Do you have a family member who’s making movies with cel phones, editing (or even animating) them, and posting the results on YouTube? We hear occasionally from parents who are excited about 26 Short Screenplays for Independent Filmmakers. Here’s what they tell us they like: Their kids like the book. …
If you want quick, simple, ready-to-shoot short film scripts and screenplays, the book 26 Short Screenplays for Independent Filmmakers is one-stop shopping for you. Here’s what you get: Witty, interesting, memorable characters and stories. Modern, everyday settings and props. These projects do not require professional production budget or resources to …
The entertainment industry is a notoriously difficult place to build a paying career. I encourage people who want to break in to do something else for a living, and use the income from that other thing to finance their creative careers. Here are some ways that emerging actors and actresses …
Every year, I see articles about how Hollywood is out of ideas, and how we are about to be subjected to a series of sequels and remakes. However, I often find myself pleasantly surprised by sequels and remakes.
I just updated the blog from my phone. Test is successful. Technology makes everything better. Well, maybe not everything. If you’re a Hollywood screenwriter, you have a front row seat as technology sends the film making industry to the same resting place where it has already sent the music industry. The business …
Part of the art of filmmaking is film funding. You may have the greatest idea for a movie ever, but no one will pay you to make it unless you can convince them you are worth the investment. What makes it more difficult is that the creative mind and the business mind seem to speak in completely different languages.