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Watch Vintage Clips of Stanley Kubrick Making 'The Shining'

4 years ago by Phil Pirrello

Phil Pirrello

Jesse Pinkman was the Screenwriting Secret Weapon Behind 'Breaking Bad'

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

You Shouldn't See 'Joker' This Weekend (Opinion)

4 years ago by Phil Pirrello

Phil Pirrello

Scorsese Says Marvel Movies Are 'Not Cinema' As 'Joker,' Based on His Work, Opens Wide

4 years ago by George Edelman

George Edelman

What is an Inciting Incident? (Definitions and Examples)

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

10 Filmmaking Tips You Can Learn From Fantastic Fest 2019

4 years ago by Jourdan Aldredge

Fantastic Fest 2019

The Death of Dick Long

Jourdan Aldredge

How to Build Momentum in Your Screenplay

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

screenplay advice

screenwriting

structure

Jason Hellerman

How 'Zombieland' Subverts Zombie Tropes in its Storytelling

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Unlocking the Crime and Gangster Genre in Film and TV (Definition and Examples)

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

crime and gangster genre

Jason Hellerman

Here's How Vince Gilligan Made 'Breaking Bad' So Damn Good

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

When People See the Movie They'll Be Like, 'What the Fuck?'

4 years ago by George Edelman

The Death of Dick Long

George Edelman

Storyboarding Your Vision Is Old School, But It Works

4 years ago by Oden Roberts

storyboards

Oden Roberts

James Cameron Reveals What's Next for Cinema

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

James Cameron

cinema

future

future of storytelling

future of cinema

avatar

titanic

Jason Hellerman

What is Five-Act Structure and How Do You Use It?

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How to Write a Movie Script

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How Split Diopter and Cinemascope Made the Weirdest Western You'll Ever See

4 years ago by Emily Buder

westerns

movies

Emily Buder

Check Out the 1st Annual Killer Shorts Screenplay Competition

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

screenwriting contests

screenwriting competition

horror

Jason Hellerman

How to Write Your Script's Climax

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Imposter Syndrome: What Does it Mean and How Can You Fight It?

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How to Write the Best Exposition In Your Script

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

U.S. Military Warns 'Joker' Screenings Could Be Targets of Incel Violence

4 years ago by Phil Pirrello

Phil Pirrello

Is Your Screenplay Idea Not Grounded Enough?

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How You Can Write Unforgettable Bit Characters for Actors

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Bit character

character

character development

Jason Hellerman

3 Great Tips for How to Set Your Writing Schedule

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Screenwriting tips

writing advice

Jason Hellerman

Every Great Movie You Should Watch, According to Bill Hader

4 years ago by Phil Pirrello

Phil Pirrello

Why the 'Fish Out Of Water' Trope Is So Valuable to Screenwriters

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

6 Ways You Can Start and Run a Writing Group

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

2 Ways 'Shawshank Redemption' Can Make You a Better Director

4 years ago by Phil Pirrello

shawshank redemption

Frank Darabont

Stephen King

Phil Pirrello

Do These 1999 Movies Make it The Best Year for Movies Ever?

4 years ago by George Edelman

George Edelman

3 Ways 'Righteous Gemstones' Does What No Other TV Show Can

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

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Max Landis: How This Screenwriter is Disrupting Hollywood

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

442

Is the opening of True Detective the best ten minutes of TV ever?

7 years ago by Ted Wilkes

Ted Wilkes 66

Shore Scripts Announce 2016 Semi Finalists

7 years ago by Justine Owens

screenwriting competitions film

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

732

Any recommendations for story outlining tools?

7 years ago by Susan Wright

Susan Wright

Producer

Quentin Tarantino’s Unreleased Feature Film: My Best Friend’s Birthday

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Quentin Tarantino

My Best Friend’s Birthday

filmmaking

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

442

Short Film

7 years ago by Yuvraj Soi

documentry

Yuvraj Soi

Filmmaker

134

How do you assign monetary value to a screenplay?

7 years ago by Josh Egel

#screenwriter #script #money ...

Josh Egel 157

Shore Scripts Announce 2016 Quarter Finalists

7 years ago by Justine Owens

screenwriting competitions film

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

732

Screenplays ,How to get it across

7 years ago by Melvin Alex

Melvin Alex

Writer

Why are First Ten Pages of BREAKING BAD'S Screenplay so Important?

7 years ago by Ted Wilkes

Ted Wilkes 66

Screenplays: FREE Download 2017 Oscar Contenders + Over 60 More Film Scripts

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

442

Will a BlackMagic Cinema Camera get the job done?

7 years ago by Jackson Flowers

Jackson Flowers

Director of Photography/ Director/ Actor

246

Narrowing down on a Cinema Camera, NFS can you help steer me in a right direction?

7 years ago by Jackson Flowers

Jackson Flowers

Director of Photography/ Director/ Actor

246

Started my carreer in filmmaking, what now?

7 years ago by Alejandro Badillo

Alejandro Badillo

Music Producer, Actor, Screenwriter

149

Best websites to get screenwriting jobs?

7 years ago by D. Robards

D. Robards 188

Required team of highly enthusiastic indie filmmakers from around the world for an upcoming project.

7 years ago by Vinit Kadu

job indie film shortfilm...

Vinit Kadu

Editor, Colorist , VFx , Motion Graphics and Graphics

I've got a script. What now...?

7 years ago by Nick Friend

Nick Friend

Cinematographer and YouTuber

John Milius: The Craziest Writer/Director in Hollywood?

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

film script. film director

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

442

How do you check a screenwriter's credentials if his experience has been ghostwriting?

7 years ago by C Zimmermann

C Zimmermann 1

A huge list of questions from a budding film maker (numbered and categorized)

7 years ago by Arjun.P

Arjun.P

Founder of The Parikkara Foundation and Photographer

232

Ideas for production company name?

7 years ago by borkes

production company name

borkes

Director / Writer

133

5 Ways to Use Momentum to Make Your Second Indie Film

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

screenwriting software

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

442

Monthly Film Fund HORROR SPECIAL

7 years ago by Monthly Film Fund

Short Film Funding

Monthly Film Fund

Short Film Funding Organisation

How to Get Yourself or Your Film Listed on IMDB

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

442

How to Write a Screenplay That Really Sells

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

how to become a screenwriter

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

442

The Monthly Film Fund

7 years ago by Monthly Film Fund

Funding For Short Films

Monthly Film Fund

Short Film Funding Organisation

MacGuffin: What are they?

7 years ago by Nazia Nusrat Adnin

Nazia Nusrat Adnin

Director /Writer

337

A film movement that shook the world: Japanese New Wave

7 years ago by Nazia Nusrat Adnin

Nazia Nusrat Adnin

Director /Writer

337

How to Become a Screenwriter in Hollywood

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

how to become a screenwriter

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

442

High School Produced Full Length Film

7 years ago by Paul Amato

Paul Amato 193