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7 Screenwriting Exercises That Actually Make You a Better Storyteller

1 week ago by Jason Hellerman

screenwriting exercises

Writing tips

Screenwriting tips

storytelling

Jason Hellerman

Why Do AI-Created Fake Film Trailers Scare Us So Much?

2 weeks ago by Jourdan Aldredge

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Jourdan Aldredge

The 'Contact' Movie Explained: What Does the Ending Mean?

1 year ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How To Create an Animated Short in Unreal Engine

2 weeks ago by Guest Author

unreal engine

the voice in the hollow

vfx

virtual production

Guest Author

This Film Was Written and Directed by AI—Here’s the How and What You Can Learn

6 months ago by James DeRuvo

Artificial Intelligence

ChatGPT

virtual filmmaking

James DeRuvo

Explore 100+ Public Domain Fairy Tales for Crafting Your Screenplay

2 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Check Out Our Creative Screenwriting Exercises, Character, and Dialogue Prompts

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

character prompts

dialogue prompts

creative screenwriting exercises

screenwriting exercises

screenplay ideas

scene prompts

Jason Hellerman

'Interstellar' Explained: Movie Plot, Timeline, Ending, Themes, and Meaning

1 year ago by Jason Hellerman

Interstellar

Interstellar ending

interstellar explained

Jason Hellerman

How This Indie Filmmaker’s Horror Short ‘Hunger’ Grabbed the Attention of Marvel Studios

2 weeks ago by Guest Author

Guest Author

Should Your Movie Come With a Trigger Warning?

7 days ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How to Intercut Scenes In Your Script

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

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Jason Hellerman

Learn How To Analyze Movies With This Cheat Sheet

4 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How to Format Your Screenplay Title Page

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Read and Download 'The Last of Us' Episode 3 Script

2 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

100 Inventive Screenwriting Prompts To Inspire You During the Writers' Strike

3 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Screenwriter

screenwriting prompts

storytelling prompt

screenwriting exercises

Jason Hellerman

How the Unconventional Editing Process of 'In Flames' Got it Slated at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight

2 weeks ago by Guest Author

Guest Author

How To Write a Single-Location Film From a Tribeca Filmmaker

3 weeks ago by Guest Author

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independent film

indie

Guest Author

You Can Use Sudowrite to Write Your Next Screenplay Using AI

3 weeks ago by Yaroslav Altunin

Sudowrite

Story Engine

ai writing

Yaroslav Altunin

How Did COVID-19 Help Wes Anderson Create ‘Asteroid City’?

2 weeks ago by Alyssa Miller

Alyssa Miller

8 Great Sources of FREE Public Domain Footage for Your Documentary!

8 years ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Oakley Anderson-Moore

50+ Camera Angles, Shots, and Movements: A Complete Guide

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

These 12 Character Archetypes Are Key Ingredients in All Great Stories

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

character development

Carl Jung

Jason Hellerman

What a Film and TV Executive Must Do if They Don’t Want To Be Replaced by AI

11 hours ago by Jason Hellerman

development

Development executive

Jason Hellerman

First-Time Horror Writer/Director Brings Indie Creature Feature to Life–Here's How

1 day ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Why We’ll Be Babysitting AI To Avoid a Cliché Hellhole

2 days ago by NFS Staff

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the hole in the fence

NFS Staff

Why You Need to Create a Proof of Concept for Your Feature Film

2 days ago by Guest Author

proof of concept

feature films

finance

Guest Author

In Hollywood, Anything is Possible!

3 days ago by Guest Author

Guest Author

Why Taika Waititi's Comments on 'Casablanca' Matter

3 days ago by Jason Hellerman

Taika Waititi

Casablanca

Michael Curtiz

Jason Hellerman

All the Ways a Filmmaker Can Break Into Hollywood

6 days ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

An Accidental First Feature—Walé Oyéjidé’s on His Stunning ‘Bravo, Burkina!’

1 week ago by GG Hawkins

no film school podcast

GG Hawkins

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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

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Shore Scripts 2019 Feature & TV-Pilot Finalists!

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

753

2019 Feature & TV-Pilot Quarter-Finalists!

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

753

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

302

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

302

Screenwriters - Last Chance to Enter!

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

753

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

753

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

753

Shore Scripts Feature & TV-Pilot Early Deadline

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

753

Final Deadline - 2019 Short Film Fund

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

753

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

216

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

408

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

205

What order?

4 years ago by Emil F. Skanning

Emil F. Skanning

Writer, Director, Editor

408

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 ?

5 years ago by Vignesh Priyadarshan

Vignesh Priyadarshan

Filmmaker

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