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) […]

via How To Write Authentic Characters And Dialogue by Corey Mandell — 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 […]

via Why An Artist Should Follow Their Instincts by Walid Azami — 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 […]

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

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

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

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

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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 […]

via How Writers Can Make Gatekeepers Work for Them — 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 […]

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