All posts tagged "George Lucas"
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First Draft: Will You Give Your Audience a Guided Tour of Your Script’s World, Or Throw Them In Head First?
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Who doesn’t love creating a world from... -
Classic Cuts: Three Simple Editing Techniques Employed By The Empire Strikes Back (Video)
The trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the sequel to 2015’s The Force Awakens, dropped this past weekend, a reminder the... -
First Draft: Learn Techniques of Story Progression From Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Comparing two drafts of a script can... -
First Draft: Why A Screenwriter Should Think Like A Film Editor
In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. When the original cut... -
Porn Hacks: What the “Legitimate” Indie Moviemaker Can Pick Up From Pornographers
In the summer of 1977, filmgoers flocked in record numbers to behold the rousing tale of a jejune moppet ripening to vigor...
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Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8