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What Paddy Chayefsky's Notes on 'Network' Teach Us about 'Parenting' a Screenplay

4 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

'Song of Back and Neck': Emmy Winner Paul Lieberstein on Budgeting for Your First Feature

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

Understanding Dan Harmon's Story Circle Through the Lens of 'The Dark Knight'

4 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

‘Neurotic Quest for Serenity’: Creating a Comedy that Drops Apatow Off in OCD Hell

4 years ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

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Neurotic Quest for Serenity

Paulinho Caruso

Teodoro Poppovic

Oakley Anderson-Moore

How to Get Over the 'It's Been Done Before' Mentality

4 years ago by V Renée

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inspiration

V Renée

Here's Your Chance to Receive $25,000 Toward Making a Feature-Length Horror Film

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

How Do You Pitch Your Film and Find Financing? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 4]

4 years ago by Ryan Koo

Ryan Koo

Apps That Will Help You Write Screenplays More Efficiently

4 years ago by V Renée

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inspiration

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V Renée

Watch: How to Effectively Use a Smartphone in Your Movie

4 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

'Wildling' Director Fritz Böhm on How You Can Humanize Dark Fairy Tales

4 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

Director Brad Silberling on How to Ace Production Design and Character Accents

4 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

How Do You Become a Screenwriter? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 3]

4 years ago by Ryan Koo

Ryan Koo

Watch: 5 Mistakes You Typically See in Student Films (and How to Fix Them)

4 years ago by V Renée

mistakes

Student Film

V Renée

Watch: How to Write a Tragicomedy Like the Coen Brothers

4 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

How Do You Turn a Short into a Feature? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 2]

4 years ago by Ryan Koo

Ryan Koo

What Can Guillermo del Toro Teach Us About Worldbuilding?

4 years ago by V Renée

Guillermo Del Toro

the shape of water

world building

V Renée

'The Guilty': The Pulse-Pounding Crime Thriller Set on One Side of a Phone Call

4 years ago by Emily Buder

Emily Buder

'I Kill Giants' Screenwriter Joe Kelly on How to Adapt A Comic into a Successful Feature Film

4 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

How Do You Know Which Idea to Pursue? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 1]

4 years ago by Ryan Koo

Ryan Koo

14 Trademarks of Steven Spielberg's Iconic Filmmaking

4 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

17 Trademarks of Wes Anderson's Idiosyncratic Visual Style

4 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

How 'Sadie' Went From Almost a Decade in Development to One of SXSW's Most Timely Stories

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

Matching Gore with Glitter: Jenn Wexler on Her Debut Horror Film, 'The Ranger'

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

The Film I Kickstarted Back in 2011 is Finally Here: Watch Netflix’s Timely Trailer for 'AMATEUR'

4 years ago by Ryan Koo

Ryan Koo

'Blindspotting': Daveed Diggs and Carlos López Estrada on Their New Oakland Classic

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

Darren Aronofsky Delivers His Ten Commandments of Indie Filmmaking

4 years ago by Justin Morrow

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Darren Aronofsky

Justin Morrow

Discover How This Playwright Mined His Own Prison Experience to Create 'The Forgiven'

4 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

Watch: How 'Get Out' Gives Us a New Perspective on Horror

4 years ago by Justin Morrow

get out

horror

Justin Morrow

Watch: Is Billy Wilder the Best Screenwriter of All Time?

4 years ago by V Renée

Billy Wilder

screenwriters

The Lubitsch Touch

V Renée

'The Cured': How David Freyne Created a Political Twist on the Zombie Flick

4 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

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How to Create a Bulletproof Screenplay Structure

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

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Aaron Sorkin’s FREE Screenwriting MasterClass

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

613

Edinburgh Shorts Script Pitch Competition Now Open!

6 years ago by Paul Bruce

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script pitch

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Paul Bruce

Film-Maker, Festival Director

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My Documentary Short

6 years ago by Tom Warwick

Tom Warwick

Writer/Director

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Short Film Form -- DOs, DONTs, discussion, examples

6 years ago by Alex Zakrividoroga

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Why You Don’t Always Need a Screenplay to Make a Great Film

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

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2016 Shore Scripts Short Film Fund Winner Announcement

6 years ago by Justine Owens

screenwriting competitions...

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

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Jason Buff

Teacher at IFA.

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Any recommendation, suggestion, wisdom, anything about suicide?

6 years ago by Stephanie Pascalita

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2 Practical Exercises You Every Screenwriter Should Do Every Week

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

613

Filmmaker Magazine Presents: Michel Gondry Masterclass

6 years ago by John Matson

John Matson

Sales and Marketing Manager

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Should I just quit my normal job? What should I do?

6 years ago by D. Robards

D. Robards 167

script analyst

6 years ago by Harry Dzumhur

Harry Dzumhur

Actor/ Filmmaker/ producer

Aditya Bhalerao 197

Need advice for my first real Indie Short

6 years ago by Lucas Veltrie

Lucas Veltrie

Director/Cinematographer/Producer/Actor

133

DEADLINE APPROACHING: 2016 NYTVF Scripts Competition Accepting Original Sitcom Scripts

6 years ago by Emily Damron

New York Television Festival

nytvf

Scripts Competition

Emily Damron

New York Television Festival

Recommendations for Telepromt stands for iPad Mini

6 years ago by Tatjana Hamilton

Teleprompt

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How to dive into humanity's heart ( and mess it up )?

6 years ago by Dennis Mirza

Dennis Mirza

Nomad Filmmaker

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Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

613

A short film based on the popular two sentence horror story.

6 years ago by Yuvraj Soi

Yuvraj Soi

Filmmaker

134

Advice with bad attitudes

6 years ago by David David

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ADMISSIONS OPEN FOR AUGUST 2016 BATCH APPLY NOW

6 years ago by MINDSCREEN FILM INSTITUTE(MFi)

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MINDSCREEN FILM INSTITUTE(MFi)

FILM & TELEVISION INSTITUTE

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Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

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From Photography to Video shooting

6 years ago by Pan

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Short Films

6 years ago by Alan

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Alan 296

Don't miss this! Submit your script in 2 weeks!

6 years ago by Emily Damron

Emily Damron

New York Television Festival

HA! The Basics of Comedy for Film

6 years ago by Blake Barnett

Blake Barnett

Project Manager

Spielberg's Subtext - Allegory and Metaphor in Jurassic Park

6 years ago by Mike Hill

Mike Hill

Concept Designer

A film scored entirely on beethoven needs your help.

6 years ago by Yuvraj Soi

Yuvraj Soi

Filmmaker

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Does Anyone Have a Short Film Idea?

6 years ago by Lucas Buckeye

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Lucas Buckeye

Future DP :)