Tips & Tricks
Originally published to West Virginia Filmmakers Guild’s blog on June 17, 2017. By Guest Blogger and WV Filmmakers Guild Member, Paul Nandzik Advice on Worldbuilding There’s nothing particularly easy about writing a good script, but[…]
Writing is a complex and abstract process where you have to deal with expressing themes, characters, settings, plots, conflicts, resolutions, the illusion of natural sounding dialogue, subtext, and so on. If you’re writing fiction – especially[…]
When it comes to filmmaking, self-expression is self-destruction. You are not special. You are not as creative as you think you are. Your movies probably suck. Your ideas are mostly garbage. No doubt you found[…]
You will often hear that the most important part of a movie is a good story. That is wrong. Lots of good stories are ruined by bad acting, directing, dialogue, production, editing, or just[…]
Want to know about something your friends don’t know? Want to impress that artsy person you always felt was way too cool for you? Want to silence that pretentious film nerd quick and out-bullshit him[…]
The holidays mean different things for different people. For filmmakers, it means you are going to freeze your ass off at some point – several weeks in a row if you’re lucky. And for many[…]
So my screenplay is finished! How do I get my movie made? Most people will tell you, “Write a second draft!” or “Have someone read it and give you notes!” I think this is all[…]
