Proof-of-Concept

  • First Draft

First Draft: Think Outside the Box With These Five Resourceful Screenwriting Career Moves

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What if we told you…

6 years ago
  • Directing

From Proof of Concept to Praise From King: How “Within the Woods” Gave The Evil Dead Creative and Financial Life

On October 15, 1981, director Sam Raimi, producer Robert Tapert and actor Bruce Campbell unveiled their passion project feature debut…

8 years ago
  • How They Did It

How They Did It: The Makers of XOXO Shot a Guerilla Proof of Concept at a Giant Music Festival

Like many directors, I shot a proof of concept in order to get our movie XOXO made. But ours needed…

8 years ago
  • Directing

A Script Is No Longer Enough: Why First-Time Feature Directors Must Make a Proof-of-Concept

For anyone who's just purchased their first copy of Final Draft, the notion of the spec script still feels like…

8 years ago