All posts tagged "process"
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First Draft: Craft Top-Notch Cinematic Scares With These 101 Terrifying Horror Story Prompts
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Welcome to the story den of horror,... -
First Draft: Manipulate Your Audiences’ Psychological States With These Three Screenwriting Tricks
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Suspense is everywhere in film. It drives... -
First Draft: One Secret to Great Dialogue? Make Your Script’s Silences Count
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. I’ve been on both sides of the... -
First Draft: Everything You Need to Know About Confusing On-Screen Writing Credits
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. “Why are some writers credited together by... -
First Draft: What’s Holding Your Script Back? One Of These Four Problems Might Be Your Answer
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Frequent enough websites like this one and... -
First Draft: Three Networking Maps That Will Help Screenwriters Build Their Industry Contacts
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. The old adage is that nobody is... -
First Draft: Know When and When Not to Rely on the Unreliable Narrator
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. The unreliable narrator. A tricky figure whose credibility... -
First Draft: Roll the Dice With This Guide to Action-Adventure Script Structure Based on Dungeons & Dragons
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Geeks and nerds. Let’s be honest, those... -
First Draft: Ask Yourself These Four Questions Before Cooking Up Your Screenplay’s Antagonist
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. It seems like movie villains are a... -
First Draft: Take Stock In These 99 Stock Characters You Can Write Into Your Screenplay
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What is the difference between archetypes and...
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Sydney on the Map: To Land Breakout Roles, Sydney Sweeney Draws Her Own Maps of the Characters She Inhabits
A reverent initiate of a patriarchal regime; a disturbed young psychiatric hospital ward; a sexually questioning teen with a flair for the dramatic; a mysterious denizen...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Think Like A Photographer: Generation Wealth’s Lauren Greenfield Shares How Still Techniques Make Better Movies
The biggest change I experienced when I went from making pictures to making films was the sense of an arc—of creating a story over time, and...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: Casting Unknowns Was Key to Finding the Laughs and Lived-In Feel of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade
Before I directed my first film, Eighth Grade, I had heard that 90 percent of directing is casting. I’m sure there are other directors who weigh...2