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Boston Film Festival
Showcasing feature, documentary, animated, and short films, the festival presents awards in each category.....
Boston Palestine Film Festival
The Boston Palestine Film Festival seeks to present the extraordinary narrative of a dispossessed people. Cinema offers a powerful means of interpreting the collective identity.....
Boston Underground Film Festival
BUFF is an annual festival committed to the celebration of alternative vision and cultivation of independent, provocative and experimental filmmaking.....
Boston University College of Communication
Students completing the two-year graduate program will earn an MFA in Film (focus in Screenwriting) and be prepared to place, sell, and/or produce their work in the film and television....
Bottle of Smoke Films
8628 1/2 Olin Street Los Angeles, CA 90034 (424) 274-1510....
Bounce Card
Silver or white card that is used to bounce light onto a subject. ....
Box-Office
Measure of the total amount of money paid by movie-goers to view a movie.....
BPS 071: Crafting Complex & Memorable Characters
Crafting Complex and Memorable Characters with Karl Iglesias - On today’s show, I wanted to give you a sneak peek of Bulletproof Screenwriting’s first official audiobook Writing for Emotional Impact: Advanced Dramatic Techniques to Attract, Engage, and Fascinate the Reader from Beginning to End, ....
BPS 072: How to Write a Bad Ass Query Letter for Your Screenplay
After many requests, I decided to finally tackle the dreaded query letter. I bring back to the show screenwriter, author, and IFH Academy instructor Geoffery Calhoun. Below Query Letter Checklist and a few areas, we discuss in the episode.
No Snail Mail
Do Your Research
Address the Letter to Indiv....
BPS 077: Wired for Story – How to Become a Story Genius with Lisa Cron
Do you feel like you have a screenplay inside of you but don’t know how to bring it to life? Today’s guest Lisa Cron might be able to help.
Lisa is story coach and the best-selling author of Wired for Story: The Writer’s Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence ....
BPS 084: The Movie Script Selling Game with Kathie Fong Yoneda
Today on the show we have studio veteran, story consultant, and best-selling author of The Script Selling Game- 2nd edition: A Hollywood Insider’s Look at Getting Your Script Sold and Produced Kathie Fong Yoneda.
The Script-Selling Game is like having a mentor in the business who answers your ques....
BPS 100: Oliver Stone | Winning Oscars & Surviving the Hollywood Game
Today on the show I bring you one of the most influential and iconic writer/directors in the history of cinema, three-time Oscar® winner Oliver Stone. Throughout his legendary career, Stone has served as writer, director, and producer on a variety of films, documentaries, and television movies. His fil....
BPS 103: How to Approach a Lit Manager in Hollywood w/ John Zaozirny
Today on the show we have literary manager and producer John Zaozirny. He oversees the feature film production slate for Bellevue and the Literary Management Team.
John and I discuss the raw truth of the film business, what he is looking for in a client,....
BPS 113: How to Rewrite Your Screenplay Like a H'wood Pro w/ Paul Chitlik
On the show today veteran screenwriter, director, producer, educator, author, Paul Chitlik. Paul has worked on 80’s show classics like the Twilight Zone, Small Wonder, Who’s the Boss, and Perfect Strangers, among others. He spends his free time as a clinical assistant professor teaching Screenwri....
BPS 115: Writing the Netflix/TV Drama Series with Pamela Douglas
There’s always been a feel-good, easy-times nostalgia for the 80s and 90s TV shows. More so now that we sometimes feel overwhelmed by the plethora of shows we have to pick from. If you feel me then you will enjoy this conversation. Our guest today is the award-winning screen and television writer, prof....
BPS 119: Screenwriting in the Studio System Marvel to Spielberg w/ Joe Corn
Have you ever wondered what it is like screenwriting inside the Marvel and Studio machine? Wonder no further, today we have screenwriter and director Joe Cornish. Joe was one of the writer’s on Marvel’s Ant-Man. The English comedian and filmmaker burst onto the scene in 2011 with his very successful film directorial....
BPS 122: Oscar-Winner Eric Roth: From Forrest Gump to Dune
This week, I sat down with one of the most legendary and successful screenwriters/producers in Hollywood, Oscar® Winner Eric Roth. Over a 50+ years career, he’s well-known for writing or producing films like Forrest Gump, A Star is Born, Mank, The Cur....
BPS 130: How to Avoid Career Pitfalls for Screenwriters with Felicity Wren
I wanted to take a deep dive into the marketing side of screenwriting today because it is in fact, a necessity in the industry today. Unfortunately, not many writers bother themselves as much about marketing their work. While I have some course resources on t....
