We’ve all felt it. You start watching a film. A few minutes go by and it seems like you really have to make an effort go keep watching. You say to yourself, well at some point I’m [...]
There is no doubt Aaron Sorkin is one of the most well recognized names in screenwriting. His work on The West Wing, Newsroom and films like The Social Network have established him as probably [...]
In 1997, fresh out of college and living in San Francisco, I was taking filmmaking classes and hoping that soon I would be the next big thing in the film world. After hearing a lot of great [...]
In another great video essay by Michael Tucker he takes a look at the similarities in the way two filmmakers approach the topic of the obsessed artist. While the two films tell completely [...]
I recently came across Anatomy of Chaos‘s essay on Character. I was completely blown away so I wanted to share this with our audience. In the essay AOC discusses what character is as it [...]
Background Very rarely do I ever have a conversation about screenplay structure where the topic of Joseph Campbell’s book The Hero’s Journey doesn’t come up. I first came across [...]
(Note: I need to start this article out with a quick clarification. In this article I am discussing primarily producers who also plan to write and direct their own low budget films. If you are a [...]
The name Pixar has become synonymous with original characters, groundbreaking computer animation and, most importantly, great storytelling. Since creating the first completely computer animated [...]
Although Ray Bradbury is primarily known for his brilliant science fiction writing, he was also deeply involved with developing an understanding of the creative mind. Bradbury dedicated much of [...]
Back in 1999, when I lived not too far from the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, there was a showing of the film Lawrence of Arabia in it’s original 70mm format. In those days, we didn’t [...]
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