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Three Dialogue Short Film Screenplays for low budget filmmaking

How dialogue works in film – artistically speaking What’s good dialogue? Words that efficiently express character and plot, while also drawing people into the drama or comedy of the situation. Dialogue can be witty, erudite. Dialogue can reveal the subtext of motivations and desires for the characters. But at a …

Short film director Hal Hartley monetizes his movies

Independent film director Hal Hartley has been making movies, including many shorts, since the 1980s beginning with “The Unbelievable Truth“. His first short, “Theory of Achievement“, was made with money left over from an art grant funding another of his films (“Surviving Desire“). Hal Hartley monetizes his short films by collecting them …

Recycled: ideas for short films!

Here’s the complete list of my ideas for short films. With links to log lines and other details about the screenplays. A brief polemic on Recycling for Filmmakers. Short film ideas are everywhere. Developing them takes time. Some filmmakers find script development tedious. Others struggle to come up with new ideas. …