The Wolf of Wall Street

  • Screenwriting

Hollywood’s Four Classic Narrative Types, Part I: When the Bad Guys Win

Cinematic stories give lessons on human thought and behavior. This is their most basic social purpose. The story places a…

7 years ago
  • Best Of

ICYMI: The Best of May 2017 on Moviemaker.com

What's more interesting, summer blockbusters or white house press briefings? In May 2017, it felt surprisingly close. It seems as…

7 years ago
  • Moviemaking

Perfecting Camera Movement, Angles and Lens Type for VFX: An Excerpt From The Filmmaker’s Guide to Visual Effects

With his new book, The Filmmaker's Guide to Visual Effects, Emmy- and VES award-winning visual effects supervisor Eran Dinur takes moviemakers…

7 years ago
  • Movie News

All-Seeing Eye: God’s Front-Row Seat in the Films of Martin Scorsese (Video)

Many of Martin Scorsese's characters fancy themselves masters of their own universe. But what makes them so sure? As we've…

7 years ago
  • MM Guide 2016
  • Screenwriting

The Building Blocks of Story: Organize Your Ideas into an Effective Structure

Imagine that there was one foolproof way to come up with a story. Well, keep dreaming. It’s all well and…

8 years ago
  • Things Learned

Things I’ve Learned: Thelma Schoonmaker

This Wisdom Wednesday, legendary editor Thelma Schoonmaker shares the lessons she's learned from over three decades in the cutting room.…

10 years ago
  • Interviews

Terence Winter in Sheep’s Clothing: The Wolf of Wall Street Scribe Explains How to Create a Believable Bad Guy

Terence Winter is no stranger to wolves. With writing credits on HBO series The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire (for which he is creator and…

10 years ago