All posts tagged "Star Wars"
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Movie News
Movie News: Taika Waititi to Make Star Wars Film; Free The Donut King; A Feminist Western Revisited
May 4, 2020In today’s Movie News Roundup: Taika Waititi is making a new Star Wars film; we recommend The...
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First Draft
10 Screenplay Structures To Flesh Out Your Formless Story
March 22, 2020Since we’re all spending more time indoors lately, its prime time to write that screenplay you’ve...
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Movie News
How Is Emperor Palpatine Alive in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker?
December 25, 2019How is Emperor Palpatine alive? It’s no spoiler to say that the Star Wars: The Rise...
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Movie News
Star Wars Is More Than a Hero’s Journey—Harness the Power of ‘The Force’ in Your Next Screenplay
December 23, 2019Star Wars is back in theaters with another blockbuster episode, The Rise of Skywalker, and at...
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Movie News
Why I Love Star Wars, by Rise of Skywalker’s Victoria Mahoney
December 21, 2019Victoria Mahoney, the second unit director of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, is, remarkably, the first...
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Movie News
The End of Box Office Tyranny: Disappointing Opening Numbers No Longer Spell Doom for Long-Range Success
February 22, 2018onhanks to the impact of rising international box office numbers, the importance of opening weekend in...
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Screenwriting
First Draft: 11 Anti-Heroes, and Ways to Develop Them In Your Screenplay
February 1, 2018In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. How...
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First Draft
First Draft: Learn “Kaufman’s Folly” to Avoid Writing Fanciful Worlds That Aren’t Relatable (Video)
June 27, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. There...
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Cinematography
Eye Piece: How and Why I Shot My Film The Nude with AJA’s CION 4K Camera
June 12, 2017As much as every filmmaker wants to get their hands on a 4K capture system made...
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Other
Score! Five Things Directors Should Learn About Working With Composers (From Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore and More)
June 7, 2017Three years ago, I packed up my things at my desk in a Sacramento television news...
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First Draft
First Draft: Cover Your (Screenwriting) Ass With These Rules For Writing Valuable Script Coverage
May 16, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Screenplays...
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Editing
Classic Cuts: Three Simple Editing Techniques Employed By The Empire Strikes Back (Video)
April 17, 2017The trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the sequel to 2015’s The Force Awakens, dropped...
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Other
How Stop-Motion Can Survive: The Past, Present and Future of a Suffering Art (Video)
February 27, 2017From The Boxtrolls, to Anomalisa, to Kubo and the Two Strings, stop-motion animation has consecutively held its place...
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First Draft
First Draft: Tap Into Rhythm, Rhetoric and Other Dynamics of Dialogue
February 24, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Good...
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MM Guide 2017
Luck of the Draw: What’s the Best, and Cheapest, Way to Figure Out If Your Film Works? Storyboarding
December 6, 2016When storyboard artist Kurt van der Basch and director Tom Tykwer first met in 2012, the...
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First Draft
First Draft: Understand The Humility Arc To Allow Your Story’s Heroes To Succeed
November 1, 2016In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What...
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First Draft
First Draft: What are Plot Patterns, and Why Should You Identify Them in Movies?
October 28, 2016In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What...
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First Draft
First Draft: How To Create Moments For Your Characters To Shine
October 14, 2016In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Moments: They’re...
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First Draft
First Draft: How Screenwriters Can Fix the Broken Hollywood System
October 11, 2016In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a series on everything to do...
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First Draft
First Draft: Why A Screenwriter Should Think Like A Film Editor
August 29, 2016In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a series on everything to do...
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First Draft
First Draft: Learn to Write a Satisfying Third Act from Return of the Jedi
August 18, 2016In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with...
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First Draft
First Draft: Three Ways Screenwriters Can Master the Art of Remixing
August 2, 2016In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a series on everything to do...
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First Draft
First Draft: How Emotion and Human Behavior Come Together in Good Screenwriting
April 4, 2016In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, we present “First Draft,” a series on everything to do...
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First Draft
First Draft: The Ten Commandments of Writing a Great Sequel
February 22, 2016In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a fortnightly series on everything to...
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