I'm a filmmaker. The box office slump is because people are becoming more discerning with their money. They realize that they can wait and buy the dvd when it...
does anyone know of any online (especially free) resources available to the beginning screenwriter? looking for things like script format and structure, etc....
How could I forget, the most aniticipated film for me this year is Terry Gilliam's The Brothers Grimm. As usual, my brother and I were talking about how great...
What can you say about a year that has seen the completion of The Star Wars Saga and the reuniting of Roger Waters with Pink Floyd? Maybe the end IS nigh....
Hope all our members back home in London are safe and well. I personally have a very close friend whose penchant for tardiness saved her from being on the...
Maybe there's not so much to worry about after all - this was ripped ... The six major studios -- Paramount, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Disney, Universal,...
Script: 5th grade reading level. Photography: Great Action: Outstanding. Definitely see it in a theater. This baby is fast and loud and fucking insane. Acting:...
HOLLYWOOD DOES NOT CARE ABOUT MURDERED CHILDREN You are walking into an inferno. NEED FULL CAST-CREW-Including child psychiatrists and licensed studio teacher...
HOLLYWOOD DOES NOT CARE ABOUT MURDERED CHILDREN You are walking into an inferno. NEED FULL CAST-CREW-Including child psychiatrists and licensed studio teacher...
I watched this Thai film on DVD from Hong Kong Friday night. It played in New York a couple of months ago, so it may still be making the rounds. If not,...
Just wanted to let everyone know that the Moderators here at the HC, as far as my knowledge, didn't approve this posting. I'm going to leave it up because...
I echo Geoff's comments. None of us authorized the post, but let it stand for reasons Geoff named. ... before ... indepentdent ... must ... known ... is ... ...
I certainly didn't approve it either, but I think it should stand for reasons Matt gave. It is bloody hilarious! Not for what it's trying to do, but just the...
I have a copy of the script template for microsoft word, but having never written a script before, i am unfamiliar as to use it properly. I have figured out...
Hey Shane, I have not used the script template in Microsoft Word, but I imagine it works much like the other versions (Final Draft, Movie Magic, etc.). First...
I thought this was an article worth sharing. The actor who played Cooter on The Dukes of Hazzard is urging true fans to stay away from the film as he feels...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! Liberte! To put it in a film context: "But these are my people. I am their sovereign. I love them. Pull!!!" --Mel Brooks...
Just a tip!: Don't let formatting get in the way of your writing. While it is of the utmost importance to get the formatting right, you have 90+ pages, at...
Anthony, I'm going to have to respectuflly disagree with you in part. If you are advocating eschewing formatting for the sake of first writing out your story...
the advice receive thus far is appreciated and, well, well received. it is refreshing to hear from people who obviously know not only what i am going through,...
Good Clarification, Geoff. I actually was just trying to state what you said in your first paragraph. Some people will not write anything until they have...
Twyman Creative is offering film screening at the Twyman Creative NY Film & Entertainment Conference. We are going to give 5 minutes to each film, so everyone...
At last year's Screenwriting Expo, I attended a forum on Screenwriting competitions. When the question of formatting came up, they explained that it is not...
Adam, I understand what you're saying, but if I were submitting a screenplay for ANY reason to ANYTHING I would be concerned about the formatting. That FINDING...
Amen! Formatting takes so little time to learn, and neglecting it tells the reader you don't care about them, the rules of the industry, and yourself. So take...
Well I wasn't saying to be lazy, I was just trying to put some minds at ease. I figured he was stuck on the odds-and-ends ideas. Any serious screenwriter is...
Also a point lost in all this is that learning the formatting, ALL of the formatting, allows you to do so much more with your story. It enables, no limits. ...