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How to Write Dialogue With Our FREE “Tips for Writing Dialogue” Checklist

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

dialogue scenes

writing process

Jason Hellerman

Justin Theroux explains 'The Leftovers' Ambiguous Ending

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

3 Minutes to Help Inspire Every Creative Person, and Creative Endeavor

4 years ago by George Edelman

George Edelman

Can Character Development Get in the Way of Good Movies?

4 years ago by George Edelman

character development

George Edelman

John Mulaney Analyzes 'Back to the Future'...and it Gets Weird

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Back to the Future

stand up comedy

Jason Hellerman

Jump-start Your Career with These Five Big Screenwriting Competitions

4 years ago by Jo Light

Nicholl Fellowships

Austin Film Festival

script pipeline

ScreenCraft Screenwriting...

Humanitas New Voices

screenwriting competitions

Jo Light

Making the Kind of Rom-Com That’s Never Been Done Before

4 years ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Sundacne Film Festival

Miranda Tapsell

Top End Wedding

Oakley Anderson-Moore

'Pick up a Camera... Get Your Friends Together and Make a Movie': 10 Tips from Lynn Shelton

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

filmmaking tips

Jason Hellerman

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

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

online screenwriting course

Free Drama Pilot Seminar

Jason Hellerman

6 Great Paul Schrader Quotes From His Vulture Interview

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How 'Groundhog Day' Forces Its Protagonist to Change

4 years ago by Jon Fusco

lessons from the screenplay

Jon Fusco

Filmmaking Advice from Ava DuVernay

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

filmmaking tips

Jason Hellerman

How 'Russian Doll' Updates a Tried-and-True Concept

4 years ago by Jo Light

Leslye Headland

netflix originals

Jo Light

'Before You Know It': How Two Writers Found the Perfect Starring Vehicle For Themselves

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Sundance Film Festival

Before You Know It

Erik Luers

How Joe Berlinger Got a Blacklisted Ted Bundy Script Greenlit in 5 Weeks

4 years ago by Emily Buder

Emily Buder

How to Create a Oner like 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Read the Loglines of the 40 Specs that Sold in 2018 [Infographic]

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Jordan Peele Disrupts the Super Bowl with His Ad for Upcoming 'Twilight Zone'

4 years ago by Erik Luers

The Twilight Zone

Erik Luers

The TV Spots for Guillermo Del Toro-Produced 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark' Will Give You Nightmares

4 years ago by Erik Luers

scary stories to tell in the...

Guillermo Del Toro

Erik Luers

How To Write a TV Pilot: Free Drama Pilot Seminar (Week Three)

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

online screenwriting course

Free Drama Pilot Seminar

Jason Hellerman

'We Had a Rough Cut Before We Had a Screenplay': Inside the Method of 'The Infiltrators'

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Sundance Film Festival

The Infiltrators

Erik Luers

'Rust Creek' Director Jen McGowan on the Importance of Prep Time

4 years ago by Max Winter

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Max Winter

What Scares Jordan Peele and How it Affects His Work

4 years ago by George Edelman

George Edelman

Finding the Faith and Humanity of a Ghost Story in 'Light From Light'

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Light From Light

Sundance Film Festival

Erik Luers

Steven Soderbergh on 'High Flying Bird' and Shooting on an iPhone

4 years ago by George Edelman

Steven Soderbergh

sex lies and videotape

What is Sundance Actually Like

High Flying Bird

George Edelman

Movie Monsters: Learn to Write with Scope and Scale

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How a Director Shot His Sundance Feature on 16mm Film in Just Three Weeks

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Sundance Film Festival

Rashaad Ernesto Green

Erik Luers

How Minhal Baig Made a Personal Story Feel Universal in 'Hala'

4 years ago by George Edelman

George Edelman

Admit When You Need Help, Work with Friends, and More Advice from the Sundance Filmmakers

4 years ago by Erik Luers

Sundance Film Festival

Erik Luers

Try Out Film Crux's Story Idea Generator

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

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Top 15 Finalists | Fiction Podcast Contest

1 year ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

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8 years ago by Hovig Kazandjian

Hovig Kazandjian

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How do you write an article for No Film School?

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Tom Gleason

Writer

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Christopher Nolan Master Class: How to Direct Your First Feature Film

8 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Christopher Nolan

chris nolan director

indie film hustle

independent film

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

491

Why am I not getting into festivals?

6 years ago by Stephen Lanus

Stephen Lanus

Writer/Director

81

2022 Feature Screenplay & TV Pilot Contest Finalists

6 months ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

788

Understanding the 5 Stages of Indie Film Production

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

She's Gotta Have It

Richard Linklater

Robert Rodriguez

Christopher Nolan

no-budget feature film

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Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

491

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Jackson Flowers

Director of Photography/ Director/ Actor

253

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David Steven

Art director / director

80

Pete Docter: How to Craft a Remarkable Story the Pixar Way

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Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

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Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

491

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Brian Anthony

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Boondock Saints' Troy Duffy: A Cautionary Hollywood Tale

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

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independent film

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

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Do dialogue count as beats?

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What the HECK is a Scriptment?

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

491

Top 15 Finalists | Short Film Fund Fall Season

6 months ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

788

Constructive Criticism Guys?

8 years ago by Kyler Wagner

Kyler Wagner

Director/Cinematographer/Video Editor

218

Is dialogue needed in films? A multi-awarded silent drama short.

3 years ago by Stelios Kouk

writer-director

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Stelios Kouk

Filmmaker

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Secrets to Becoming a Freelance Video Editor

7 years ago by Alex Ferrari

post production supervisor

moving to los angeles

indie film school

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

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Call for Entries: CineLove TV Pilot Festival

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James Rone

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2022 Feature & TV Pilot Quarter-Finalists

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Justine Owens

Director of Contests

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My review of Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar"

9 years ago by Andrei-Cristian Murgescu

Christopher Nolan

Stanley Kubrick

Robert Zemeckis

Matthew McConaughey

Jessica Chastain

Andrei-Cristian Murgescu

Freelance Motion Graphics Designer / Director

41

2022 Feature & TV Pilot Contest Regular Deadline

10 months ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

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

7 years ago by Matty Hannon

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Matty Hannon

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