by Elliot Grove | 16 January, 2019 | In Our Opinion, Screenwriting
For many people, illegally downloading music, films or other content that belongs to others is perfectly legitimate. If they cannot afford it, or can but do not want to pay and can get it anyway, then why shell out the money? If you have done this, then perhaps you...
by Martina Sanchez | 8 January, 2019 | Screenwriting
To many people, the art of storytelling, writing a book, or writing in general, all seem to come under the same bracket of writing, and all related tasks are completed by writers. However, the deeper into this rabbit hole you go, the more you start to realise this...
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by Caroline Hamilton | 17 December, 2018 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion, Screenwriting
After the success of The Hidden Tools of Comedy, Kaplan follows this up with an equally insightful book, The Comic Hero’s Journey. This time, Kaplan veers away from the more general successful tools and techniques of comedy (although he does incorporate several of the...
by Sylvie Dumont | 17 December, 2018 | Filmmaking, Screenwriting
It’s the last few days before Christmas. The shopping centre zombies are increasing in numbers and in desperation, and you are among them. You drag your feet from store to store, eyes red and weary. What do filmmakers even like? Tripods? Even worse – what...
by Christian Bell | 13 December, 2018 | Screenwriting
Money is, by definition, always a difficult issue for the low budget filmmaker. The challenge is in getting as much of your meagre budget up on the screen as possible. With that being the case do you really have the money to throw around on overpriced software...
by Elliot Grove | 18 November, 2018 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Producing, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Screenwriting
We have rules and we have tools. Writers use story hacks to break the rules. Let me explain: Do we not have rule upon rule? We’ve rules of our buildings, our cities, our nations, our cultures and religions. Are we not taught from the time we can walk that rules are...
