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

5 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

How Do You Deal with Procrastination as a Filmmaker?

5 years ago by V Renée

procrastination

inspiration

creativity

V Renée

4 Vital Producing Tips from Ridley Scott, Judd Apatow, Amy Pascal and More

5 years ago by Jacob Bittens

Jacob Bittens

College Students: Get One Million Dollars to Produce Your Screenplay

5 years ago by Erik Luers

screenwriting competition

launch

Erik Luers

Watch: How Christopher Nolan's 'Dark Knight' Trilogy Emphasizes Strong Characterization Through its Villains

5 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

A Massive List of Spring 2018 Grants All Filmmakers Should Know About

5 years ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Academy Nicholl Fellowships

Oakley Anderson-Moore

How 'Like Me' Used Psychedelic Imagery (and the words of Guillermo del Toro) to Explore Loneliness

5 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

This Lemony Snicket-Inspired Short Is a Creative Playbook on How to Make a Film

5 years ago by V Renée

webseries

V Renée

Is NOT Making Films One of the Best Things You Can Do for Your Filmmaking Career?

5 years ago by V Renée

inspiration

V Renée

Why 'River's Edge' Director Tim Hunter Likes to 'Push Characters as Far as He Can'

5 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

Watch: What Superman Teaches Us About Character and Storytelling

5 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

How ‘Holy Air’s Eleven-Year Production Turned Personal Struggles into Laughter

5 years ago by Liz Nord

Liz Nord

5 Mistakes We All Make as Filmmakers (That We Can Easily Avoid)

5 years ago by V Renée

mistakes

V Renée

Screenwriters, It's Time to Get Real About Rejection, Criticism, and Failure

5 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

3 Screenwriting Techniques Dee Rees Uses to Craft Believable Characters

5 years ago by Christopher Boone

Christopher Boone

Why It's Good to Allow Your Films to Suck

5 years ago by V Renée

creativity

inspiration

V Renée

Watch: The Secret to Creating a Great On-Screen Romance

5 years ago by Jon Fusco

Video Essay

Romance

Jon Fusco

Download 8 of the 10 Screenplays Nominated for the 2018 Oscars Right Now

5 years ago by Christopher Boone

Christopher Boone

'The Rainbow Experiment': Delving Into Characters' Lives to Uncover Deep Emotional Truths

5 years ago by Max Winter

christina kallas

the rainbow experiment

42 seconds of happiness

slamdance

slamdance 2018

Max Winter

Watch: How 'Wind River' Director Taylor Sheridan Reinvented the Neo-Western

5 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

What You Need to Know About Prepping Your Script for Production

5 years ago by V Renée

script breakdown

V Renée

8 Somewhat Unusual New Year's Screenwriting Resolutions for 2018

5 years ago by V Renée

screenwriting

New Years

new years resolutions

resolutions

V Renée

5 Tips on Better Filmmaking from Director Sean Baker

5 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

The 10 Most Inventive Screenplays of 2017

5 years ago by Christopher Boone

Christopher Boone

Download Screenplays for 'Get Out', 'Darkest Hour', 'Coco' and More Award Contenders

5 years ago by Christopher Boone

Christopher Boone

This Infographic Gives You 30 Ways to Brainstorm Film Ideas

5 years ago by V Renée

infographic

ideas

brainstorming

V Renée

How Michael Showalter Turned Rejection Into a Successful Directing Career

5 years ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Michael Showalter

Wet Hot American Summer

The Big Sick

SAG-AFTRA Foundation

Oakley Anderson-Moore

Watch: How Wes Anderson Uses Age to Define Character

5 years ago by Justin Morrow

Wes Anderson

the royal tenenbaums

The Life Aquatic with Steve...

