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How to Write Character Development [FREE Worksheet]

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

character

Character arc

character development

screenwriting

Jason Hellerman

Taika Waititi on Being Hilarious as a Person and a Writer

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Taika Waititi

bafta guru

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Jason Hellerman

What Is a Non-Linear Narrative and How Do You Write One?

1 year ago by Jason Hellerman

nonlinear narrative

parallel plot

subvert the narrative

fragmented narrative

Jason Hellerman

Born Sexy Yesterday: Why Does This Male-Fantasy Trope Need to Go?

3 months ago by Alyssa Miller

Alyssa Miller

A Massive List of Winter 2021 Grants All Filmmakers Should Know About

3 months ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Oakley Anderson-Moore

Jason Hellerman

How to Pitch a TV Show to Any Network or Streamer (Free Checklist)

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How ‘[REC]’ Teaches You to Do Found Footage Right

2 days ago by Alyssa Miller

Alyssa Miller

8 Great Filmmaking Lessons from 'A League of Their Own'

2 days ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How Is TCM Tackling Problematic Films? By Showing and Talking About Them

3 days ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Meet the 2021 Sundance Institute Screenwriters Intensive Fellows

3 days ago by Jo Light

2021 Sundance Institute...

sundance institute

Jo Light

What Is Situational Irony in Film and TV? (Definition and Examples)

3 days ago by Jason Hellerman

irony

situational irony

storytelling

Jason Hellerman

Listen to Tarantino's Thoughts on a Masterful Sequence in 'Joker'

4 days ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What Do Producers Want? We Ask One

5 days ago by George Edelman

podcast

the no film school podcast

no film school podcast

podcasts

producing

Shivani Rawat

George Edelman

5 Steps to Murder Your First Draft

5 days ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What Does 'High-Concept Idea' Mean?

6 days ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How to Balance Multiple Filmmaking Projects All at Once

6 days ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How the Framing Narrative of 'Judas and the Black Messiah' Shapes the Movie

1 week ago by Jason Hellerman

Judas and the Black Messiah

Jason Hellerman

All the Things We Learned from the 2021 Writers' Roundtable

2 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

the hollywood reporter

writer roundtable

Writing tips

Jason Hellerman

13 Filmmakers Share the Advice You Need to Direct an Indie Feature

2 weeks ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Sundance Film Festival

Oakley Anderson-Moore

8 Great Filmmaking Lessons from 'Hustlers'

2 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Check Out a Free TV Writing Master Class with the 'Succession' Creators

2 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What Are the 10+ Best Villain Monologues? And How to Write an Evil One!

3 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

50 Years Later, White House Tapes Reveal Richard Nixon Hated 'All in the Family'

3 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What's Behind the Success of 'Ted Lasso'?

3 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How Ajitpal Singh Went from Lonely ‘Terrorist’ to 44-Year-Old First-Time Filmmaker

3 weeks ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Ajitpal Singh

Fire in the Mountains

Sundance 2021

Sundance Film Festival

sundance film festival 2021

interview

Oakley Anderson-Moore

8 Great Filmmaking Lessons from 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'

3 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

This Guy Almost Scored the Film Rights to the Gamestop Madness

3 weeks ago by Jeffrey Reeser

podcast

the no film school podcast

no film school podcast

podcasts

stonks

COVID-19

Jeffrey Reeser

Only 25 Spec Scripts Were Sold in 2020

3 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

8 Great Filmmaking Lessons from 'The Departed'

4 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

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I've written my first screenplay, I've had it read by people in the industry who agree that I have something special - now what?

11 months ago by Craig Walker

British

screenplay

Craig Walker 86

Are our backs against the wall with novelty in film making?

11 months ago by Santanu Bhattacharjee

film making creativity novelty

Santanu Bhattacharjee

Filmmaker

134

2020 Short Film Fund - Regular Deadline

11 months ago by Justine Owens

#screenwriting #scriptwriting...

Justine Owens

Business Manager

804

Screenplay

11 months ago by Usman Haider

Usman Haider

Actor

108

Our 2020 FEATURE & TV PILOT Contest Is Now Open!

1 year ago by Justine Owens

#screenwriting #scriptwriting...

Justine Owens

Business Manager

804

Shore Scripts 2020 Short Film Fund Is Now Open!

1 year ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

804

Newbie looking for mentor

1 year ago by Clément VIAUD

mentoring

mentor

newbie

Clément VIAUD 113

2019 Order of Winners Announced

1 year ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

804

What is your favourite movie?

1 year ago by Jenny

film

Jenny 149

2019’s Feature and TV-Pilot Winners Announced

1 year ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

804

Writing a screenplay

1 year ago by Marcos Cotlar

Single location

short horror films

Marcos Cotlar

Production Assistant

176

Shore Scripts 2019 Feature & TV-Pilot Finalists!

1 year ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

804

2019 Feature & TV-Pilot Quarter-Finalists!

1 year ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

804

Has anyone successfully used a proof of concept to get financing?

1 year ago by Byron Q

shorts

proof of concept

horror films

Byron Q

Writer/Director

274

Screenwriters - Last Chance to Enter!

2 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

804

How do you write an article for No Film School?

2 years ago by Tom Gleason

Tom Gleason

Writer

285

Who is the best director in the past 60 years?

2 years ago by Tom Gleason

Tom Gleason

Writer

285

2019 Screenwriting Contest Regular Deadline

2 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

804

Transitioning a scene into color

2 years ago by Melissa Milich

Melissa Milich

Writer, Development

for sell: script package combination with a movie teaser/pilot

2 years ago by itzhak begerano

screenplays/ script package...

itzhak begerano 111

2019 Short Film Fund Winners & Top 5 Finalists!

2 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

804

Shore Scripts Feature & TV-Pilot Early Deadline

2 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

804

Final Deadline - 2019 Short Film Fund

2 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

804

Talk Show

2 years ago by Shubham KUMAR

Shubham KUMAR

Screenplay writer

109

CINEMATIC MUSIC VIDEO

2 years ago by André Nicolau Barreto

André Nicolau Barreto

Music Video Director

Low-budget action film set and filmed in Iraq, advice re: funding

2 years ago by Adam Lucente

Adam Lucente

Screenwriter

Rough Cuts - A Philadelphia Filmmaker Open Mic Night

2 years ago by Noah Kain

philadelphia

Noah Kain 114

Forgot to say thank you NFS

2 years ago by Gregorio Nocco

Gregorio Nocco

Filmaker / Screenwriter

191

What order?

2 years ago by Emil F. Skanning

Emil F. Skanning

Writer, Director, Editor

394

2019's Short Film Fund Is Now Open!

2 years ago by Justine Owens

screenwriting

screenplaycontests

bestscreenwritingadvice

scriptcoverageservices

funding

Justine Owens

Business Manager

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