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Watch: How Tobe Hooper Dissolved the Limits of Genre

5 years ago by Max Winter

Tobe Hooper

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Max Winter

What Dan Harmon's Improvised Cartoon Can Teach You about Instinctual Storytelling

5 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

Watch: Why You Should Study 'Twin Peaks: The Return' if You Want to Experiment with Time

5 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

'Loving Vincent': Animating Van Gogh's Life in 65,000 Oil Painted Frames

5 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

Richard Linklater on Why 'Last Flag Flying' is a Road Movie, Not a War Movie

5 years ago by Jon Fusco

last flag flying

Richard Linklater

nyff 2017

Jon Fusco

The 100 Best Screenwriters Ever According to 40 of the Best Screenwriters Today

5 years ago by Liz Nord

vulture

list

Liz Nord

How Noah Baumbach Builds Complex Characters Through Family Dysfunction in "The Meyerowitz Stories"

5 years ago by Jon Fusco

new york film festival 2017

Noah Baumbach

the meyerowitz stories

adam sandler

ben stiller

the squid and the whale

NYFF

nyff 2017

Jon Fusco

Watch: A Novel Way to Make Your Characters More Human

5 years ago by Max Winter

Video Essay

science fiction

Max Winter

4 Life Lessons from Tyrus Wong, the Largely Unsung Artist Behind 'Bambi'

6 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

9 Lessons on How to Perfect Your Pitch

6 years ago by Sophia Harvey

Sophia Harvey

Embrace Failure to Find Success: Jon Daly & Gil Ozeri on Becoming Comedy Performer-Writers

6 years ago by Jon Fusco

Jon Fusco

Watch: Discover How 'Blade Runner' Created a New Genre

6 years ago by Justin Morrow

blade runner

blade runner 2049

Justin Morrow

Watch: 3 Ways to Create Worlds Using the Artistic Method of George Lucas

6 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

Watch: What Has CGI Really Changed For Animated Storytellers?

6 years ago by Jon Fusco

Jon Fusco

Learn Script Formatting (& Why Screenplay Format Matters)

6 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Make Your Screenplay Better

6 years ago by V Renée

writing

story structure

V Renée

Watch: Why Does Stephen King's Storytelling Terrify Us?

6 years ago by Justin Morrow

Stephen King

horror

Justin Morrow

4 Tips From Emmy-Nominated Writers on How to Break Into Hollywood

6 years ago by Hawkins DuBois

Writers Guild of America

emmys

Master of None

Better Call Saul

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

stranger things

Hawkins DuBois

Watch: What Stephen King's Pennywise Can Teach Us about Character Introductions

6 years ago by Max Winter

Stephen King

pennywise

Max Winter

What 'The Limehouse Golem' Production Designer Does Every Single Day for Design Inspiration

6 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

Francis Ford Coppola Wants to Read Your Screenplay

6 years ago by Christopher Boone

screenplay competitions

Christopher Boone

Watch: 'Blue Ruin', 'Green Room' & Jeremy Saulnier's Art of Suspense

6 years ago by Jon Fusco

Jon Fusco

Three Powerful Films, Three Writers, and Three Rules for Your Screenplay

6 years ago by Dylan Kai Dempsey

Dylan Kai Dempsey

Everything We Know About Darren Aronofsky's 'mother!' Right Now

6 years ago by Sophia Harvey

Sophia Harvey

Bong Joon-Ho's 7 Keys to Greatness Give Us a Reason to Relax

6 years ago by Jon Fusco

Jon Fusco

3 Lessons We Learned From Aaron Sorkin's Master Class at TIFF

6 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

6 Bad Habits You'll Want to Avoid as a Creative

6 years ago by V Renée

creativity

advice

V Renée

'Unforgiven' 25 Years Later: 5 Ways Eastwood Masterfully Deconstructed the Western

6 years ago by Christopher Boone

Christopher Boone

A Massive List of Fall 2017 Grants All Filmmakers Should Know About

6 years ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

tribeca film institute

Oakley Anderson-Moore

Watch: How Edgar Wright Expertly Crafts Sympathetic Protagonists

6 years ago by Jon Fusco

Jon Fusco

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Filmmaker Resource: Indie Film Hustle

8 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

479

Why You as a Screenwriting-Director Needs to Tell Your Story (on your own terms)

8 years ago by Kevin Shannon

Kevin Shannon

Director/Screenwriter/Actor

Shoot in Any Direction and You'll Hit a Bastard (Official Trailer)

8 years ago by Guanto

Sergio Leone

Ennio Morricone

western

Guanto

Filmmaker

GH1 in 2015?

