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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

How to Meld the Perfect Collaborative Atmosphere on Set

5 years ago by Jon Fusco

Jon Fusco

'The Yellow Birds': DP Daniel Landin on Creating Contrasting Visuals for Iraqi Desert and Virginia Mountains

5 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

Calling All Drama Queens! ScreenCraft's Drama Screenplay Contest Is Now Open

5 years ago by V Renée

screencraft

drama

Drama Screenplay Contest

V Renée

Watch: Don't Blame Rose for 'The Last Jedi', Blame Finn

5 years ago by Jon Fusco

Jon Fusco

'Hereditary': How Ari Aster Pushed His Horrifying Film 'As Dark As It Could Go'

5 years ago by Emily Buder

Emily Buder

5 Tips for Directors from Sidney Lumet

5 years ago by Romel Rodriguez

Romel Rodriguez

The Most Important Qualities You Need as a DP According to ‘13th’ Cinematographer Hans Charles

5 years ago by Liz Nord

Liz Nord

7 Basic Questions Your Screenplay Should Answer (And How 'The Last Jedi' Answers Them 3 Times)

5 years ago by V Renée

Star Wars The Last Jedi

The Last Jedi

writing

storytelling

V Renée

5 Steps for Transforming an OK Story to a Great One from a Pixar Story Supervisor

5 years ago by Randall Esulto

Randall Esulto

The Specific Methods Every Director Should Understand When Working with Actors

5 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

'Summer 1993': How to Shoot an Award-Winning Film About Your Own Life

5 years ago by Emily Buder

summer 1993

memoir

oscilloscope laboratories

in theaters

directing

Emily Buder

7 Painful Lessons Learned While Making My Thesis Film

5 years ago by Romel Rodriguez

Romel Rodriguez

Here's an Analogy for Filmmaking That Will Be Music to Your Ears

5 years ago by V Renée

music

filmmaking

V Renée

3 Steps to Writing Better Treatments for Music Videos

5 years ago by V Renée

Music Video

treatments

V Renée

Aspiring TV Writer? This NBC Program Will Prep You for the Writers' Room

5 years ago by Liz Nord

nbc

writers on the verge

Liz Nord

Get to Know the Creative Team Behind 'Solo: A Star Wars Story'

5 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

A Massive List of Summer 2018 Grants All Filmmakers Should Know About

5 years ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

grants

sundance institute

tribeca film institute

national endowment

SFFILM

Points North Institute

Oakley Anderson-Moore

What Can the First and Final Lines of Famous Films Teach Us About Good Screenwriting?

5 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

Watch: Why the Midway Point of a Screenplay is So Important

5 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

Location Matters: How Matt Porterfield Uses His Hometown to Illuminate Universal Stories

5 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

'Roger Rabbit' and 'Blade Runner': Vaughn Stein on His Production Design Influences

5 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

'A Crazy Journey': How True Crime and a Pizza Delivery Man Inspired 'Evil Genius'

5 years ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

Watch: How to Create a New Language for Your Film

5 years ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

Watch: BTS of How a SNL Sketch Goes From Concept to Air in 36 Hours

5 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

How Do You Go Through Production? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 7]

5 years ago by Ryan Koo

Ryan Koo

Why Filmmaking is Like a Game of Monopoly

5 years ago by V Renée

Monopoly

filmmaking

V Renée

Bringing It Full Circle: Discover the Craft and Emotional Journey of Writing 'Arrival'

5 years ago by Christopher Boone

Christopher Boone

'Sometimes Directing is Like Math': Nancy Meyers on Toggling Between the Page and Camera

5 years ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

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Shore Scripts 2019 Feature & TV-Pilot Finalists!

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

795

2019 Feature & TV-Pilot Quarter-Finalists!

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

795

How to use a short as a proof of concept for investors.

4 years ago by Byron Q

proof of concept

horror shorts

Short Films

Byron Q

Writer/Director

295

Can I talk about pop culture in my short film?

4 years ago by Mark Jon Davies

Mark Jon Davies 84

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

4 years ago by Byron Q

shorts

proof of concept

horror films

Byron Q

Writer/Director

295

Screenwriters - Last Chance to Enter!

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

795

Who is the best director in the past 60 years?

4 years ago by Tom Gleason

Tom Gleason

Writer

Why Dialogue Is The Most Important Part Of A Film.

4 years ago by Tom Gleason

Tom Gleason

Writer

2019 Screenwriting Contest Regular Deadline

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

795

Transitioning a scene into color

4 years ago by Melissa Milich

Melissa Milich

Writer, Development

106

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

4 years ago by itzhak begerano

screenplays/ script package...

itzhak begerano 104

Mortal Kombat Prince Gordon

4 years ago by Gordon Paul

Gordon Paul

Actor

2019 Short Film Fund Winners & Top 5 Finalists!

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

795

Shore Scripts Feature & TV-Pilot Early Deadline

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

795

Final Deadline - 2019 Short Film Fund

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

795

Talk Show

4 years ago by Shubham KUMAR

Shubham KUMAR

Screenplay writer

109

Talk Show

4 years ago by Shubham KUMAR

Shubham KUMAR

Screenplay writer

109

Controversy & Young Directors | Nudity, Drugs and Bad Life Decisions

4 years ago by Edward Zorab

Gaspar Noe

Lars von Trier

Controversy

Edward Zorab

Director

Nine Months Course in Cinematography

4 years ago by MINDSCREEN FILM INSTITUTE(MFi)

cinematography

cinematography course

MINDSCREEN FILM INSTITUTE

best film institute

acting school

MINDSCREEN FILM INSTITUTE(MFi)

FILM & TELEVISION INSTITUTE

237

Starting out in college (not film school)

4 years ago by Joseph Ornelas

Joseph Ornelas 81

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

4 years ago by Adam Lucente

Adam Lucente

Screenwriter

Short script coverage

4 years ago by Emil F. Skanning

feedback

Emil F. Skanning

Writer, Director, Editor

408

Rough Cuts - A Philadelphia Filmmaker Open Mic Night

4 years ago by Noah Kain

philadelphia

Noah Kain 121

Open-Source Filmmaking Software

4 years ago by Caio Film

open source

free software

Caio Film

Independent Filmmaker

Forgot to say thank you NFS

4 years ago by Gregorio Nocco

Gregorio Nocco

Filmaker / Screenwriter

205

What order?

4 years ago by Emil F. Skanning

Emil F. Skanning

Writer, Director, Editor

408

Are storyboards important?

4 years ago by Obie Dean

Obie Dean

Director producer

Looking for a Writing Partner

4 years ago by Seth Demers

writing

screenwriting

Seth Demers

Director, Producer, Designer, Editor

How important is emotional connect in films ?

5 years ago by Vignesh Priyadarshan

Vignesh Priyadarshan

Filmmaker

104

2018 Shore Scripts Contest Winners & Prizes!

5 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Director of Contests

795