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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

'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

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7 years ago by Tatjana Hamilton

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Why Dialogue Is The Most Important Part Of A Film.

3 years ago by Tom Gleason

Tom Gleason

Writer

123

2020 Short Film Fund 2 Finalists Announced!

2 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

892

Stop Motion Legos

8 years ago by Mitchell Cannon

lego

stop motion

Mitchell Cannon

Director

229

Short Film Fund | Fall 2022 | Get Your Script Made

5 months ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

892

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

8 years ago by Sathyaish Chakravarthy

Sathyaish Chakravarthy 226

How to Write a Screenplay...FAST!

6 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

677

2022 Feature Screenplay & TV Pilot Contest Finalists

5 days ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

892

How to Produce Your First Feature or Short Film

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

677

BlueCat Screenwriting Competition- accepting submissions for 2023!

4 months ago by Claire Stanton Lee

screenwriting

competition

Claire Stanton Lee

Coordinator

263

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

677

As a writer/director, is it really worth it to have a website?

11 months ago by Leo Makrus

Leo Makrus 134

How do you shoot a simple knife fight scene?

8 years ago by Iria Enahoro

Iria Enahoro

Student: Producer and Screenwriter

176

Filmmaking Exercises

5 years ago by David Cunningham

challenges

David Cunningham

freelance filmmaker/photographer

333

Final Call for Entries! Feature Screenplays & TV Pilots

3 months ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

892

May I get your opinions on this Cinema Camera Deal?

6 years ago by Jackson Flowers

Jackson Flowers

Director of Photography/ Director/ Actor

246

My review of Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar"

8 years ago by Andrei-Cristian Murgescu

Andrei-Cristian Murgescu

Freelance Motion Graphics Designer / Director

2022 Feature & TV Pilot Contest Regular Deadline

4 months ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

892

Seeking Young, STUDENT FILM MAKERS for MUSIC VIDEO Collaboration Projects

7 years ago by Jay Shan

Music Video

Student Film Makers

film students

Collaboration Projects

Jay Shan

In the Music Industry

103

Screenwriters! 5 Reasons To Enter | Next Deadline Sept 30th

2 months ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

892

Adventure filmmaking. I've got no money left, all my gear's broken, and my horses are gone. How to begin post on 12+TB?

6 years ago by Matty Hannon

adventure surfing nature...

Matty Hannon

Documentary filmmaker

271

Canon t2i: The Ultimate Camera???

8 years ago by Donovan Vim Crony

Donovan Vim Crony

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

502

How Mumblecore Films Are Changing the Hollywood Landscape

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

677

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7 months ago by H2life

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H2life

Luxury Accommodation Niseko and Furano

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Does Your Indie Film Have an Audience?

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

indie film

moving to los angeles

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

677

Call for Entries: CineLove TV Pilot Festival

5 years ago by Daisy Franklin

indie

movies

Daisy Franklin 93

Original travel posters | Printed Originals

7 months ago by Printed Originals

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original posters uk

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Fashion art Posters

Printed Originals

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410

Panasonic ---> GH4 bs G7???

7 years ago by S M Sabir

S M Sabir

Filmmaker in MAKING :)

304

Adapting novel or play to the screen

8 years ago by vishu

vishu

screenwriter

Luxury Accommodation Niseko Chalets for Rent

7 months ago by H2life

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