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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

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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

How Dwight From 'The Office' Can Show You How to Write Backstory

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

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The Office

How to write backstory

dwight

Jason Hellerman

Here's How You Should Give Script Notes

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

New 'Knives Out' Trailer Teaches You How Important Casting Is

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Steven Soderbergh's 5 Most Underrated Movies

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Steven Soderbergh

The Limey

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Behind the Candelabra

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Haywire

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Jason Hellerman

Download Over 80 of the Best Horror Scripts Right Now

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Did 'Cheers' Have the Best Sitcom Pilot of All Time?

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

4 Lessons Paul Thomas Anderson Can Teach You About Directing

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Scriptation Now Has Team Pricing For Any Size Production

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

scriptation

Scriptation team

Jason Hellerman

Watch the New 'Jurassic World' Short Film

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

You Can Learn A Lot Watching Martin Scorsese Shoot 'King of Comedy'

4 years ago by Phil Pirrello

Phil Pirrello

What's the True Meaning Behind 'The Terminator' and 'Aliens?'

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Check Out The Bitter Script Reader's Spec Database

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Spec Script

Screenwriting tips

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The Bitter Script Reader

Jason Hellerman

What Does the Feather Mean in 'Forrest Gump'?

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How to Write a Marvel Film From Start to Finish

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

4 Lessons from Eric Heisserer on Writing Science Fiction

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

4 Filmmaking Tips from 'It' Director Andy Muschietti

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Get Paid By Universal For a Year to Write Two Feature Films (Oct 1st, 2019 Deadline)

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

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Jason Hellerman

An Essential Back-to-School Shopping List for Filmmakers

4 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

75 Scene Writing Prompts to Supercharge Your Creative Output and Scenes

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

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writing prompts

story ideas

Jason Hellerman

3 Scriptcat Screenwriting Tips That'll Help Inspire You

4 years ago by Evan Littman

Evan Littman

Learn From the Changes Between First Draft and Final Draft in Lulu Wang's The Farewell

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

5 Tips on How Christopher Nolan Wrote the Joker and 'The Dark Knight'

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What the Final 'Joker' Trailer Can Teach You About Originality and Homage

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

5 Ways You Can Break into the Film Industry

4 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

Analyzing Jim and Pam From 'The Office': Will They or Won't They?

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

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SINNER - a post-apocalyptic witch hunt with robots. Would you watch it?

7 years ago by Stash Capar

Sci Fi

Artificial Intelligence

Stash Capar

Film Director

Mr. Robot Script Analysis: Breakdown the Pilot Episode

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

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screenplay software

screenplay formatting software

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

540

Celtx vs. Final Draft

7 years ago by Henry Selick

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Final Draft

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How to Write a Screenplay...FAST!

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

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screenplay software

screenplay formatting software

Highland script writing software

Save the Cat Software

Jeff Bollow

Fast Screenplay

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

540

FilmRiot and DSLR Guide are a disgrace? Why hate CinematographyDatabase? (Rant)

7 years ago by Mark Miller

Mark Miller

Director

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Script Writing Software: 5 Apps Better & CHEAPER Than Final Draft

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

script writing software

screenplay software

screenplay formatting software

Highland script writing software

Save the Cat Software

John August

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

540

UPDATE: On-Going FREE On-Line FILMMAKING WORKSHOP & INDIE COMMUNITY

7 years ago by Alex Molina

Alex Molina

Creative Director, MalaCom-UNATI (Actor/Filmmaker)

Difference in story - short/feature film

7 years ago by David David

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How to show the future or flash forward in a film

7 years ago by blake kimball

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Doug Richardson – Screenwriting Bad Boys, Die Hard 2 & Making It in Hollyweird

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

540

The Web Series Podcast

7 years ago by Robin Nyström

Robin Nyström

Blogger

Novel, Screenplay and Stage-Play; What's the difference?

7 years ago by Toby Garside

screenwriting

Toby Garside

Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Indie Filmmaker

274

Why Indie Filmmaking is Like Being in a Horrible Relationship

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

540

35+ OSCAR, BAFTA, Golden Globe, Cannes & Emmy Award Winning Judges

7 years ago by Justine Owens

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Justine Owens

Director of Contests

760

Screenplays

7 years ago by Alan

Alan 275

On-Going FREE On-Line FILMMAKING WORKHOP & Indie Community

7 years ago by Alex Molina

Alex Molina

Creative Director, MalaCom-UNATI (Actor/Filmmaker)

My first film! 'Draft Eight' (10 min) A godlike short film about the regrets of wasting ones life. I'd love some feedback.

7 years ago by Chris Chalklen

Chris Chalklen

Writer/Director/Animator

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Shore Scripts Final Submission Deadline Closes 31st August

7 years ago by Justine Owens

screenwriting competitions film

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

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Suggested laptops for screenwriters?

7 years ago by Hailey Escobar

laptops

Hailey Escobar

Screenwriter

Made a short film, would appreciate critique.

7 years ago by Cedar Riley Nelson

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Is this funny or not?

7 years ago by Kevin

Kevin 144

How to get an idea and make it a story and not to be scared

7 years ago by Ryan P, Brown

Ryan P, Brown 101

Getting inspired to go for it.

7 years ago by Ryan P, Brown

Ryan P, Brown 101

Just Announced: PARTICIPANT MEDIA & PIVOT TEAM WITH THE NYTVF for WORKS FOR PROGRESS

7 years ago by Emily Damron

Emily Damron

New York Television Festival

What Filmmakers Can Do About the Diversity Problem in Hollywood

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Diversity Problem in Hollywood

filmmaking

filmmakers

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

540

It's good to be bad - 99 Solutions review

7 years ago by Zam Ded

Zam Ded

Creator

SHORE SCRIPTS SCREENWRITING COMPETITION REGULAR DEADLINE 31st July 2016

7 years ago by Justine Owens

screenwriting

scriptwriting

film

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

760

Need Some Constructive Criticism for my 10 Minute Short

7 years ago by VIJASGJJ KHARE

VIJASGJJ KHARE

Writer , Director

Top 10 Must Listen To Screenwriting Podcasts

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

540

Adventure filmmaking. I've got no money left, all my gear's broken, and my horses are gone. How to start post on 12TB+?

7 years ago by Matty Hannon

adventure surfing nature...

Matty Hannon

Documentary filmmaker

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