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What Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof Endured for “The Seed Of The Sacred Fig"

The international film landscape is essential in shaping a global approach to cinema. Oftentimes, it isn’t simply the types of stories or the way they are told by specific voices that excite audiences, but also the way in which they were made.Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed Of The Sacred Fig is astonishing in its raw truthfulness, ...
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Jen Grisanti Describes How Character Transformation Happens

Transformation occurs when we acknowledge the void tied to the pursuit. An emotional force draws us in when we encounter the central character, often due to feeling their void from the outset. This compels us to lean closer. Executing effectively enables us to see ourselves in the character or recognize the universal aspect of t...
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What Makes High School Movies Work? (Part 2)

ArchetypesParents (good and bad), teachers (good and bad), friends, teammates, and classmates (good and bad), and siblings all form the basis of an archetypal character set.In The Edge of Seventeen:Nadine’s mother: a bit unraveled and trying to cope with her own life as well as her two children. Nadine’s father is dead and that’...
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What Makes High School Movies Work? (Part 1)

High school movies span decades. There are thousands covering most of film and TV history. This is mainly for one reason: the themes in them are universal.The stories of high school are the stories of life. Of joy, sadness, yearning, accomplishment, and all things in-between.On The Edge of Seventeen is a prime example of the com...
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6 Helpful Things To Consider To Make An Impactful Short Film

Short films have been an effective way for many screenwriters to showcase their storytelling skills. They can be shown at film festivals, industry screenings and events, and online to help promote your screenwriting career.Here are some pointers that screenwriters might consider when writing a short film script:1) Make It ShortA...
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Sean Baker’s “Anora” Hinges On One Pivotal Action Sequence

Everybody loves a good Cinderella/ Cinderfella story – the romantic storybook tale of a hard luck princess being swept away by her elegant Prince Charming and they subsequently gallop away into the sunset to live happily ever after.Sean Baker’s Anora doesn’t buy into that princess fairytale fantasy. In his film, Anora “Ani” Mikh...
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Presence: Soderbergh & Koepp Deliver Family Drama Via Ghostly Perspective

Indie film director Steven Soderbergh made a huge cinema splash at Sundance with the voyeuristic Sex, Lies and Videotape in 1989. Similarly, screenwriter David Koepp made waves a year earlier with his cool, controlled thriller Apartment Zero.Over the years, the pair have crossed professional paths in the film circuit, brainstorm...
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More than the Antagonist: The Seven Opposition Types

The logline is, at its core, a description of the central conflict in a story. The central conflict will be defined through the struggle between the main character and their opposition. No opposition, no conflict. No conflict, no story. Understanding how the different types of opposition are used in a story will be necessary to ...
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More Than The Protagonist: The Six Main Character Types

At the heart of any compelling story is conflict. One character wants something, another character (or force) doesn’t want them to have it. The characters locked in conflict are commonly referred to as the protagonist and antagonist. While this is technically correct, it is dramatically incomplete. In the days of the Greek theat...
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What Is Contextual Writing? (Part 2)

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Context:Information DumpsMany times the issues I see in my students’ work are a result of lack of experience obviously. They don’t trust their writing or their audience, or have the skills needed to push out content when it’s needed to be heard by an audience. Consequently, they have info ...

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