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5 Lessons I've Learned About Writing from Directing My Own Film

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5 Lessons I’ve Learned About Screenwriting from Directing My Own Film

There are many different ways to learn how to write a script, from taking classes to reading books about screenwriting, but I found a surprising source of education along my creative journey: directing a film. I need to start with…

Julia CamaraOctober 6, 2022

Screenwriting

10 Most Desirable Things Script Readers Want in a Spec Script

If you want to move up in Hollywood as a screenwriter, you're going to need to focus on pleasing one single person — the script reader. They are the gatekeepers of studios, production companies, agencies, management companies, and even fellowships,…

Michael VanjuMarch 18, 2020

Screenwriting

5 Pieces of Screenwriting Advice from Marvel Screenwriter Zak Penn

What screenwriting advice can Marvel Cinematic Universe screenwriter Zak Penn (The Incredible Hulk, The Avengers) offer beginning screenwriters? Here we turn to the Viceland video Screenwriting Advice from Zak Penn: VICE GUIDE TO FILM where Penn offers some excellent…

Michael VanjuMarch 11, 2020

Screenwriting

Roll for Story Building – How D&D Can Improve Your Screenwriting

Recently I’ve helped a friend create a homebrew Call of Cthulhu campaign, which is a pen and paper roleplay like Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) only in Lovecraft’s world of Elder Gods. She handled most of the story since I don’t…

Beverly PedersJune 20, 2019

Filmmaking Screenwriting

Why Screenwriters Should Watch Films for Kids

When my sister was interested in animation in high school, we would watch a lot of animated shows. They were usually targeted to young kids and young adults. We watched movies from Disney, Dreamworks, Blue Sky, Universal Pictures and more.…

Beverly PedersAugust 14, 2018

Filmmaking Screenwriting

How Musicals Can Help Harmonize Your Script

Stage plays and musicals are an interesting art form and I encourage anyone who can, to see them as often as possible. As a student, there is little time to go see the latest and greatest, but I’ve found musical…

Beverly PedersAugust 2, 2018

Filmmaking Screenwriting

Parenting in Film is on the Rise

Most adults these days were brought up going to theaters or watching films on home televisions. It’s no surprise that movies are starting to look more at parenting and family themes. Writers have more parenting experience to write about and…

Beverly PedersJune 26, 2018

Filmmaking Screenwriting

3 Ways Disney Tells a Story Through Song

One thing everyone knows about Disney, is that they have pretty catchy songs (just try not to think about Let It Go, I dare you). The most interesting thing, as pointed out in a video by Think Story called How…

Beverly PedersMarch 28, 2018

Diverse Voices Filmmaking Screenwriting

Top 10 Groundbreaking Queer Films

Queer cinema is hard to define. To some, it means films that explore LGBTQ+ characters dramatically — most of these end up being romances. To others, it can simply refer to films that challenge our idea of sexuality and gender.…

Ben LarnedFebruary 15, 2018

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Writing with Perspective: Diverse Storytellers at Sundance 2018

There was something displacing about watching Blindspotting — a film with a deep, immersive sense of place, that place being gentrified Oakland — amongst a rather homogenous audience in Salt Lake City. The two cultures could hardly be different; but…

Ben LarnedJanuary 31, 2018