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Free Screenplays: 'Arrival' and 'Fences' Among Oscar-Hopeful Screenplays Now Available

5 years ago by Christopher Boone

Christopher Boone

Francis Ford Coppola's 'Godfather Notebook' is the Development Bible of Our Dreams

5 years ago by Sophia Harvey

the godfather notebook

pre-production

Sophia Harvey

7 Spaghetti Western Trademarks That Define Sergio Leone's Genius

5 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

The Courageous Email that Saved 'BoJack Horseman' Episode of the Year Candidate

5 years ago by Jon Fusco

bojack horseman

netflix

Jon Fusco

Watch: How to Hide Crucial Story Elements in Everyday Dialogue

5 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

Watch: How Important is it for Audiences to Trust Your Narrator?

5 years ago by Max Winter

me and earl and the dying girl

Video Essay

narration

Max Winter

Watch: What Spike Lee's 'Do the Right Thing' Can Teach You about Editing

5 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

Download 'Jackie,' 'Birth of a Nation' and More Oscar-Hopeful Screenplays for Free

5 years ago by Christopher Boone

the birth of a nation

Nocturnal Animals

A Monster Calls

elle

Christopher Boone

Struggling on Your Screenplay Rewrite? Try the 'Coffee Filter' Method

5 years ago by V Renée

writing

writing process

V Renée

Write Characters with Room for Actors: Wayne Roberts and Christopher Abbott on 'Katie Says Goodbye' [PODCAST]

5 years ago by Jon Fusco

Jon Fusco

'The Love Witch': If You Aren't Using Style as Substance, You're Doing it Wrong

5 years ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

The Love Witch

Anna Biller

oscilloscope laboratories

35mm

Oakley Anderson-Moore

Read 20 Oscar-Hopeful Screenplays: 'Loving,' 'Manchester by the Sea,' and More

5 years ago by Christopher Boone

Loving

Manchester by the Sea

The Girl on the Train

Christopher Boone

How 'Arrival' Screenwriter Eric Heisserer Transformed a Short Story into a Blockbuster Event

5 years ago by Jon Fusco

Jon Fusco

Aaron Sorkin's Post-Election Letter to Daughter: 'We'll F*cking Fight'

5 years ago by Emily Buder

Emily Buder

How Do Disney and Pixar Come Up with Those Ingenious Stories? Through Research & Development

5 years ago by Christopher Boone

Christopher Boone

Watch: 'The Incredibles' Director Brad Bird Shows Why Animation is So Much More Than Just a Genre

5 years ago by Jon Fusco

Jon Fusco

7 Screenwriting Truth Bombs from Dan Harmon, Radical Creator of 'Community' and 'Rick and Morty'

5 years ago by Jon Fusco

Jon Fusco

3 Things You Can Learn from Quentin Tarantino's Talk at Adobe Max

5 years ago by Justin Morrow

Quentin Tarantino

adobe max

Justin Morrow

Why We Didn't Wait for a Festival Premiere to Release Our Feature

5 years ago by Christopher Boone

Christopher Boone

Watch: 'The Shining Forwards and Backwards' Makes a Return to the Internet—in HD

5 years ago by Jon Fusco

Jon Fusco

Everything You Need to Know to Be a Horror Auteur

5 years ago by Jon Fusco

halloween

horror

superpost

Jon Fusco

This Supercut Takes You Through the Hero's Journey of over 50 Iconic Films

5 years ago by V Renée

supercut

herosjourney

storytelling

V Renée

Watch: How Filmmakers Make Emotions Visual

5 years ago by V Renée

psychology

composition

framing

V Renée

12 Pieces of Filmmaking Advice for All of You Youngin' Filmmakers

5 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

What Are the Real Mechanics of Getting Words on the Page for Your Script?

