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'Portlandia' Editor Reveals How to Make Sketch Comedy Funny

4 years ago by Lily Kleinman

Lily Kleinman

Does God Exist in Your Story's World? Here's Why it Matters...

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

A New 'Watchmen' Podcast Coming From Damon Lindelof and Craig Mazin

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How 'Parasite' Director Bong Joon Ho Built That Amazing House

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Download the 2020 Academy Awards Screenplays Now (and more!)

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Don't Watch These Short Horror Movies Alone

4 years ago by Emily Buder

horror

horror shorts

Short Films

Emily Buder

How to Write a Great Horror Movie

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

'The Lighthouse' Director Robert Eggers Reveals the Horror Films That Influenced Him

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How Star Wars Helped Kill 'Game of Thrones'

4 years ago by NFS Staff

NFS Staff

Go Behind the Scenes of 'El Camino: The Breaking Bad Movie'

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

HBO Killed One 'Game of Thrones' Prequel, But Greenlit Another

4 years ago by Jo Light

Jo Light

What is an Anti Hero and How Do You Write a Great One?

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

'Star Wars' Exit: The 'Game of Thrones' Guys Will Not Be Making Their New Trilogy

4 years ago by Phil Pirrello

Phil Pirrello

This 'Game of Thrones' Twitter Thread Reveals How the Showrunners Pulled Off HBO's Hit Show

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

'Suspiria' Writer David Kajganich Reveals the Secrets to Writing Great Horror

4 years ago by Jo Light

Austin Film Festival

austin film festival 2019

Jo Light

What Is a Non-Linear Narrative and How Do You Write One?

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

nonlinear narrative

parallel plot

subvert the narrative

fragmented narrative

Jason Hellerman

How the 'Avengers: Endgame' Editor Created the Best Ending in the MCU

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

The 106 Best Dark Comedy Movies (& Dark Comedy Writing Tips)

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

New Tarantino Doc 'The First Eight' Will Answer All of Your Questions

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Jason Hellerman

5 Things You Can Learn From Kevin Smith's Crazy Career

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Kevin Smith

Jason Hellerman

Everything You Need to Know About Being a Showrunner

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

HBO's 'Succession' Can Teach You A Lot About Writing Great Dialogue

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

The 20 Best Screenwriting Books You Should Get Right Now

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

screenwriting advice

Screenwriting Book

screenwriting

Best Screenwriting Books

Jason Hellerman

Christopher McQuarrie's Advice? Stop Trying to Break In and Make Something

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Christopher McQuarrie

twitter

writing advice

Directing advice

Jason Hellerman

'Quiet Place' Writers Reveal What It Takes to Be a Hollywood Screenwriter

4 years ago by Phil Pirrello

A Quiet Place

Scott Beck

Bryan Woods

Phil Pirrello

What's a Writers' Room and How Do They Work?

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Robert Richardson and Producer David Heyman Reveal Why They Work With Tarantino

4 years ago by Phil Pirrello

Quentin Tarantino

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

robert richardson

Phil Pirrello

How 'Watchmen' Pulled Off the 1921 Tulsa Massacre

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

watchmen

HBO

Damon Lindelof

Jason Hellerman

Netflix Just Killed Alexander Payne's New Movie a Day Before Shooting

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

alexander payne

Netfilx

Jason Hellerman

You Can Now Stay and Write At Stephen King's House

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Stephen King

Writers retreat

screenwriting

Jason Hellerman

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I'm making a dark comedy short film and need your help!

4 years ago by Vasile Berde Luca Stefan

Vasile Berde Luca Stefan

Writer/Director/Editor

221

Shore Scripts 2019 Feature & TV-Pilot Finalists!

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

767

2019 Feature & TV-Pilot Quarter-Finalists!

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

767

How to use a short as a proof of concept for investors.

4 years ago by Byron Q

proof of concept

horror shorts

Short Films

Byron Q

Writer/Director

309

Can I talk about pop culture in my short film?

4 years ago by Mark Jon Davies

Mark Jon Davies 84

Has anyone successfully used a proof of concept to get financing?

4 years ago by Byron Q

shorts

proof of concept

horror films

Byron Q

Writer/Director

309

Screenwriters - Last Chance to Enter!

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

767

Who is the best director in the past 60 years?

4 years ago by Tom Gleason

Tom Gleason

Writer

Why Dialogue Is The Most Important Part Of A Film.

4 years ago by Tom Gleason

Tom Gleason

Writer

2019 Screenwriting Contest Regular Deadline

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

767

Transitioning a scene into color

4 years ago by Melissa Milich

Melissa Milich

Writer, Development

106

for sell: script package combination with a movie teaser/pilot

4 years ago by itzhak begerano

screenplays/ script package...

itzhak begerano 104

Mortal Kombat Prince Gordon

4 years ago by Gordon Paul

Gordon Paul

Actor

2019 Short Film Fund Winners & Top 5 Finalists!

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

767

Shore Scripts Feature & TV-Pilot Early Deadline

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

767

Final Deadline - 2019 Short Film Fund

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

767

Talk Show

4 years ago by Shubham KUMAR

Shubham KUMAR

Screenplay writer

109

Talk Show

4 years ago by Shubham KUMAR

Shubham KUMAR

Screenplay writer

109

Controversy & Young Directors | Nudity, Drugs and Bad Life Decisions

4 years ago by Edward Zorab

Gaspar Noe

Lars von Trier

Controversy

Edward Zorab

Director

Nine Months Course in Cinematography

4 years ago by MINDSCREEN FILM INSTITUTE(MFi)

cinematography

cinematography course

MINDSCREEN FILM INSTITUTE

best film institute

acting school

MINDSCREEN FILM INSTITUTE(MFi)

FILM & TELEVISION INSTITUTE

223

Starting out in college (not film school)

4 years ago by Joseph Ornelas

Joseph Ornelas 81

Low-budget action film set and filmed in Iraq, advice re: funding

4 years ago by Adam Lucente

Adam Lucente

Screenwriter

Short script coverage

4 years ago by Emil F. Skanning

feedback

Emil F. Skanning

Writer, Director, Editor

394

Rough Cuts - A Philadelphia Filmmaker Open Mic Night

4 years ago by Noah Kain

philadelphia

Noah Kain 121

Open-Source Filmmaking Software

4 years ago by Caio Film

open source

free software

Caio Film

Independent Filmmaker

Forgot to say thank you NFS

4 years ago by Gregorio Nocco

Gregorio Nocco

Filmaker / Screenwriter

198

What order?

4 years ago by Emil F. Skanning

Emil F. Skanning

Writer, Director, Editor

394

Are storyboards important?

4 years ago by Obie Dean

Obie Dean

Director producer

Looking for a Writing Partner

4 years ago by Seth Demers

writing

screenwriting

Seth Demers

Director, Producer, Designer, Editor

How important is emotional connect in films ?

4 years ago by Vignesh Priyadarshan

Vignesh Priyadarshan

Filmmaker

104