8 years ago by Alex Phillips

Alex Phillips

Writer/Director

292

Hacked GH1 in 2015?

8 years ago by Alex Phillips

Alex Phillips

Writer/Director

292

Favourite Independent film makers

8 years ago by Connor Stevenson-Wright

Connor Stevenson-Wright

Director/Cinematographer

154

Lines database software

8 years ago by Carlos Gama

Carlos Gama 86

10 Ways We Turn Generation Z Into Living Zombies

8 years ago by Jason Manning

Indies

zombies

music

Jason Manning 61

10 Ways We Turn Generation Z Into Living Zombies

8 years ago by Jason Manning

Jason Manning 61

16mm short film

8 years ago by Paul DeSilva

Paul DeSilva

Filmmaker, VFX artist

142

Two Weeks to Early Deadline: Best Movie Title

8 years ago by Claire Stanton Lee

Claire Stanton Lee

Coordinator

275

Sony a7s film critique

8 years ago by Jesse Tugas

Jesse Tugas

Director, Editor, Cinematographer, Writer, Actor

149

Sony a7s film critique

8 years ago by Jesse Tugas

Jesse Tugas

Director, Editor, Cinematographer, Writer, Actor

149

Check out my really short film and let me know what you think! shot on an a7s

8 years ago by Jon Rhoads

Jon Rhoads 74

Turning a video into a series.

8 years ago by Cliff Shorey

video

Cliff Shorey

Cinematographer, Writer

An Interview with SNL's Alex Buono About His Upcoming Filmmaking Workshop: The Art of Visual Storytelling 2

8 years ago by Gabrielle Wathen

visual storytelling 2

film workshop

cinematography

Gabrielle Wathen 34

Constructive Criticism Guys?

8 years ago by Kyler Wagner

Kyler Wagner

Director/Cinematographer/Video Editor

218

Please destroy this film

8 years ago by Luke Oyovbaire

short film

Thriller

psychological thriller

Student Film

Luke Oyovbaire

Filmmaker

173

Yet another gear advice question

8 years ago by David David

David David 1235

Inspirational short film

8 years ago by Haji Yusrizam Haji Abd Tahir

short films inspirational

Haji Yusrizam Haji Abd Tahir

Director of Cinematography

Thoughts on Alex Buono's Visual Storytelling Workshop? Did you attend?

8 years ago by Gabrielle Wathen

Gabrielle Wathen 34

CALL FOR ENTRIES – OTHER WORLDS AUSTIN SCIFI FILM FESTIVAL

8 years ago by OtherWorldsATX

OtherWorldsATX 67

Script Feedback

8 years ago by Robin Nyström

short film

Web Series

independent

Robin Nyström

Blogger

How can you show emotional development of the relationship of guy and girl for one day?

8 years ago by Romaro

Romaro 74

Script Formatting

8 years ago by Kenny Williams

Kenny Williams

Writer/Director/Editor/Actor

Help me educate myself into a career in documentary film.

8 years ago by jason macintyre

jason macintyre

Student

298

Which car dialog scenes with a stopped car do you know?

8 years ago by Andreas Rüther

Andreas Rüther 93

Short Screenplay

8 years ago by Brittany Johnson

screenwriting

screenplay

Brittany Johnson 86

Subscribe to the BlueCat E-Newsletter!

8 years ago by Claire Stanton Lee

Claire Stanton Lee

Coordinator

275

How do you find your story?

8 years ago by Nation Morin

Nation Morin 81