All posts tagged "The Social Network"
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First Draft: Learn “Kaufman’s Folly” to Avoid Writing Fanciful Worlds That Aren’t Relatable (Video)
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. There is a fundamental issue at the... -
Score! Five Things Directors Should Learn About Working With Composers (From Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore and More)
Three years ago, I packed up my things at my desk in a Sacramento television news station and walked out of the... -
Cinema Law: What to Put in A Life Rights Contract
Q: I’m friends with a semi-famous musician and she’s helping me writing a biopic about her life. I was told that I... -
Monkey Business: How Commercial Director and Editor Biff Butler Came to Make Episodic Doc Long Live Benjamin
In early 2010 I was living in Los Angeles and was scheduled to edit a Chrysler commercial for the Portland, Oregon-based advertising... -
First Draft: Tap Into Rhythm, Rhetoric and Other Dynamics of Dialogue
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Good dialogue strikes a nerve, usually in... -
First Draft: Five Inspiring Ways Famous Screenwriters Got Their Big Break
In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. The famous screenwriters writing some... -
Till Death Do Us Part: Gone Girl in Review
Adapted from the 2012 New York Times best-selling novel by Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl is a merciless depiction of marriage gone awry.... -
Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker in 2014, Big Cities: #6. Boston
It’s MovieMaker’s 2014 edition of the Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker! We’re counting down through our Top 10 Big... -
Trailblazer Tuesday Crowdfunder of the Week: Gennadiy
Our Trailblazer Tuesday Crowdfunder Pick of the Week is a documentary titled Gennadiy from Danny Yourd and Steve Hoover, the creators of...
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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