What Does a Development Executive Do?
You've written a great screenplay or directed one you're proud of and want to show the world. Your agent or manager sends it out to development executives who...
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The 25 Best Cinematography Books for 2020
Cinematography is the backbone of cinema. In a visual medium, you need the best person controlling the camera, working in collaboration with the writer and director to translate...
Why Julie Taymor Couldn’t Get $$$ from Hollywood, and What She Did Instead
Julie Taymor has been directing in Hollywood for decades. She stormed into the industry when it openly disparaged women directors. She's taken on studio heads to maintain her vision. She's...
What is the Save the Cat Beat Sheet and Why is it Popular?
Blake Snyder was a successful screenwriter with more than 12 spec script sales under his belt. Some for over a million dollars. He was trucking along in Hollywood...
What Rian Johnson’s ‘Knives Out’ Outline Can Teach You About Storytelling
At one point or another, every great film starts as the germ of an idea. That germ spreads, and suddenly you have the writing disease. Sorry, this metaphor...
Cheap Household Items That’ll Help You Create Common Foley Sounds
In the wonderful world of foley, you don't build a fire to create fire sounds or go to the mountains in the winter to record footsteps in snow...or...