Film Courage: Once you felt like you had a green light to go ahead or access to the journalist, how did you set up the interviews? What was this process like? Mark Landsman, Filmmaker of SCANDALOUS: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer: Tough…it was tough because some people said Yes and it was easy […]

via Mark Landsman On The Biggest Challenges He Faced Making ‘Scandalous’ Documentary — FilmCourage.com

How Do You Edit To Build Tension? by Lawrence Jordan, ACE via FilmCourage.com.

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This Tip Will Transform Your Cinematography Overnight by R.L. Scott via FilmCourage.com.

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Film Courage: Why do you think most people fail in Hollywood? Writer/Producer/Vlogger/Actress/Author Hanala Sagal: Most people fail when they come to Hollywood? Yeah…well I have to say obviously there’s a delusional factor where you really think it’s not going to be as hard as it actually is. I don’t know if it’s because as humans […]

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Film Courage: Do you have advice for writers on getting the writing career they most want? How does one even know what this career looks like? Corey Mandell, Screenwriter/Instructor: I want to relay something that my favorite, one most smartest agents ever, said when she came to my UCLA class. Step 1) Ask yourself If […]

via How To Have The Screenwriting Career You REALLY Want by Corey Mandell — FilmCourage.com

Film Courage:What makes you great at story? Writer/Instructor and Script Consultant Shannan E. Johnson (The Professional Pen): That’s a good question What makes me great? Okay, what makes me great at story is that I understand story. And there is a difference between having an idea and having a story. I think a lot of […]

via A Great Idea Doesn’t Make You A Writer by Shannan E. Johnson — FilmCourage.com

Film Courage: Where do you think most people go wrong in telling their personal stories? Too much information, too little? Mark W. Travis, Director/Author/Writer/Instructor: Too much information or too little? Possibly, but getting back to what we were talking about is yes there can be too much information which is about the events and all […]

via Where People Go Wrong With Their Own Stories - Mark W. Travis — FilmCourage.com

Film Courage: How can a writer develop character using The Three Wells of screenwriting [Matthew’s Book]? Matthew Kalil, Screenwriter/Author/Instructor: It’s kind of super-easy. It’s one of the easiest ways. I’ve got a chapter in the book on writing characters from using The Three Wells and just to give you an idea if you have a […]

via Two Simple Ways Writers Can Improve Their Characters — Matthew Kalil — FilmCourage.com

Film Courage: Where do you find ideas for stories? Kenneth Castillo, Filmmaker: I would say a lot of my stuff goes into complicated mentor-mentee relationships or the brother relationship (brothers’ relationships). Those type of dynamics have always been a part of my life partly because I never had a big brother, I didn’t have a […]

via What Inspires A Writer’s Stories? – Kenneth Castillo — FilmCourage.com

Film Courage: How Movies Work has now changed its name? Peter Russell, screenwriter/script doctor: Yes, we are now University of Story because of TV. Because we used to just teach movies and we realized that was limiting. So when we made the transition we brought all of our genre tools into showing how these same […]

via A Screenwriter Who Doesn’t Do This Will Write A Boring Story by Peter Russell — FilmCourage.com