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Look, it should go without saying, but we watch a lot of director interviews, MasterClasses, and film commentary around here. Because that's a huge way to learn this difficult art...
By Kimberly Senior. How can a director decenter themselves while still fulfilling the role of “director”?
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Before you take the first offer in front of you, consider whether it actually leads your film towards your desired outcome.
I'm on a contained story kick right now. My creative partner and I are fresh off a short film shoot and want to make something else, but we want to make it as easy on ourselves as...
Master 100 essential theater directing terms with practical meanings that help directors communicate clearly, lead rehearsals, and shape productions.
One of the least discussed areas of independent cinema, and especially short cinema, is working with a casting professional. Thus, we were excited to get the chance to have a conve...
The Criterion Collection just dropped a 4K release of Body Heat, and with it comes a new interview with writer/director Lawrence Kasdan. And we always love learning from the greats...
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Screenwriting is incredibly hard. I am sure you know that, but there are times it's worth acknowledging so you don't go crazy. But really, what you're doing is both telling a story...
Wade Patterson is a cinematographer, writer, and producer who recently shared his experience making shorts and features with Film Courage. His projects include Death Cipher and the...
Martin Scorsese has made some of the most meticulously composed images in American movies. I mean, have you seen the Copa tracking shot? What about the stark black-and-white drama...
I get it. When you finish a script, your likely next goal is to get it read. You’d probably prefer that someone who can do something with it read it. That means a producer, directo...
Jeff Kitchen is a screenwriting consultant whose work centers on what he describes as seven dramatic tools for building a story. In a Film Courage video, he works through a pitch i...
Believe it or not, Clint Eastwood and Alfred Hitchcock very nearly collaborated. Eastwood, like many filmmakers of his age, cited Hitchcock as an incredibly influential figure on h...
Screenwriter, novelist, editor, professor, and New York Film Academy instructor Matt Harry has taken one of the longer roads to a working career in Hollywood. Everyone comes to the...
If your editor dreads getting your footage, that's a problem. So, this is for you. Jesse Senko is a photographer and director with a background in advertising. He's had years of co...
I was talking to a friend earlier this week about revisions and how we approached them. He asked me what kind of notes I like to get as a writer, and I don't think I had a preferen...
Think of one of your favorite films. How does it handle its locations? How does the film give you an idea of the world its characters inhabit? Maybe a big sweeping crane shot? A lo...
I was scrolling over the weekend, as one does, and found a really great TikTok from user themoviemagick discussing Alfred Hitchcock’s philosophy of filmmaking. In short, the genius...
When you're deep in a screenplay draft, it's easy to obsess over dialogue and structure and forget entirely about how your scenes might be lit. That's a production concern, right?...
You send the rough cut. Two days later you have seventeen WhatsApp messages, a voice note your editor can’t open, a three-paragraph email that refers to “that bit near the end,” an...
Actors, writers, and directors often face creative changes completely out of their control – think of all the storylines actors flat-out refused to film, or that one time a powerfu...
We never need an excuse to revisit David Fincher, but it just so happens that Criterion recently posted an excerpt from the 1997 commentary track of The Game. So, of course, we mat...
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