by Sid Kali - Most first time indie filmmakers think about movie distribution last. I was guilty of that on my first feature the urban movie Consignment. My focus was getting the script written and the movie shot. Thinking of hammering a out a distribution deal down the road was the last thing on my mind. The way it often plays out is a indie filmmaker makes a smaller budget movie without name actors....

by Allen Keneth – The application of color is another way adopted by film makers to reach the goal of films. The most impressive one is the emergence of the red color in the air in the film “The Shining”. That scene is the insane hero is chasing his son to kill him. The red penetrates the door and fill the air gradually. It looks like the process of the blood dissolve in water. I can...

With over 20 hours of video being uploaded to YouTube every minute, how can a young filmmaker possibly stand out? By reading and applying the tools of Filmmaking for Teens ISBN13: 9781932907681 Condition: New Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction...

by Robert Levin - You laugh at their jokes and love their characters. Jerry and Kramer. Lucy and Desi. Will and Grace. Week after week you sit and their lives become part of yours. When they laugh, you laugh. When they cry, you cry…and when they fall in love, you fall in love. You’ve fallen under the spell of the television writer and the shows they create. Over the generations, millions of...

Learn about the writing process and building a story arc for your story or screenplay. This free report is a simple slide show highlighting important story structure...

Many screenwriters have different views on the structure of screenplays, but in reality, if you remove the extra detailed information, you realize that pros divide screenplays into three solid “Acts.” We will briefly cover the basics of the 3-Act screenplay structure. ACT 1: In the first Act you create the world in which your characters live — you might create a futuristic, medieval, or...

by John Halasz - A screenplay writer creates a script, written material used for a movie, a commercial or for TV program. A screenplay writer is a specialist who has undergone formal training in the profession or has honed the skill through extensive experience in the field to compose the script on which a movie or a TV serial is based. All good writers have yearned to adopt screenplay writing as their...

The act of choosing your story, identifying your hero and establishing his or her character arc and the story’s premise, is highly personal. There is no one way to get an idea – they seem to spring, unbidden, from the great collective unconscious, or from your own dark and troubled past, or from the blitz of information we encounter every day. You might have an idea, or an image you just can’t get...