Apr 27 Love42 6 Secrets to Nailing Your Netflix Pitch By Justin Trevor Winters Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101, TSL 360 So you want to pitch your TV show to Netflix?! That’s great, but let’s be honest, it’s extremely challenging to…Read More
Apr 10 Love30 The Best Lesson I Ever Learned: Remember What Success Means to You with Darrien Gipson By Valerie Kalfrin Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101 SAGindie Executive Director Darrien Michele Gipson decided at age twelve that success meant being a movie producer. “I never felt…Read More
Apr 09 Love2 Five Lessons For Filmmakers From Producer Doug Urbanski By Martin Keady Blogs, Education, Features, Filmmaking, Main Doug Urbanski is a film producer (and sometimes actor), known for his films DARKEST HOUR, NIL BY MOUTH, TINKER TAILOR…Read More
Mar 16 Love12 Script Secrets from Oscar-winning Film “Parasite” By Daniel Lee Blogs, Blogs, Features, Filmmaking, Oscars, Screenwriting, Script Tips... In Action, Script to Screen Welcome to the Screenwriting Secrets series, a collaboration between The Script Lab and Script Sleuth. Today we take a look…Read More
Feb 20 Love29 Watch and Learn from Literary Manager Scott Carr By Valerie Kalfrin Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101 So many aspiring screenwriters are like horses at a starting gate, eager to burst loose, captivate a crowd’s attention, and…Read More
Jan 31 Love39 The Best Screenplay Competitions and Resources with Success Stories By Admin Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101, TSL 360 It can feel like a longshot when submitting to screenwriting competitions, especially if you live outside of a major film…Read More
Jan 29 Love32 Spoiler Alert! Why Our Brains Love Plot Twists By Justin Trevor Winters Blogs, Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101, TSL 360 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back… The Usual Suspects… The Sixth Sense… Se7en… Psycho… Oldboy… The Prestige… The Game… Memento……Read More
Jan 23 Love33 The Best Lesson I Ever Learned: Make Sure YOU Are in Your Script with Doug Jung By Valerie Kalfrin Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101 Even though filmmaking is collaborative, you can sell yourself short if you focus so much on making a splash that…Read More
Nov 22 Love30 3 Screenwriting Insights from BAFTA-winning British Drama Screenwriting Instructor, John Yorke By Valerie Kalfrin Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101, TSL 360 Narrative expert John Yorke absorbed story structure long before he decided to study it, convincing him that understanding story patterns…Read More
Jun 13 Love29 3 Filmmaking Insights from THE AMERICAN MEME Creator Bert Marcus By Valerie Kalfrin Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101 Writer, producer, and director Bert Marcus has an ear for a good story with broad appeal, something he credits both…Read More