Film Courage: Can you talk about the screenwriting process [for LAST CALL ONE TAKE]? So Daved [Wilkins] had this idea? You were each bouncing ideas off of each other, how did this work? Gavin Michael Booth, Writer/Director/Cinematographer: Daved and I would try to get together in person as often as possible. I’m a stickler for […]
Film Courage: You did a podcast with two screenwriters. Any takeaways from that? Barbara Seymour Giordano, Writer and Coach, StoryWorksLA: It was interesting. The one woman was very nervous (one of the screenwriters), very nervous about pitching. She always felt self-conscious. What should I do? What are the tips that I need? So I gave […]
Film Courage: I have a quote here “Sykes’ film DEATH FACTORY became its distributors all-time, top-grossing film title and was also later sequelized.” How much money is that? Six figures? Seven figures? Brad Sykes, Filmmaker: I will never know that answer to that question because I am not privy to that type of thing. When […]
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Without appointments and concerts, without events and other things that remind me of the date, I find myself looking at the calendar more often, trying to fix in my mind a place to lodge myself in the stream of time. Is it Sunday or maybe Monday? But to be honest, the calendar that seems more […]
Poetry can often channel grief, pain, solidarity, and resistance in ways that everyday language can’t.
“Making space for another viewpoint does not negate yours. Quite the opposite — it provides more context and framework for your own experience.” (Kiara Goodwin, The Everygirl)
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Film Courage: What is the difference between a professional level script and one that is written by an amateur? Mark Sanderson, Screenwriter/Author: A professional level script I would say can compete in the professional marketplace where someone could receive a screenplay, read it and not go Hmm, this has too many problems that this person […]
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Film Courage: For a new screenwriter who has just finished a first screenplay, what do they do with it? Markus Redmond, Actor/Writer/Director/Producer: I don’t know? [laughs]. Alright, so you are saying you write a screenplay, do you know nothing about nothing, right? You just wrote something? Okay…Internet! Internet! This is the connectivity of the world […]
via You Have To Work To Get Your Screenplay Read – Markus Redmond — FilmCourage.com
Film Courage: Aside from being scared of something, how do you know your protagonist is someone you want to write about, that you want to spend years working with? Kelli McNeil, Writer, Actress and Voice Over Artist: This has happened to me on a couple of occasions but eventually my character starts speaking to me. […]
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