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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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