5 years ago by Scout Tafoya

NYFF

nyff 2016

Jean-Christophe Castelli

mike mills

Rebecca Miller

Scout Tafoya

Ditch the Whiteboard: Here's an Online Real-Time Story Mapping Tool for Your Screenplay

5 years ago by Christopher Boone

Christopher Boone

Watch: Learn Character Development from 'The Graduate,' the Film that Does it Best

5 years ago by Max Winter

Video Essay

The Graduate

character

character development

screenwriting

Max Winter

Meet Hollywood's Top 100 'Young and Hungry' New Writers

5 years ago by Emily Buder

Screenwriter

television writer

scripts

Emily Buder

Can Learning How to Tell Good Anecdotes Help You Be a Better Screenwriter?

5 years ago by V Renée

storytelling

loglines

V Renée

'The Rehearsal': Alison Maclean on What a Film Can Do That a Book Can't

5 years ago by Jon Fusco

Jon Fusco

Pages

Diverse Filmmaker Micro-Grant! $2K Unrestricted Production Funding

1 month ago by James Parker

James Parker

Director / Cinematographer

Best DVD Commentaries

7 years ago by Daniel Blumensev

Daniel Blumensev

Director / DP / Editor

Short courses, to support your self learning, as an alternative to Film degree!

7 years ago by Richard Duriez

Richard Duriez

Course Manager

Seeking Young, STUDENT FILM MAKERS for MUSIC VIDEO Collaboration Projects

6 years ago by Jay Shan

Music Video

Student Film Makers

film students

Collaboration Projects

Jay Shan

In the Music Industry

108

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

7 years ago by Ethan Proia

Ethan Proia

Cinematographer | Freelance Filmmaker

How do you show repetition in a movie without actually repeating stuff?

7 years ago by Sathyaish Chakravarthy

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Shot listing and desgining

6 years ago by Nathaniel Moody

script. Shots. planning....

Nathaniel Moody

Student film maker

173

mac pro choice

4 years ago by Shane Lee

Shane Lee

filmmaker

Screen Forward Conversations

7 years ago by John Matson

Brinkman

UCB

screenwriting

Screen Forward Conversations

John Matson

Sales and Marketing Manager

160

How to Write a Screenplay...FAST!

5 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

1251

How do you write an article for No Film School?

2 years ago by Tom Gleason

Tom Gleason

Writer

171

The Art of the Storyboard

6 years ago by Lorenzo Morgan Jr.

Lorenzo Morgan Jr.

Chief Creator

142

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

5 years ago by Mark Miller

Mark Miller

Director

180

Junkyard Hounds

3 years ago by Joao Ribeiro

Joao Ribeiro 37

Mr. Robot Script Analysis: Breakdown the Pilot Episode

5 years ago by Alex Ferrari

script writing software

screenplay software

screenplay formatting software

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

1251

What is Auteur Theory and Why Is It Important?

5 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Auteur Theory

film director

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

1251

Done is always better than perfect | Regular Deadline | Sept 30th

2 months ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

778

Daniel Shar

Writer/Director

390

Regular Deadline Closes July 31st!

4 months ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

778

Top 10 Indie Filmmaking Podcast Episodes

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

1251

Who is the best director in the past 60 years?

2 years ago by Tom Gleason

Tom Gleason

Writer

171

Oscar® Winner Charlie Kaufman: Screenwriting Master Class

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

1251

NEW Comic Book Shop / Web Series - COMEDY

5 years ago by Donovan Vim Crony

Donovan Vim Crony

Director, DP, Editor, VFX, Sci-Fi Lover

556

How to Get Yourself or Your Film Listed on IMDB

5 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

1251

I've got a script. What now...?

5 years ago by Nick Friend

Nick Friend

Cinematographer and YouTuber

Announcing Our 2021 Spring Short Film Fund Winners

6 months ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

778

Jason Buff

Teacher at IFA.

131

How to Make Terrifying Horror Films

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

1251

This Game Will Make You Write A Screenplay

1 year ago by William Long

William Long

Film Editor

Have a comedy pilot script? You can submit!

6 years ago by Emily Damron

Emily Damron

New York Television Festival