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What Are the 10+ Best Villain Monologues? And How to Write an Evil One!

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Jason Hellerman

50 Years Later, White House Tapes Reveal Richard Nixon Hated 'All in the Family'

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Jason Hellerman

What's Behind the Success of 'Ted Lasso'?

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Jason Hellerman

How Ajitpal Singh Went from Lonely ‘Terrorist’ to 44-Year-Old First-Time Filmmaker

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Ajitpal Singh

Fire in the Mountains

Sundance 2021

Sundance Film Festival

sundance film festival 2021

interview

Oakley Anderson-Moore

8 Great Filmmaking Lessons from 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'

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Jason Hellerman

This Guy Almost Scored the Film Rights to the Gamestop Madness

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Only 25 Spec Scripts Were Sold in 2020

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Jason Hellerman

8 Great Filmmaking Lessons from 'The Departed'

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Jason Hellerman

Read and Download the 'Do The Right Thing' Script PDF

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Jason Hellerman

Why Remote Sundance is Awesome for Filmmakers and Audiences

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Jeffrey Reeser

How to Kill Off a Superhero Character

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Jason Hellerman

What Did Paul Schrader's First Draft of 'Close Encounters' Look Like?

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Jason Hellerman

How Jakub Piątek Crafted Single-Location Tension in 'Prime Time'

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Sundance Film Festival

Jo Light

Learn How to Pitch from One of the Biggest Buyers in All of Hollywood... Netflix

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Jason Hellerman

How Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. Brought 'Wild Indian' to Life After Years of Development

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Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr

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Sundance Film Festival

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Jo Light

Read and Download the 'Midsommar' Script PDF

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Argo Lets You Stream Shorts and Submit Your Own

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

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argo

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Jason Hellerman

Frank Oz, Voice of Yoda and Muppet Co-Founder, Breaks New Ground and New Formats

3 months ago by George Edelman

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The Manic Pixie Dream Boyfriend Must Die

3 months ago by Alyssa Miller

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Alyssa Miller

What Is Verbal Irony (Definition and Examples)?

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Best Screenwriting Software

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

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

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Jason Hellerman

Follow the Map to the Fantasy Genre in Film and TV

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

If You're a Writer of Color, Take a Look at This Exciting Mentorship Program

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Jason Hellerman

Download the 2021 Awards Season Screenplays Now (and More!)

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Jason Hellerman

Check Out This Collection of Brian Koppelman's 6-Second Screenwriting Tips

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Jason Hellerman

How to Create Three-Dimensional Characters From a One-Dimensional Character

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

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Jason Hellerman

3 Lessons from the 'Smallville' Pilot PDF (Free Script Download)

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Jason Hellerman

How 'The Boys' Exposes What's Wrong with Superhero Culture

3 months ago by Robbie Janney

Robbie Janney

Huge Opportunity For Asian-Pacific American Writers

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

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The Hollywood Game – Misadventures In Los Angeles

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Are our backs against the wall with novelty in film making?

1 year ago by Santanu Bhattacharjee

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Short courses, to support your self learning, as an alternative to Film degree!

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

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2016 BlueCat Screenplay Competition

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Evolution Of An Action Sequence - Step by Step

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Shore Scripts Fiction Podcast Contest is Open!

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Free 2018 Screenwriting Contest Calendar!

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Watch : Understanding Comics - How Do Comics Work? | Video Essay

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Horror Shorts for Halloween

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JR Lipartito

Director

Need Some Constructive Criticism

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2020 Short Film Fund 2 Finalists Announced!

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Stanley Kubrick Letter Threatens MGM Studio Head!

5 years ago by Alex Ferrari

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Stanley Kubrick Letter

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The POWER Of A Story...

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Noah Rossi

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Interactive Workshop: How to Make Meaningful Connections

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Why didn't my Doritos ad make it past the semifinalists round?

6 years ago by Dallin Wells

Dallin Wells

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Guerilla Movie Making Awards - Open for entries

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Best Techniques for Single Camera Cinematography?

3 years ago by Raza Rehman

Raza Rehman

Writer/Director

Best website for marketing your film! IMDB ratings etc

3 years ago by Danny Jones

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

2 years ago by Byron Q

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Byron Q

Writer/Director

283

Screenwriting technique - character reveal

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Daniel Falcon

Director, VFX artist

298

Should I just quit my normal job? What should I do?

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General tips on filmmaking

7 years ago by Dallin Wells

Dallin Wells

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Feedback on my short film?

6 years ago by Ryan DeForeest

Ryan DeForeest

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