All posts tagged "The Matrix"
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First Draft: 15 Outside-the-Box Screenplays That Found Box Office Success
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. While pundits will testify to the notion that novice screenwriters...
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Snapshots of a Set: The Importance of Dedicated Unit Still Photography for Your Production
Throughout my 20 years working in the film and television, I have observed still photography to be among the most invaluable tools utilized by producers and...
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Crowdfunder Pick: "WARped"
Crowdfunding has become an invaluable tool for the indie filmmaker seeking funds for the start or completion of a project. And here at MovieMaker, we applaud...
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First Draft: What Are Friends For? The Importance of a Reflection Character
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Stories are built on a foundation of desire and conflict....
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First Draft: Five Surefire Steps to Nailing Your Screenplay’s Theme
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. A script can have wonderful characters, a terrific plot, great...
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Story-Breaking Secrets from the Writer of Air Bud: The Fundamental Questions to Ask About Your Screenplay
We can all agree that a great screenplay is the foundation of a great film. And I don’t think it’s controversial to say a great...
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First Draft: Five Tips For Writing Action Sequences
In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a fortnightly series on everything to do with screenwriting. New articles, written by the team...
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Dystopian Movies Through the Ages: From Metropolis to The Hunger Games
With all the climate, economic, political and humanitarian crises the world is dealing with right now, it can be easy to get discouraged. “The world...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Richard Dreyfuss
American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Mr. Holland’s Opus… even while reading like a what’s what of cinema, those titles are just a handful...
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Cold Piece of Work: Richard Linklater Braves Greenland Hurricanes for Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette opens with the answer to its titular question. In an impressively executed overhead shot, the camera gazes down onto placid Antarctic waters as...
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How They Did It: The Farewell Writer-Director Lulu Wang Shares Secrets to Turning Your Life Story into a Memoir Movie
The week before production started on The Farewell—my sophomore feature about a young woman (Billi, played by Awkwafina) and her family’s attempts to keep their grandmother’s cancer diagnosis hidden...