The Safdie Brothers Reveal All the Casting Headaches They Faced Making ‘Uncut Gems’
Uncut Gems is one of the best movies of the year. It is also one of the most brutal and tense experiences...
PRE-PRODUCTION
5 Important Tips to Help You Make Great Storyboards
No matter what kind of project you're setting out to make, storyboards can be an important and useful tool. So you've...
How to Write Sociological Stories
The world your characters live within affects them in many ways. Sometimes they provide the internal struggles that drive them forward,...
Four Ways to Help You Write Your Next Original Screenplay
Writing an original screenplay is so hard. Original scripts and ideas are hard to come by in Hollywood. We see people...
How to Write a Great Antihero In Movies and TV
With the Joker becoming the highest-grossing R-rated movie ever and characters like Deadpool, Jesse Pinkman, and Harley Quinn generating buzz on the big and...
The Secrets To Writing Great Horror
Dave Kajganich has made a huge impact on the horror genre with his recent work as showrunner for the first season of...
How To Write A Marvel Film From Start To Finish
What brings you back to writing? What are the things that keep you at the keyboard even when things are going...
How to Write a Chase Scene In Your Screenplay
Learning how to write a chase scene in a screenplay is imperative to keep the action moving, and the reader invested....
Why You Should Pull a ‘Pulp Fiction’ and Start Your Script In the Middle
Struggling to know how to start your story? Do what Christopher Nolan and Tarantino do: Start it in the middle. We're...
What’s A Shooting Script and How Do You Create One?
Congratulations, it's time to roll camera, but not so fast, first you need a shooting script ready. But what's a shooting...
What Is Motif in Film and How Do You Use Them to Tell Better Stories?
The motif in a film is the next level that gets everyone talking. But how can you utilise it in your...
10 Questions TV Writers Use To Refine Their Scripts
Writer John Yorke created the BBC Drama Academy in 2005. He's a writer, teacher, and producer. John is also a drama producer. Over the...