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Why a Filmmaker Turned The Camera on Her Family for Her Latest Narrative Feature

5 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

How Gus Van Sant's Latest Film Tells Five Periods of a Life at Once

5 years ago by Max Winter

Gus Van Sant

interviews

Max Winter

Have a Great Idea for a TV Show? ScreenCraft Wants to Hear It

5 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

Humanity Through Animation: Director Alexandre Espigares on Netflix's 'White Fang'

5 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

'Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives' Director Tom McLoughlin on How Comedy Can Produce Great Horror

5 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

How a Filmmaker Found a B-Movie Aesthetic to Draw Light to Violence in the Philippines

5 years ago by Erik Luers

Dean Colin Marcial

Manila Death Squad

borscht film festival

Erik Luers

Collaboration & Creativity For All: Celebrating 10 Years of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective

5 years ago by Alex Mallis

Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective

collective

directing

screenwriting

Alex Mallis

4 Takeaways From Director Tim Robbins on Creativity Behind and In Front of the Camera

5 years ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Oakley Anderson-Moore

Watch: Stanley Kubrick Interprets the Ending of His '2001: A Space Odyssey'

5 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

'Sharp Objects': DP Yves Bélanger on Letting Available Light and the Subject Shape Your Cinematography

5 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

Deus Ex Machina, the Laziest Way to Spoil Your Screenplay

5 years ago by V Renée

Deus Ex Machina

writing

Video Essay

V Renée

3 Things That Make Quentin Tarantino's Dialogue So Damn Good

5 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

Watch: How the Screenplay For 'Jurassic Park' Creates Conflict Amongst Its Characters

5 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

Here's How Two Filmmakers Made a Wildly Independent Western Comedy Shot on 16mm

5 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

Watch: How 'Fear and Loathing' Points Out the Cinematic Challenges of Adaptation

5 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

'Distorted' DP Mark Dobrescu on How Lighting and Locations Helped Visualize Paranoia

5 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

How DP Andrij Parekh Used Noir Lighting to Modernize 'The Catcher Was a Spy'

5 years ago by Max Winter

the catcher was a spy

Max Winter

CoverflyX Lets You Exchange Script Notes with Other Screenwriters for Free

5 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

Watch: 4 Ways 'The Babadook' Brilliantly Uses Classic Techniques to Create Suspense

5 years ago by Jason Boone

Jason Boone

How to Meld the Perfect Collaborative Atmosphere on Set

5 years ago by Jon Fusco

Jon Fusco

'The Yellow Birds': DP Daniel Landin on Creating Contrasting Visuals for Iraqi Desert and Virginia Mountains

5 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

Calling All Drama Queens! ScreenCraft's Drama Screenplay Contest Is Now Open

5 years ago by V Renée

screencraft

drama

Drama Screenplay Contest

V Renée

Watch: Don't Blame Rose for 'The Last Jedi', Blame Finn

5 years ago by Jon Fusco

Jon Fusco

'Hereditary': How Ari Aster Pushed His Horrifying Film 'As Dark As It Could Go'

5 years ago by Emily Buder

Emily Buder

5 Tips for Directors from Sidney Lumet

5 years ago by Romel Rodriguez

Romel Rodriguez

The Most Important Qualities You Need as a DP According to ‘13th’ Cinematographer Hans Charles

5 years ago by Liz Nord

Liz Nord

7 Basic Questions Your Screenplay Should Answer (And How 'The Last Jedi' Answers Them 3 Times)

5 years ago by V Renée

Star Wars The Last Jedi

The Last Jedi

writing

storytelling

V Renée

5 Steps for Transforming an OK Story to a Great One from a Pixar Story Supervisor

5 years ago by Randall Esulto

Randall Esulto

The Specific Methods Every Director Should Understand When Working with Actors

5 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

'Summer 1993': How to Shoot an Award-Winning Film About Your Own Life

5 years ago by Emily Buder

summer 1993

memoir

oscilloscope laboratories

in theaters

directing

Emily Buder

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2016 BlueCat Screenplay Contest Call For Entries

8 years ago by Claire Stanton Lee

Claire Stanton Lee

Coordinator

282

2016 BlueCat Screenplay Competition ONE WEEK TO EARLY DEADLINE!

8 years ago by Claire Stanton Lee

Claire Stanton Lee

Coordinator

282

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

170

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

282

How Can I Move This Thing Along? Whats Next?

8 years ago by Trae Dukes

Trae Dukes

Entry Level

196

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

196

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

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

8 years ago by Caleb Martinez

Caleb Martinez 161

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

236

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

491

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

196

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 :)

310

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

8 years ago by Trae Dukes

Trae Dukes

Entry Level

196

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 :)

310

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

8 years ago by Trae Dukes

Trae Dukes

Entry Level

196

Whats The Best Editing Software Value For Starters

8 years ago by Trae Dukes

Trae Dukes

Entry Level

196