My gag reflex is notorious for anyone who’s ever called me their dentist or doctor. There’s a strong resistance to the very thought of gagging or choking, a powerful emotion that induces the feeling itself when provoked, even by imagery. So it goes that Swallow, the excellent feature directorial debut from Carlo Mirabella, is such […]
***Originally shared on The Film Experience*** The King of Staten Island is both typical Judd Apatow and a pretty big departure from the world he knows and has often depicted on screen. Make no mistake, it’s an overlong, meandering coming-of-story about a slacker who can’t get his head on straight until he does (very familiar), but […]
via The King of Staten Island, Casually Funny, Humanist Drama — Film Epoch
Submit exclusively via FilmFreeway: Lung Lee Brilliant! The first-ever film festival I’ve joined with an audience feedback video. Thanks for the award.
Film Courage: Story Sloth-to-Story Sleuth? What is this? Matthew Kalil, Screenwriter/Author/Instructor: You’ve seen bits of my book. Story Sloth to Story Sleuth. One of the ways we access the memory well is through senses and being aware of the world when you’re in it. Very often I find for myself my thing that has been […]
Film Courage: What movie are you making…actually…right after this interview? Marty Lang, Screenwriter/Director and Assistant Professor of Film at the University of Central Arkansas/Director: Once we are finished I am going to be driving to Agoura Hills [California] where I will be directing my second feature film. It’s a film called STAY WITH ME. It’s […]
via How Making The Second Feature Film Is Different Than The First by Marty Lang — FilmCourage.com
Film Courage: When did you leave Stockton, California (where you grew up)? Mark Gantt, Actor/Producer/Writer/Director: Let’s see…I left when I was 19-years-old. I was 19 in 1990 and I actually moved my friend’s sister down to San Diego. We all drove down and she was going to San Diego State. She had a summer class […]
via What Does It Take To Be A Filmmaker? by Mark Gantt [FULL INTERVIEW] — FilmCourage.com
Film Courage: How do you know your film found the intended audience? Or maybe there is no intended audience? Maybe it’s just whoever likes the story? BROKEN CEILING has a female protagonist? It’s about a contentious workplace, it’s make-driven. Different things that this person is fighting against. Did you have you have a specific audience […]
via Writing A Character Of The Opposite Gender And A Different Race by Adam Davis — FilmCourage.com
1) 1:08 – Michael Hauge’s Six-Stage Plot Structure 2) 6:12 – 4 Act Story Structure 3) 14:15 – Eric Edson’s Story Solution – 23 Actions All Great Heroes Must Take 4) 20:22 – 7 Act Story Structure 5) 28:07 – Jill Chamberlain’s The Nutshell Technique 6) 37:08 – 8 Sequence Approach 7) 45:12 – 12 […]
Film Courage: Are story and plot the same thing? Markus Redmond, Actor/Writer/Director/Producer: I don’t know? That’s a good question. Should we ask Siri? Film Courage: I hadn’t thought of that? Let’s try it. Markus: Because I don’t know. Hey Siri! Siri: Yes. Markus: What’s the difference between plot and story? [Reads Siri’s suggestion – found […]
via Are Story And Plot The Same Thing? by Markus Redmond — FilmCourage.com
Film Courage: We talked earlier about the anxiety of this business. Can we talk about why it’s high-anxiety? What can people do to work with it? Jason Satterlund, Filmmaker: Most people I know in this business are full of anxiety. First of all most people in film don’t have full-time jobs (most people). It goes […]
via Artist Anxiety: Coping Strategies To Deal With Stress by Jason Satterlund — FilmCourage.com
Student & Young Filmmakers FEEDBACK Film & Screenplay Festival 