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These Are the Best Ways to Research Your Screenwriting Ideas

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

screenwriting

research

screenwriting research

Jason Hellerman

Oscar-Nominated Short Film Director Explains the Power of "Dramatizing" Your Screenplay

3 months ago by Alyssa Miller

Alyssa Miller

The 50 Most Common Storytelling Clichés

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How “Expressing What’s in You” Lead This Short Film to an Oscar Nomination

3 months ago by Alyssa Miller

Alyssa Miller

Why Did Jenna Ortega Rewrite 'Wednesday' Scripts?

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What Are Some Outside-the-Box Ways To Come Up With Movie Ideas?

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Save the Cat! Screenplay Challenge Grounds Writers in Structure, Not Subjective Opinion

3 months ago by Sponsored Content

Save the Cat

Save the cat beat sheet

Save the Cat Software

screenwriting competition

Sponsored Content

How This Filmmaker Masters the Power of Film Activism in the Short Film 'Stranger at the Gate'

3 months ago by Alyssa Miller

Alyssa Miller

How Do You Option a Book or an Article To Adapt into a Film or TV Show?

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Development executive

Jason Hellerman

We Love The Romance Genre in Film and TV (Definition and Examples)

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What Are the Best Ways To Organize Your Movie and TV Show Ideas?

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Charlie Kaufman Rallies the WGA With a Scorching Awards Speech

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What Are Some of the Best Short Films You Can Watch on Vimeo?

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What Are the Best YouTube Videos of Interviews With Filmmakers?

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What Are Some Storytelling Lessons from Netflix's Drive to Survive?

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

7 Lessons We Learned From Experimental Documentaries

3 months ago by Alyssa Miller

experimental film

experimental documentary

Alyssa Miller

I'm Worried About Big Data and Hollywood

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

big data

data

Data Analysis

Artificial Intelligence

hollywood

screenwriting contests

diversity

ethics

Jason Hellerman

Do We Miss Development Hell? Plus, 'The Last of Us'

3 months ago by GG Hawkins

no film school podcast

GG Hawkins

10 Things Screenwriters Should Keep In Mind While Collaborating With Executives

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

executives

Development executive

Jason Hellerman

Dissecting the Experimental Genre in Film and TV

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What Are the Most Common Questions Beginning Screenwriters Ask? (With Answers)

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

storytelling

storytelling advice

screenwriting advice

screenwriting questions

beginning writers

screenwriting

Jason Hellerman

What is a Leitmotif in Music and Screenwriting? (Definition and Examples)

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What's a "Wunza" Movie or TV Show? (Definition and Examples)

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

The Screenwriting Contests We Think Are Worth Entering

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

screenwriting contests

screenwriting competition

screenwriting advice

screenwriting ideas

storytelling

Jason Hellerman

What This First Time Director Thinks You Need To Know Before Making Your First Project

3 months ago by Guest Author

Guest Author

10 Screenwriting Tips From Ruben Östlund

3 months ago by Alyssa Miller

Alyssa Miller

The Western Genre in Film and TV (Definition and Examples)

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Sara Dosa’s Top 7 Movies From the Criterion Closet

3 months ago by Alyssa Miller

Alyssa Miller

7 Directing Lessons From Ava Duvernay Films

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

The True Crime Genre in Movies and TV Shows (Definition and Examples)

3 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Crime

true crime

True Crime Documentaries

Jason Hellerman

Pages

Quality or quantity when starting out?

5 years ago by Emil F. Skanning

Emil F. Skanning

Writer, Director, Editor

408

Watch "Damage Control": Film Shortage Selected Weekly Feature

5 years ago by Ryan Oksenberg

Ryan Oksenberg

Director, Screenwriter, Editor

Damage Control: Teaser Trailer (Premiering on Film Shortage 4/23)

5 years ago by Ryan Oksenberg

short film

Thriller

suspense

psychological thriller

indie film

trailer

Ryan Oksenberg

Director, Screenwriter, Editor

Finding NYC directors and DP's

5 years ago by Ryan Brennan

Ryan Brennan 74

Seattle Minute Movies: Copy

5 years ago by Bryan Howell

Bryan Howell

Screenwriter, corporate videographer, and indie filmmaker

592

New Sci Fi Short Film "UTU"

5 years ago by Daniel Freedman

Daniel Freedman

Writer, Director, Editor

154

Guerilla Movie Making Awards - Open for entries

5 years ago by MJ PaxtonMitchell

MJ PaxtonMitchell 63

Big Ambitions-- Screenwriting App Prototype and Small Company Formation

5 years ago by David Syes

Patreon

David Syes

Recasting Self and Future

Just Finished my First Short Film “Casey Jones: Overtime” **TMNT Universe Fan Film**

5 years ago by Carlos Shabo

Carlos Shabo

Producer, Director

NEW COMEDY FILM FESTIVAL SLATED TO DEBUT IN LAS VEGAS THIS WINTER

5 years ago by Jaimé Morton

Jaimé Morton 81

Getting zero feedback on trailer for first feature...

5 years ago by Alex Richardson

Alex Richardson

Director

3633

Barry Jenkins & Greta Gerwig in Conversation

5 years ago by Jon Brown

Jon Brown 81

Our 2018 Screenwriting Contests are Open!

5 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

767

How would I come up with ideas for a short film?

5 years ago by Megan T

#ideas #help #stuck

Megan T

Writer, Film Maker

HOLY F__K - An award-winning sexorcism comedy (8min)

5 years ago by Chris Chalklen

Chris Chalklen

Writer/Director/Animator

111

Using well known toys / action figures in a film

5 years ago by Mark D

short film

Copyrights

props

Mark D 74

What films create a world that the audience can expand?

5 years ago by Gui Fradin

scifi

storytelling

MediaTag

Gui Fradin 81

What we can learn from '12 angry men' - part 1

5 years ago by Gui Fradin

Gui Fradin 81

Screenwriting

5 years ago by Roman Richards

screenwriting

Roman Richards 74

A SCREENWRITER IN DISGUISE

5 years ago by Joyce Sousa

Joyce Sousa

Screenwriter

Film Con Hollywood 2018

5 years ago by michael williams

Film Con

michael williams

Production Associate, Aspiring Director

Free short screenplays

5 years ago by Robert Lee

short scripts

short screenplays

free scripts

free script free screenplay

Robert Lee

Screenwriter

120

Please advice an aspiring director.

5 years ago by Michael Oleinik

Michael Oleinik 74

Talking Film - A New Show Discussing Different Topics About the "Biz"

5 years ago by Mark Joseph

Mark Joseph 79

2018 SmashCut Screenplay Competition - Judges Announced

5 years ago by Matt Edwards

screenplay competition

Matt Edwards

director/producer/editor

Experienced Filmmakers (All jobs)

5 years ago by We Get Work

We Get Work

Recruitment

Send us Feature Movie Scripts!

5 years ago by Manuela Santini Dalkiran

Manuela Santini Dalkiran 74

Send us Scripts for TV Series!

5 years ago by Manuela Santini Dalkiran

screen; tvserie; scripts;...

Manuela Santini Dalkiran 74

Short Film Pace Is Too Quick

5 years ago by Zachary Lewis

Zachary Lewis

Cinematographer

254

Free 2018 Screenwriting Contest Calendar!

6 years ago by Justine Owens

screenwriting contests

screenwriting

writing

film

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

767