According to the 2017 Celluloid Report, only 11 percent of the top-grossing 250 films of the year were written by women. That is a horrifying, gut-wrenching statistic, but unfortunately —…
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Pitching a film or television series to an executive or producer can be terrifying, but it doesn’t have to be. Because here’s the secret: Most executives don’t want to hear…
Meet David Kaufmann. He’s the guy behind our From a Producer’s Perspective series. He also wrote our recently published ebook, The Producer’s Brain, which you can purchase on Amazon for only $2.99….
Over a period of three months, I took about fifty, maybe sixty, general meetings. Last December, a script I wrote landed on The Black List, (Hollywood’s annual list of the…
You’ve found a great story. You’ve studied it, outlined it, created memorable characters and knocked your screenplay out of the park. Now what? Well, before you can pitch your project…
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…
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…
