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Writers on the Web: Editing a Web Series
Rebecca Norris is a writer, producer, web enthusiast, and creator of the award-winning web series Split with her production company, Freebird Entertainment. Follow Rebecca on Twitter at @beckaroohoo. Click to tweet this article to your friends and followers! Can you believe it? All that hard work throughout development, casting, pre-production, and production, and you’re...
Jeanne’s Tuesday Screenwriting Tips: Writing the First Draft
Before I dive into this week’s Screenwriting Tip, I want to clarify that these tips are intended to be short and to-the-point, and are intentionally not as lengthy and detailed as my Balls of Steel articles. So, please keep that in mind when you read them. I thank you, in advance. OK, now onto...
From The Lens: Editing A Screenplay
As a kid, I sometimes thought: Isn’t it unrealistic that the characters in nearly every film never take a break to go to the bathroom? Maybe they aren’t drinking enough water? For that matter, I never see them drinking water either! Later I realized that would be far too much information for the audience....
An Army of Lovers: Inside the Inspirational Documentary ‘Vito’
“Making documentaries is not glamorous, but it’s what I’m put on Earth to do, so I think about Vito in that context—that he was doing what he was put on Earth to do,” notes filmmaker Jeffrey Schwarz. “That’s so inspiring for anyone, no matter what your passion is.” For the late Vito Russo (1946–1990),...
PRIMETIME: How To Break In If You’re NOT in L.A.
GET A JOB. Wherever you are... if you aspire to work in film, TV, or entertainment... there's no reason you can't make that leap NOW.
PrimeTime: I Can Write Better Than the Crap on TV! (… Can’t I?)
A TV writer's job is NOT to dream up the best stories possible. It's to dream up the best stories possible within the creative and practical confines of the show.
What Does a Film Editor Do With My Script?
30 years in the business and 38 films amounts to a lot of cuts. Internationally renowned film editor Sean Barton has edited films in practically every genre.