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
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 […]
via What If A Producer Wants To Make A Sequel Of Your Movie Without You? - Brad Sykes — FilmCourage.com
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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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Student & Young Filmmakers FEEDBACK Film & Screenplay Festival 