Posts Tagged ‘film students’
[WATCH] All of Robert Rodriguez’s 10 Minute Film School
Robert Rodriguez’s 10 Minute Film Schools – ALL OF THEM I’ve been a huge fan of the way writer/director Robert Rodriguez makes his films. The almost total creative control within the studio system is remarkable. Before Youtube film schools there was the 10-minute film schools on every DVD release of any Robert Rodriguez film. These 10 minute film…
Read MoreTop Ten Best Screenplays Ever Written
Top Ten Best Screenplays Ever Written If you want to be a screenwriter you have to read screenplays. There’s no better place to start than then reading the masters of the craft. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) published this list of the top ten best screenplays ever written and I would have to agree. My personal…
Read MoreIFH 143: How NOT to Shoot a $50,000 Short Film – Lessons Learned
How NOT to Shoot a $50,000 Short Film – Lessons Learned So as filmmakers we all want to make the best films we can. Sometimes filmmakers think that a bigger budget is the answer, that bigger is better. This is what I thought when I went down the road and create my short film Red…
Read MoreVisual Effects: Knowing When NOT to Use Them in Indie Filmmaking
Visual Effects: The Sword and The Shield In the hands of an artist, cg and visual effects can be a beautiful display of elegance, subtlety and realism. The exact opposite effect, while equally as beautiful, can also be achieved. It can be rough and rugged, dirty, in your face, and completely devoid of any sense…
Read MoreGeorge RR Martin: Master Class on Storytelling with the Creator of Games of Thrones
George RR Martin: Master Class on Storytelling George RR Martin is one of the most beloved and hated storytellers of his generation. He’s best known for his international bestselling series of epic fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire (FREE AUDIO BOOK VERSIONS HERE), which HBO later adapted for its dramatic HBO series entitled Game of Thrones. Ever since HBO released the Games of…
Read MoreBreaking Down The Social Network Screenplay – Aaron Sorkin, Structure, and Collaboration
Breaking Down The Social Network Screenplay – Aaron Sorkin, Structure, and Collaboration If you’ve been following this blog at all you know I’m a huge fan of David Fincher. I still think The Social Network was robbed at the 2011 Oscars®. The magic of Fincher’s directing with Aaron Sorkin’s genius screenplay is a match made in film…
Read MoreHow to Get Bad Ass Prop Guns for Your Film
When my team and I were making my first short film BROKEN (Watch it on Amazon Prime) and Lipstick and Bullets we really wanted to have functional and professional looking guns for the project. Obviously we weren’t going to use real guns and getting our hands on working prop guns was too cost prohibited. We knew we could create…
Read MoreHow to Write a Script and Workshop Your Screenplay with Paul Castro
How to Write a Script and Workshop Your Screenplay with Paul Castro How to write a script? A question many of us have when we start out. When I created the online course, The Million Dollar Business of Screenwriting with August Rush screenwriter Paul Castro I was blown away by many of the techniques Paul explained.…
Read MorePete Docter: How to Craft a Remarkable Story the Pixar Way
The Pixar Way: How to Craft a Remarkable Story with Pete Docter I’ve been a fan of Pixar Studios films ever since I first saw “Toy Story.” The ability that Pixar has to tell an amazing story in uncanny. After that film I started studying every Pixar movie that came out. It seemed that they had…
Read MoreRobert McKee: Master Class on the Craft of STORY
Robert McKee: Master Class on the Craft of Story If you haven’t heard of Robert McKee then you’re in for treat. Robert McKee is what is considered a “guru of gurus” in the screenwriting and storytelling world. He has lectured on storytelling for three decades, and his book Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting (FREE AUDIO…
Read MoreFREE Screenwriting Master Classes: Top Ten List
Screenwriting Master Classes: Top Ten List What you are about to listen to is probably the equivalent of taking at least five years of screenwriting courses or classes at a top tier film school. BAFTA (The British Academy of Film and Television Arts) has an amazing collection of FREE screenwriting lectures from some of the…
Read MoreQuentin Tarantino’s Unreleased Feature Film: My Best Friend’s Birthday
Quentin Tarantino’s Lost Feature Film: My Best Friend’s Birthday We all have to start somewhere and Quentin Tarantino is no exception. Unlike popular lore Tarantino did not come bursting through the indie film gates with Reservoir Dogs as his first film. His first little ditty was an unreleased feature film called “My Best Friend’s Birthday.” “My…
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