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'Sometimes Directing is Like Math': Nancy Meyers on Toggling Between the Page and Camera

5 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

'Never Ask for Permission': Alexander Payne’s Seven-Step Filmmaking Crash Course

5 years ago by Dylan Kai Dempsey

Dylan Kai Dempsey

How Do You Tell Your Story Visually? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 6]

5 years ago by Ryan Koo

Ryan Koo

'Most Likely to Murder' Creators on Why a Vomit Draft is Essential for Starting a Screenplay

5 years ago by Erik Luers

Dan Gregor

Doug Mand

Most Likely to Murder

sxsw 2018

directing

screenwriting

Erik Luers

5 Tips From the Creators of Pixar's 'Bao' on How to Perfect an Animated Short

5 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

The Screenwriters of 'A Quiet Place' Want to Read Your Horror Script

5 years ago by V Renée

screencraft

horror

Horror Screenplay Contest

opportunities

V Renée

Issa Rae Wants to Give You $25K for Your Comedy or Drama Pilot

5 years ago by Liz Nord

Issa Rae

BET

Liz Nord

'Notes on an Appearance': Ricky D'Ambrose on How to Cheat Locations and Why He Shot 4:3

5 years ago by Emily Buder

Notes on an Appearance

new directors new films

low budget

Emily Buder

How Do You Attach Cast and Prep a Film? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 5]

5 years ago by Ryan Koo

Ryan Koo

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

5 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

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

5 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

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

5 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

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

5 years ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

sxsw

sxsw 2018

Neurotic Quest for Serenity

Paulinho Caruso

Teodoro Poppovic

Oakley Anderson-Moore

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

5 years ago by V Renée

creativity

inspiration

V Renée

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

5 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

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

5 years ago by Ryan Koo

Ryan Koo

Apps That Will Help You Write Screenplays More Efficiently

5 years ago by V Renée

writing

inspiration

creativity

V Renée

Watch: How to Effectively Use a Smartphone in Your Movie

5 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

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

5 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

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

5 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

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

5 years ago by Ryan Koo

Ryan Koo

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

5 years ago by V Renée

mistakes

Student Film

V Renée

Watch: How to Write a Tragicomedy Like the Coen Brothers

5 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

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

5 years ago by Ryan Koo

Ryan Koo

What Can Guillermo del Toro Teach Us About Worldbuilding?

5 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

5 years ago by Emily Buder

Emily Buder

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

5 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

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

5 years ago by Ryan Koo

Ryan Koo

14 Trademarks of Steven Spielberg's Iconic Filmmaking

5 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

17 Trademarks of Wes Anderson's Idiosyncratic Visual Style

5 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

Pages

Skyfall the script that was available for all of five minutes

8 years ago by David Tickner

Bond

David Tickner

Screenwriter / Director / Technical Writer

Critique my Short Film?

8 years ago by Daniel Gomes

Daniel Gomes

wnb director

How do I stir up interest in my film?

8 years ago by Avery Maycock

Avery Maycock

Writer, Director

177

Sketch comedy.

8 years ago by Martin Collins

Martin Collins

Writer/actor

Adapting a script.

8 years ago by Thomas Miller

Thomas Miller

Editor, DP, Director, Colourist

A Community

8 years ago by philip woolridge

philip woolridge

Cinematographer | Writer

161

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera - Short Film Thoughts

8 years ago by Ben Meredith

Ben Meredith

Cinematographer/Filmmaker

1401

My first short, seeking advices from you!

8 years ago by Victor Festou

Victor Festou 113

2016 BlueCat Screenplay Competition Call for Entries

8 years ago by Claire Stanton Lee

Claire Stanton Lee

Coordinator

266

How Can I Move This Thing Along? Whats Next?

8 years ago by Trae Dukes

Trae Dukes

Entry Level

189

A Shadow Of Doubt - A Horror Short Shot On The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera

8 years ago by Ben Meredith

Ben Meredith

Cinematographer/Filmmaker

1401

Are There Any Indie Filmmakers In Atlanta?

8 years ago by Trae Dukes

Trae Dukes

Entry Level

189

KickStarter Indie Film "Kung Fury" is Finally Here

8 years ago by Guy McLoughlin

80's Action Movies

80's Grind-House Movies

KickStarter Success

Guy McLoughlin

Video Producer

32346

I'm having a hard time making my screenplay come full circle.

8 years ago by Caleb Martinez

Caleb Martinez 154

My First Short Film Took A Wile.

8 years ago by John Yim

High School

John Yim

Director

Learning from Advice on Nofilmschool: A short later.

8 years ago by Mitchell Cannon

Mitchell Cannon

Director

229

Off to Méjico!

8 years ago by JP Torres

JP Torres

Director of Photography

163

You can't just be an ACTOR you must become a FILMMAKER!

8 years ago by Aletha Shepherd

Aletha Shepherd

Actress

107

That moment when your sitting on 3 great short film ideas...

8 years ago by Graham Uhelski

Graham Uhelski

Director of Photography/Video Editor

512

Interviews for commercial videos - scripted or not?

8 years ago by Sophia Smoloka

interviews

interview technique

Sophia Smoloka 201

Quality Short Films/Short Film Scripts

8 years ago by Vivek Venkatraman

Short Films

Short Film Screenplays

Vivek Venkatraman

Student

Need Volunteer Work In Atlanta?

8 years ago by Trae Dukes

Trae Dukes

Entry Level

189

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

8 years ago by S M Sabir

S M Sabir

Filmmaker in MAKING :)

275

Pitch For a Batman Fan-Film: Fall Of Gotham Rise Of Roman

8 years ago by Trae Dukes

Trae Dukes

Entry Level

189

Any criticism about my first short film?

8 years ago by Akın Ay

Akın Ay 74

who owns the raw footage if the client did not pay?

8 years ago by Peter John

Peter John

video maker

Buying USED Black Magic Pocket Camera from EBAY?

8 years ago by S M Sabir

S M Sabir

Filmmaker in MAKING :)

275

What am I looking for when buying a lens for my DSLR

8 years ago by Trae Dukes

Trae Dukes

Entry Level

189

Whats The Best Editing Software Value For Starters

8 years ago by Trae Dukes

Trae Dukes

Entry Level

189

Looking For Feedback On Short Film

8 years ago by Gareth O'Dalaigh

Gareth O'Dalaigh

Writer/Director