Justin Morrow

4 Paths to Writing for Non-Fiction

5 years ago by Rachel Elizabeth Seed

Strong Island

Memories of a Penitent Heart

The Central Park Five

Dirty Wars

docnyc 2017

docnyc

Rachel Elizabeth Seed

5 Ways to Use MacGuffins So They Don't Completely Ruin Your Film

5 years ago by V Renée

macguffin

Video Essay

V Renée

Pages

Jameson First Shot

8 years ago by Travis Calvert

jamesonfirstshot

Travis Calvert

Writer/Director

144

Create the Next (Hypothetical) Sci-Fi TV Series

8 years ago by John Matson

John Matson

Sales and Marketing Manager

155

Can I get and Tips and Tricks,

8 years ago by Trae Dukes

Trae Dukes

Entry Level

175

looking to collaborate and hire a screenwriter for indie feature

8 years ago by Caleb Price

Caleb Price

Director

467

My first short film, "Familiarly Alien"

8 years ago by Caspar Kerr

Caspar Kerr

Enthusiast

114

A tutorial on screenwriting

8 years ago by Yves Lavandier

Screenwriter

Yves Lavandier

screenwriter, director and script doctor

156

A tutorial on screenwriting

8 years ago by Yves Lavandier

Screenwriter

Yves Lavandier

screenwriter, director and script doctor

156

Coming Up With A Short?

8 years ago by Craig Walkine

Craig Walkine

Video Editor

Online critiquing?

8 years ago by Craig Walkine

Craig Walkine

Video Editor

Has anyone the Screenplay from Fast & Furious 7?

8 years ago by Jonas Dietze

Chris Morgan

Jonas Dietze

Directer of Photography

Screen Forward Conversations

8 years ago by John Matson

Brickman

UCB

screenwriting

Screen Forward Conversations

transmedia

Multi-platform content

filmmaking

John Matson

Sales and Marketing Manager

155

Screen Forward Conversations

8 years ago by John Matson

Brinkman

UCB

screenwriting

Screen Forward Conversations

John Matson

Sales and Marketing Manager

155

5 Reasons why No One is Watching Your Films (And Mine)

8 years ago by Bennett Johnson

Bennett Johnson

Director

Why don't filmmakers understand statistics?

8 years ago by Jonathan Krimer

feature films

screenwriting

indy

independent filmmaking

Jonathan Krimer

Founder of WritersandFilmmakers.com

Posters and Royalties: Legal Problems?

8 years ago by Andreas Beissel

Legal rights producing set...

Andreas Beissel

Making a no budget mockumentary

8 years ago by Nero R mercer

Nero R mercer 81

Licensing/Rights Issues when adapting literature

8 years ago by Simon Reichel

Simon Reichel

Director & Editor

142

Stage 32, Get one

8 years ago by alice chen

Stage 32

Richard Botto

alice chen

Student

DON'T. STOP. RUNNING - new blog post - rehearsals

8 years ago by Alex Richardson

Alex Richardson

Director

3661

How much character development for short film?

8 years ago by George Watkins

George Watkins

Writer/Director

154

Using a shot from Nosferatu

8 years ago by Alejandro

Alejandro

Filmmaker

175

What's Your Favorite Digital Cinema Camera?

8 years ago by Hovig Kazandjian

Hovig Kazandjian

Writer, Director

549

How do you post an article on here?

8 years ago by Jeff M.

Jeff M.

Director/Writer/Editor/Cinematographer

183

What do festival shorts programmers really want?

8 years ago by Jon Mills

shorts

festivals

filmmaking

Jon Mills

Filmmaker

862

Public Domain Scripts

8 years ago by Cameron Stow

Cameron Stow

Filmmaker / Student

"UNBROKEN" Script (anybody have it?)

8 years ago by SKY MILLER

SKY MILLER

WRITER

What is the structure of pre production workflow ?

8 years ago by ali ata akel

production budget list

ali ata akel

Filmmaker, Editor, Cinematographer, Animation

Contract with writer (not screenplay creator)

8 years ago by Nestor Chornovus

#screenwriting #filmmaking

Nestor Chornovus 62

Adapting novel or play to the screen

8 years ago by vishu

vishu

screenwriter

Documentary scenario

8 years ago by Klaas-Thijs Postma

documentary

Scenario

screenwriting

Klaas-Thijs Postma

Producer / Editor / Mediamanager

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