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Issue #71 [Complete Guide to Making Movies 2008]

Cinematic Storytelling
by Jennifer Van Sijll
From Citizen Kane to American Beauty, the history of cinema is filled with examples of "cinematic storytelling" - films that use the full complement of moviemaking tools to tell theis stories.

Other People’s Money
By Dov S-S Simens
You've learned how to block a scene, move a dolly, mix a soundtrack, cut a negative, color-correct a work print, watch Hitchcock and critique Spielberg - but you don't know how to make money. Here's how.

Balancing the Roles of Writer and Director
By Billy Ray
Determining the roles of "writer" and "director" begins and ends with one simple question: What is the story I'm telling?

Casting is Everything: Expert Advice on How to Cast for Success
By Phillip Williams
Warren Beatty may have said it best when he declared that "Casting is everything." And sometimes type-casting is the way to go.

The Context of Innovative Film Finance
by Nelson Gayton
You have a great script, an incredible director, cast and team and you're passionate about making this film. Sounds like a slam dunk, right? Wrong! You still need the money - and, in an ideal world, the distribution to pay it back.

Cycle of the Screenwriter
by Craig Mazin
Just like the stories they write, a screenwriter's life is one based on cycles. One of Hollywood's most in-demand scribes sounds off about his own.

Script Criteria Checklist
by Devorah Cutler-Rubenstein & Laura Scheiner
Whether you're looking for investors for your latest project or getting ready to finance it yourself, make sure your script has these six essential elements - which translate to audience appeal.

Great Adaptations: A Winning Script Doesn’t Have to be Totally Original
By Christina Hamlett
With so many of today's successful movies based on existing material, it pays to know how to translate a literary work into a cinematic one.

Coming Clean: Confessions of a Hollywood Hack
by John Weidner
Know thyself. A Hollywood screenwriter comes clean on the freedom he found when he got his mind and his talent in alignment.

Writing Backwards: Plot Construction Using Reverse Cause and Effect
by Jeffrey Kitchen
Every script has a beginning, middle and end - but sometimes it can be helpful to write them in reverse order.

Power Writer: Bringing a Blank Page to Life
by Mark Fergus
The Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Children of Men says that as a writer, digging down deep is the only way you're going to bring a blank page to life.