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Watch: The First Episode of 'Random Acts of Flyness' Teaches the Art of Collaboration

5 years ago by Erik Luers

Terence Nance

Random Acts of Flyness

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Watch: The Secret to the Success of 'Mission Impossible' is Not Just Tom Cruise's Stunts

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Get Mentored by Screenwriting Professionals at the 2019 Middlebury Script Lab

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Why 'Nico, 1988' Used 50-Year-Old 8mm Footage from Jonas Mekas in a Fictionalized Biopic

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Want to Make a Profitable Movie? Turn Toward Science

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7 Tips That Will Help Make You a More Productive Filmmaker

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How Laurel Parmet Learned to Master Directing Teens in Her Two Award-Winning Films

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Museum of the Modern Art

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'Never Goin' Back': How A New Director Made the Ultimate 21st Century Stoner Comedy

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Erik Luers

'Night Comes On': Jordana Spiro on What to Remember When Making Your First Feature

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Erik Luers

10 Tips for Pulling Together Your Shorts on a Tight Timeframe

5 years ago by Lauretta Prevost

Lauretta Prevost

A Western in Las Vegas with No Money: Robert Scott Wildes on His Debut Feature 'Poor Boy'

5 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

Why a Filmmaker Turned The Camera on Her Family for Her Latest Narrative Feature

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Erik Luers

How Gus Van Sant's Latest Film Tells Five Periods of a Life at Once

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Gus Van Sant

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Have a Great Idea for a TV Show? ScreenCraft Wants to Hear It

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V Renée

Humanity Through Animation: Director Alexandre Espigares on Netflix's 'White Fang'

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Max Winter

'Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives' Director Tom McLoughlin on How Comedy Can Produce Great Horror

5 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

How a Filmmaker Found a B-Movie Aesthetic to Draw Light to Violence in the Philippines

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Manila Death Squad

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Collaboration & Creativity For All: Celebrating 10 Years of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective

5 years ago by Alex Mallis

Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective

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4 Takeaways From Director Tim Robbins on Creativity Behind and In Front of the Camera

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Oakley Anderson-Moore

Watch: Stanley Kubrick Interprets the Ending of His '2001: A Space Odyssey'

5 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

'Sharp Objects': DP Yves Bélanger on Letting Available Light and the Subject Shape Your Cinematography

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Max Winter

Deus Ex Machina, the Laziest Way to Spoil Your Screenplay

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3 Things That Make Quentin Tarantino's Dialogue So Damn Good

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V Renée

Watch: How the Screenplay For 'Jurassic Park' Creates Conflict Amongst Its Characters

5 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

Here's How Two Filmmakers Made a Wildly Independent Western Comedy Shot on 16mm

5 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

Watch: How 'Fear and Loathing' Points Out the Cinematic Challenges of Adaptation

5 years ago by Justin Morrow

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'Distorted' DP Mark Dobrescu on How Lighting and Locations Helped Visualize Paranoia

5 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

How DP Andrij Parekh Used Noir Lighting to Modernize 'The Catcher Was a Spy'

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Max Winter

CoverflyX Lets You Exchange Script Notes with Other Screenwriters for Free

5 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

Watch: 4 Ways 'The Babadook' Brilliantly Uses Classic Techniques to Create Suspense

5 years ago by Jason Boone

Jason Boone

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2021 Fiction Podcast Contest | Regular Deadline

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2021 Feature & TV Pilot Winners Announced!

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Call For Entries | Short Film Fund Early Deadline | Aug 29th

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Short and full length scripts are wanted

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Announcing Our 2021 Spring Short Film Fund Winners

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Tell Your Truth | Screenwriting Advice with Charlie Kaufman (VIDEO)

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Check out the QUARTER FINALISTS of our 2020 Feature & TV Pilot contests now!

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