Hollywood isn’t like other industries. Assuming you can pay your dues and move steadily up some preordained ladder is not a safe strategy in the entertainment business. To be successful…
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If there’s anything that I’ve learned in my time working as a producer, it’s that this is a business with layers… At the bottom, you’ve got your dreamers (and we…
Increasingly, shorts are being used as proof of concept that a story “works”. Whether it’s breakout dramas like Whiplash or sci-fi smashes like District 9, a short film can provide…
You’ve toiled. It’s been months of work but you’ve finally reached that amazingly satisfying moment when you get to type THE END on the last page of your screenplay. You…
Are you formatting your screenwriting scene headings correctly within your script? We’re going to explore that question here for this installment of our ongoing Screenwriting Basics series. Some screenwriters will…
There’s a lot of talk in Hollywood about the big break. The moment that a magical person discovers your script or watches your reel and then taps you on the…
Too often romantic relationships are inserted into movies to tick the boxes, to try and tweak the perception of a film to reach a wider audience. Unless the romance is…
When you’re writing a script, a nasty voice in your head might keep saying: “It’s all been done before.” Sometimes this can be disheartening. But hey, don’t be sad! The…
Though he may not be as well-known to modern audiences as peers like Woody Allen and Mel Brooks, Neil Simon is one of America’s preeminent writing legends of stage and…
If you haven’t seen Hereditary yet, you should probably a) stop reading, since this piece is geared towards those who have watched the film, and b) stop what you’re doing…
