How to Make Scenes: 21 Ways to Add Obstacles, Conflicts and Traps
By Sherri Sheridan Conflict determines audience interest and you need to come up with different ways to add tension to
Development
Development is where a film begins: finding the idea, shaping the story, writing treatments and outlines, and getting a project ready for production. These articles help writers, directors and producers turn an idea into a project people want to make and watch.
Documentary Research: In Search of the Truth
by David Kaminski Never Take Something As Simple As a Person’s Name for Granted. Recently, I discovered that my
Filmmakers’ Sketchbooks: Capturing Daydreams On Hard Drives
by S.D. Katz Now that MiniDV and HDV make shooting and dropping the footage into a timeline a very simple
PRE-VIZ: Storyboarding is more important than ever in the digital age.
By John Hart What Top Directors Say Just ask any frontline director these days – like Spielberg, Scorsese, or Cameron, “Do you
THE NEUROTIC SUPERHERO
From Comic Book to Catharsis By Neil Landau Why Superheroes Are Popular There’s a historical pattern around the popularity of
THE MOVIE THAT EVERY FILM STUDENT HAS TO SEE!
by John Hart WHAT FILM IS THAT? It’s AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. MGM,1951. Starring Gene Kelly and directed by Vincente Minnelli,
Get Your Film Made
Ideas to Start By Jared Isham Getting your film made, for many, can be packed with fear and uncertainty. The
The Blank Page: 4 Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block
By Michael Halperin One of my mentors, the late, great screenwriter Ernie Lehman (The Sound of Music; Hello Dolly; North
Good Dialog Needs This
By Scott A. McConnell A mother walks into a room and informs her two young daughters that they are going
Writing: So, as Shakespeare said, “The play’s the thing.”
By Richard La Motte There are maybe hundreds of books out on how to write: Write well, write scripts, write
Questions for Cinematographer”
I am drinking my first cup of coffee this morning from my new “Buy More Nerd Herd” cup. I woke
“Creating Characters from Other Realms” by Pamela Jaye Smith
Harry Potter, Twilight, Buffy, Fringe, Supernatural, True Blood… in the midst of the most scientifically advanced civilization in history we’re