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Watch the October 2017 Winning Short FAN FICTION Screenplay Writer. What is your screenplay about? Living in Crime Alley is about a single father in downtown Gotham City struggling to live and provide for his young son. The son is a huge fan of Batman. Living in Crime…
Month: March 2018
Interview with Winning Feature Screenplay Writer Brooke Elowe (BLACK WIDOW: FUGTIVE)
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1. What is your screenplay about? The story follows Natasha Romanoff, better known as the Black Widow, after the events of Captain America: Civil War, so it’s set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Natasha was branded a fugitive for violating the Sokovia Accords and is currently being hunted…
Interview with winning screenwriters Edward Ocean & Michael Sgueglia (THE NOWHERE MAN)
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1. What is your screenplay about? It’s the story of a depressed New York talent agent who inexplicability finds himself back in 1980 just in time to save John Lennon and his own marriage. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Fantasy/Dramady 3. Why should this screenplay…
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Ricardo M. Fleshman (KILLING MOSES)
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1. What is your screenplay about? Killing Moses is the account of New Orleans Private Detective Moses Byone and his search to understand the death of a wealthy white lawyer, Jefferson Collingwood, who perished in the fire that consumed the Upstairs Lounge in the summer of 1973. During…
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Dempsey Tillman and Ted Dewberry (RED LIGHT)
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1. What is your screenplay about? Our screenplay RED LIGHT is about a slacker husband with a child on the way who has to save his family from aliens that invade his home and target his family. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? RED LIGHT is…
Writing PLOT for your Story and Screenplay
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PLOT WRITING FILMMAKING NOTES How to Write a Screenplay? PART 3 – PLOT Screenwriting For most writers, PLOT is the most interesting part of screenplay writing, and why they begin to write to write the script in the first place. They have a good idea for a story,…
What is a Production Manager?
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PRODUCTION MANAGER FILMMAKING NOTES The Job of Production Management is the job of organization, budgeting, scheduling and preparing for everything. POINTS OF A PRODUCTION MANAGER 1. Prepare breakdown and preliminary shooting schedule 2. Prepare and coordinate the budget 3. Oversee preliminary search and survey of all locations and…
SOUND Design, Effects, and Musical Design in Film. Tips
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SOUND DESIGN FILMMAKING NOTES Film Post Production and What Is Sound Design? The process of creating the soundtrack for the visuals of a film. Since silent films began to talk, filmmakers have been looking to improve the post production of their film. It has become a whole new…
The SHOTS are all you have. Film Directing SHOTS
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FILM SHOTS FILMMAKING NOTES Interview with Oscar Nominated Production Designer Michael Corenblith FILM DIRECTING SHOTS – One of the most over used cliches in film is “The Shots are all you have.” The following are what you need to think about practically so you can think creatively and…
Interview with Cinematographer Jeff Cutter (10 Cloverfield Lane)
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Chatting with Jeff Cutter about Cinematography and his career could have lasted all day. I generally like to limit the questions to about 10-15 when I do these film interviews because these are very busy people and generally less is more. With Jeff, I literally could have asked…
Thriller/Suspense Film and Writing Festival 