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Writer/Producer/Literary Consultant Brad Brad has written for all media, done consultations for worldwide clients when he was V.P. at Chris Vogler’s Storytech, and has been writer-producer for PBS. Brad created the series North Mission Road, which ran six seasons on truTV.....
Added scenes
Material, shots, sequences, or scenes written into a script during its principal filming or after its completion. ....
Additional Camera
An extra camera operator, often needed for complicated action sequences or stunts. ....
Additional Dialogue Recording
AKA "A.D.R." The dubbing (re-recording) of additional dialogue in a film. ....
Additional Photographer/ Photography
Handles the secondary shooting or reshoots. ....
Adelaide Screenwriter
This blog was set up in 2011 when a small group of people were looking at the possibility of establishing a Screenwriters' Co-op in Adelaide.....
ADMERICA
Blurring the line between advertising and cinema, ADMERICA is a global supplier network of the ad industry's foremost film directors combined with publishing solutions for TV, online video, mobile video and cinema. By combining high-end production with the most powerful media platforms, we help Fortune 500's focus their efforts to see the h....
Advance
Dual meaning: When referring to a "composite print:" the distance between a point on the soundtrack and the corresponding image. When referring to "payment:" an amount given before receipt of services. ....
Advanced Plot Construction with Jeff Kitchen
It's important to utilize consultants and their expertise as often as you're able. There are experts in this field of screenwriting and their knowledge of how a script breaks down and what creates an entertaining piece of media is priceless. It's necessary to test out each consultant in order to see if their individual process works for....
Advancing Your Writing Career
Writing competitions can be a lucrative venue to break into the industry and have yielded countless success stories. Hear from Matt Dy, Austin Film Festival's Screenplay and Teleplay Competition Director, Greg Beal, the Director of the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, and past winners of both competitions discuss the ins and outs o....
Advertising
Advertising is a technique the writer uses to tell the viewer where the film is going or is the indication of some upcoming experience a character might have.....
Advice From Krysty Wilson-Cairns, Co-Writer of 1917 & Last Night in Soho
Last Night in Soho co-writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns, an Oscar nominee for co-authoring 1917, offers the screenwriting advice that good writing is all about manipulation — and that the most effective manipulation is invisible.
In the latest MovieMaker podcast, available on Apple or Spotify or abo....
Aerial Shot
Camera shot from the point-of-view of an airborne craft, such as an airplane or helicopter. ....
Aesthetica Short Film Festival
ASFF is hosted by Aesthetica Magazine, an internationally recognised publication, with a combined print and online audience of 180,000 worldwide. ....
AFCI University
The AFCI is committed to providing film commission staff members with the educational tools they need to thrive in today's competitive marketplace.....
AFF at Home: Character
Welcome to week two of AFF at Home! For those of you just joining us – AFF at Home is Austin Film Festival’s way of promoting a sense of community, engagement, and creativity even in a time of distance and restrictions. Each week we’ll guide you through ....
AFF at Home: Dialogue
Because film and TV are such visual mediums, it’s easy to forget one of your most important storytelling tools: good dialogue. Most of us talk to people every day, so why is putting it on the page so difficult? This panel from 2017’s Austin Film Festival features Jason Fuchs (co-writer Wonder Woman), David Lowery (writer/director&n....
AFF at Home: Spark Your Story
Welcome to week one of AFF at Home! In this time of distance and restrictions – we wanted to promote a sense of community, engagement, and creativity. AFF at Home will guide you through a week’s worth of content and stories in the hopes to not only inspi....
AFI Graduate, Melissa Hoppe, and Her Award Winning Transgender Short
The term “young writer” doesn’t necessarily mean “young in age”. A young writer is simply someone who is still early in his or her career and pushing forward in their own creative growth process. Technically speaking, we as writers and filmmakers are always growing, but the more experience we gain from....
