memoir

oscilloscope laboratories

in theaters

directing

Emily Buder

7 Painful Lessons Learned While Making My Thesis Film

4 years ago by Romel Rodriguez

Romel Rodriguez

Here's an Analogy for Filmmaking That Will Be Music to Your Ears

4 years ago by V Renée

music

filmmaking

V Renée

3 Steps to Writing Better Treatments for Music Videos

4 years ago by V Renée

Music Video

treatments

V Renée

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I want to go into the Industry to make movies, should I do it?

6 years ago by Zoltan Erdelyi

Zoltan Erdelyi

Director

STUDENT FILM NEEDS YOUR HELP!

7 years ago by Iria Enahoro

Iria Enahoro

Student: Producer and Screenwriter

169

New blog post - Microbudget Screenplay, Pt 2

7 years ago by Alex Richardson

Alex Richardson

Director

3766

2018 Short Film Fund FINAL Deadline 2nd MAY

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

878

Shore Scripts Screenwriting Contest Regular Deadline 31st July

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

878

Open source screenwriting?

8 years ago by David Komer

David Komer 198

Our 2018 Short Film Fund is NOW OPEN!

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

878

Interview: Oscar Nominee & Legendary Actor Robert Forster

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

659

Calling Directors - THE SHINY LIVESTREAM

2 years ago by Shiny Show

Shiny Show 326

[FILMSUMO.com] New Boards & Classifieds site for NFS users

6 years ago by Jordan Mederich

Jordan Mederich

Documentarian / Filmmaker

1183

Upgrade Time - 6D or GH4?

7 years ago by S M Sabir

S M Sabir

Filmmaker in MAKING :)

325

Crowdfunding Advice?

7 years ago by Trae Dukes

Trae Dukes

Entry Level

182

Our Judges have spoken!

5 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

878

How do I stir up interest in my film?

7 years ago by Avery Maycock

Avery Maycock

Writer, Director

149

How I Made Over $90,000 Selling my Short Film

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

guerrilla film school

DVX100a

Final Cut Pro

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

659

The Web Series Podcast

6 years ago by Robin Nyström

Robin Nyström

Blogger

Festival DISCOUNT

4 years ago by Aman Sharma

Aman Sharma

Film Producer & Entrepreneur

139

Shore Scripts Contest Final Deadline 31st August

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

878

Script based on news article

6 years ago by Arvi Ragu

screenwriting newspaper...

Arvi Ragu

Writer / director / editor

Where Are All The LA Film People?

8 years ago by Ian

Los Angeles

California

FilmLyfe

Ian 151

Shore Scripts Announce 2017 Screenwriting Contest Winners!

5 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

878

What're you working on?

7 years ago by David David

David David 1154

External Graphic Card Docking system, a solution for 4K on cheap/old PC?

7 years ago by S M Sabir

S M Sabir

Filmmaker in MAKING :)

325

Shore Scripts Announce 2016 Prize Winners

6 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

878

To Die For | Comedy Horror Short Film (2016)

5 years ago by BigShorts

BigShorts 160

Bun In The Oven (New Comedy Web Series) - Episode 2

7 years ago by Chris Weir

Chris Weir

Creator / writer / actor

208

Can My Reel Be a Short?

5 years ago by Zachary Lewis

Zachary Lewis

Cinematographer

219

2020 Fiction Podcast Contest | Early Deadline Nov. 15th

2 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

878

Making my first documentary film

4 years ago by Nick Alexander

Nick Alexander

Director, Director of Photography, Editor

183

Nathan Karimi

Writer/ Director

308