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Art Is A Process Not A Result by Aleem Hossain — FilmCourage.com

Film Courage: When you were in film school what were some of the things teachers did where you said This really works for me. If I become a teacher, I want to emulate this and then the reverse (what shut you down)? Aleem Hossain, filmmaker and AR/VR creator, assistant professor in media arts and culture […]

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How To Write Authentic Characters And Dialogue by Corey Mandell — FilmCourage.com

Film Courage: We took a break for a moment and off-camera you said something about character and dialogue and how you help your students and how in some ways they are the same thing? Corey Mandell, Screenwriter/Instructor: I talked about this sort of more globally in the creative integration video (and people can go back) […]

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Why An Artist Should Follow Their Instincts by Walid Azami — FilmCourage.com

Film Courage: When was the first time you picked up a camera? Walid Azami, Photographer/Youtuber: The first time I picked up a camera professionally…I’m going to backtrack just a little bit. I worked with Madonna and I worked on her world tour and I befriended (a good friend of mine now) named Jamie King who […]

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Filmmaking Is Not Math, It’s Jazz by JOKER Movie’s Lawrence Sher, ASC — FilmCourage.com

Film Courage: Filmmaking is not math, it’s jazz? Lawrence Sher, ASC, Cinematographer: Yeah, that’s a Todd [Phillips] thing. I just love saying it. I remember him saying it ages ago (like three movies ago). I just love it, it’s such a great expression because we talked about someone we both worked with who was super […]

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How Writers Can Make Gatekeepers Work for Them — A Writer’s Path

by Drew Chial The gatekeepers who once decided what art was worth publishing are losing relevance. We need not kneel at their feet to gain entrance to the public square. There are paths in everywhere. Director J.J. Abrams told the audience at the Anaheim Star Wars Celebration that they could all be […]

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Get Rid of Repetition: Pleonasms in Your Writing — A Writer’s Path

by Suzanne Purkins Did you know that when you use more words than necessary to express something (like blowing windor frozen ice), you are committing a pleonasm, which is the fancy Greek way of saying you’re being redundant? Redundancy in writing sounds like a simple thing to spot—and sometimes it is. But some types of redundancy […]

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Winning STUDENT Short Screenplay Reading: Mama’s Boy, by Emma Wheeler

Lee is a trans man trying to survive in a small town with no one on his side but his girlfriend April. CAST LIST: Therapist: Bree Ali Father: Shawn Devlin Narration: Sean Ballantyne Lee: Michael Ruhs April: Hannah Ehman — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors:… Continue reading Winning STUDENT Short Screenplay Reading: Mama’s Boy, by Emma Wheeler

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Winning Student TV Pilot Script Reading: REMEMBRANCE DAY, by Eliza Frakes

  It’s the day before Remembrance Day, the day when – in a radicalized America that has overturned Roe v. Wade – society commemorates the millions of unborn children lost to abortion. It’s also the day that Maggie (23) finds out she’s pregnant. Not sure what to do, she impulse-buys a gerbil, and calls her… Continue reading Winning Student TV Pilot Script Reading: REMEMBRANCE DAY, by Eliza Frakes