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If Jordan Peele Isn't Pissing People Off He Says He's "Doing it Wrong"

4 years ago by George Edelman

George Edelman

'I’m going to write something that’s unlike anything I’ve written before' - Neil Gaiman Discusses His Craft

4 years ago by Jo Light

Jo Light

Discipline: The Secret Weapon Too Many Filmmakers Aren't Utilizing

4 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

“Maybe The Evil is Us”: Jordan Peele Explains 'Us' at The SXSW Premiere

4 years ago by George Edelman

jordan peele

get out

SXSW 2019

George Edelman

Lessons in Mockumentary Filmmaking with Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement

4 years ago by Jourdan Aldredge

Taika Waititi

jemaine clement

What We Do in the Shadows

Mockumentary

SXSW 2019

Jourdan Aldredge

What Does Van Gogh's Ugliest Painting Have to do with Filmmaking?

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How the 'End of Her Life' Began Her Career: Emily Ting on 'Go Back to China'

4 years ago by Jo Light

Jo Light

Code of a Filmmaker: 12 Principles That All Filmmakers Should Live By

4 years ago by V Renée

The Code of a Filmmaker

inspiration

V Renée

This 'Revenge of the Sith' Deleted Scene Raises More Questions

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Watch Paul Schrader's Inspiring Screenwriting Lecture with BAFTA

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Is There a Right Way to Write Female Roles?

4 years ago by Jo Light

Jo Light

Who's Doing Which Drugs (and in Which Movies)?

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Create Captivating Character Arcs in Your Screenplay

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How to Build a Tense Scene Reminiscent of 'Silence Of The Lambs'

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How to Avoid the 'White Savior Trope' in your Writing

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Commemorate John Candy's Passing With This Moving Tribute Video

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Do This Stuff If You Want to Fail as a Creative

4 years ago by V Renée

pattonoswalt

inspiration

creativity

V Renée

What Makes the Beginning of a Movie Great?

4 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

Billy Wilder's Top Ten Screenwriting Tips

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Billy Wilder

screenwriting advice

Jason Hellerman

Participants Announced for Sundance Institute's Screenwriters Intensive

4 years ago by Erik Luers

screenwriting

sundance institute

Call for Entries

Erik Luers

In Defense of the Laugh Track

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Who and What Made It to IndieWire's List of 100 Best Films Directed by Women?

4 years ago by Jo Light

female director

100 best

Jo Light

Why Writers and Agents Are Gearing Up For An Historic Battle

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Remembering the Time Spike Lee Lost at the Academy Awards

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

What is Dramatic Irony? (Definition and Examples)

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Look Who's Talking MORE...

4 years ago by George Edelman

representation

women in film

George Edelman

Which Movies Define Your Humanity

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Watch 18 Animated Myths Come to Life and Inspire Your Project

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Watch Spike Lee Win a Competitive Oscar for the Very First Time

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

How to Write a TV Pilot: Free Drama Pilot Seminar (Week Six)

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Free Drama Pilot Seminar

online screenwriting course

TV pilot

pilot

TV writing

Jason Hellerman

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"The Trump Diaries" - My RØDE Reel 2017 Entry

6 years ago by David West

David West

Filmmaker

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How 'The Terminator' and 'T2: Judgment Day' create a unifying theme

6 years ago by Paul Neary

Terminator

Video Essay

analysis

Paul Neary

Writer

What is STYLE_Short Film

6 years ago by Yuvraj Soi

style

Yuvraj Soi

Filmmaker

127

$10,000 Short Film/WebSeries grant available now!

6 years ago by Matt Edwards

Matt Edwards

director/producer/editor

I made an award wining short, how bad is it?

6 years ago by Pece Zdravkovski

Pece Zdravkovski

Studying Film

243

Writing a Synopsis For a Documentary

6 years ago by Alroy Ndhlovu

documentary

screenwriting

synopsis

Alroy Ndhlovu

Student/ Freelance

New Short Film/Indie Film

6 years ago by Victoria Angelique

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NEW Comic Book Shop / Web Series - COMEDY

6 years ago by Donovan Vim Crony

Donovan Vim Crony

Director, DP, Editor, VFX, Sci-Fi Lover

574

Recent Experience With Amazon Studios?

6 years ago by Bruce Hyer

Amazon Studios

Bruce Hyer

DP/Writer

268

Call for entries open for Figari Film Fest 2017!

6 years ago by Figari Film Fest

Figari Film Fest 81

Top Ten Best Screenplays Ever Written

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

427

How to acquire the rights to a Novel?

6 years ago by Gustavo Gonzalez

Gustavo Gonzalez 157

FB Live Q&A with the makers of Moonlight, La La Land, Arrival, & more

6 years ago by Tech Geek

Tech Geek 79

books for film direction?

6 years ago by Allauddin Bandlapalli

Allauddin Bandlapalli 81

Eights of the script... How?

6 years ago by Thomas Bunink

Eights

script

breakdown

Thomas Bunink

Student/Self Employed Freelance Filmmaker

123

Where can I buy an experienced & well versed screen writer?

6 years ago by Daniel Vestal

Daniel Vestal

Video Producer

221

Feedback on a high school film project?

6 years ago by Noah Gunderson

criticism

Noah Gunderson 81

Lense Recommendations

6 years ago by Brendan Murray

Sony a6300

Brendan Murray

Filmmaker/Photographer

Ejaculation references like erupting volcano

6 years ago by Isabelle

Erotic

references

volcano

Isabelle

Film Student

The Color Catchers

6 years ago by Yuvraj Soi

documentary

INDIA

Kites

Yuvraj Soi

Filmmaker

127

Chance to have your script read in front of Fox's "Empire" Writer/Producer Malcolm Spellman!

6 years ago by Emily-Zoey Zamora

Emily-Zoey Zamora 81

How to Break into the Film Industry with Stage 32’s RB Botto

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

filmmaking

filmmaker

indie film

no-budget feature film

no-budget feature

no budget feature

Film Industry

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

427

How to Sell Your Idea to Television with Agent Matthew Doyle

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Television Writing

screenwriting

Screenwriter

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

427

Making a short film?

6 years ago by Dilip Suthar

Dilip Suthar

Editor and Cinematographer

176

Andrea Mitchell

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER online and mobile Interactive Content

Movie Making

6 years ago by Riley White

Riley White

Director

Making a Short Film-

6 years ago by Dilip Suthar

short film

script

Dilip Suthar

Editor and Cinematographer

176

Making a Short Film-

6 years ago by Dilip Suthar

short film

script

Dilip Suthar

Editor and Cinematographer

176

How do you get into filmmaking as a beginner?

6 years ago by Machaela Cassidy

Machaela Cassidy 79

How to show passing of days, filled with repetitive actions

6 years ago by Ivan Ilarionov

repetitive actions days passing

Ivan Ilarionov 74