Film Courage: Everyone can write, but is everyone a writer? Writer/Instructor and Script Consultant Shannan E. Johnson (The Professional Pen): Great question! Everyone canwrite and everyone can be a writer. But I think the bigger question is what part of the creative process are you trying to be a part of? And a lot of […]
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Film Courage: How is an episode of television structured? Has it changed over the years? Bruce Ferber, Author/Former Showrunner/Screenwriter: It’s changed over the years because more of the sitcoms are single camera. So in the old days, really in the beginning of the multi-camera (not the very beginning of I Love Lucy) but let’s say […]
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Film Courage: Do you outline all of your work every time? Erik Bork, Author/Screenwriter: I do outline all of my work and I think most screenwriters do. But as with everything in the writing process there is no one definite, cookie-cutter method that always works great all the time. I am always aware that every […]
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Eric Edson, CSUN Professor and Author: One last one…The Endangered Innocent. As I was pointing out earlier, I was talking about the wives of the astronauts. That’s their function, they are Endangered Innocents. They are the story goal, they are the ones that need to be saved and that is a story goal, too. And […]
How To Learn Screenwriting In 4 Steps via FilmCourage.com. If you want to learn how to write screenplays, here are the 4 steps that will help you get there. 0:35 — Read Screenplays 16:01 — Write Screenplays 26:58 — Watch Movies 32:01 — Get Feedback 40:27 — Getting To Work
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 are your thoughts on Hollywood stealing an unknown writer’s idea? Does this happen a lot? Mark Sanderson, Screenwriter/Author: I think it happens a lot less than people believe because my writing partner and I used to say we’d make more money off of the lawsuit than we would on the screenplay, you […]
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Film Courage: When you leave the pitch [pitching a screenplay], do you have a good intuition about how the meeting went or is it just like they say they love it and then they are not going to go through with it? And then has the opposite happened? Markus Redmond, Actor/Writer/Director/Producer: We went through that. […]
Film Courage: What makes you good at story and how did you get good at it? Naomi Beaty, Writer, Screenwriting Teacher and Consultant: My big education with story was really when I worked with Blake [Blake Snyder — Author of Save The Cat] on his second book just because the thing that I had to do in […]
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Becky Harris Their warmth & communication via email was beyond personal and thorough. A great selection of films, and I have loved diving into their YouTube page to explore more of whom they feature. It was an honor to be highlighted by this festival & company. Submit exclusively via FilmFreeway: This festival is designed to… Continue reading Student Festival Testimonial – May 9 2020
Student & Young Filmmakers FEEDBACK Film & Screenplay Festival 