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Horizontal Reading
A script that invites horizontal reading has two strikes against it right off the bat. The script is horizontal when it is text-heavy, with blocks of description that are more than four lines in length. This results in a slower, more labor intensive read.....
Horror Underground Screenplay Festival
Festival designed to expose and promote films and screenplays that work outside the system and break the boundaries. To bring a voice to the talented independent filmmakers living in a world saturated with commercial entertainment. Submit your HORROR films and screenplays today to the festival.
Screenplay Festivals occur once a month. We perform a....
Horror/Action Director, G.O. Parsons
Episode 376This Week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with G.O. Parsons.They talk about Willy's Wonderland (2021), a Horror/Action movie G.O. Parsons wrote and it stars Nicolas Cage.Other topics include how he got started after moving to Los Angeles. ....
Hot Set
Set on which a scene is in the process of being shot; labeled thus to indicate that it should not be changed or disturbed. ....
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festivals
The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, celebrating its 25th Anniversary October 7-16, is the oldest non-fiction festival in North America. HSDFF offers multiple awards categories.....
Hot Springs Int\'l Horror Film Festival
Bringing together filmmakers, fans, and film fanatics for a fright festive weekend packed with horror, scifi, and thrillers, and fantasy films from all over the world.....
Hot Springs Screenplay Competition
Welcome to the Hot Springs Screenplay Competition where we're looking for great screenplays. You can submit in any genre: comedy, drama, horror, sci-fi, LGBTQ, thriller, etc. We're looking for stories that are quirky, offbeat and entertaining. The only sin in writing, and in the competition, is to be boring.
A portion of the proceeds from this Com....
House of Gucci Writer Says Key Was Irony & 'Not Take the Characters Serious
House of Gucci went through several writers before the project found one who could do justice to the surreally messy story of the feuding Guccis. Married producers Ridley Scott and Giannina Facio finally found the right writer for the job in Roberto Bentivegna, who said the key to cracking the story was....
Housecore Horror Film Festival
Providing horror and heavy metal fans a place to enjoy both.....
Houston Film Commission
America's 4th largest city is a cosmopolitan destination filled with world-class dining, arts, hotels, shopping & nightlife. ....
How to Adapt a True Story into a Great Screenplay
Listen to this webinar with Candace Kearns Read and learn how to: Identify the theme of a true story; Use a story’s themes as a springboard for the development of plot and character; Translate real life into dramatic action; Develop engaging characters from real people; Choose what to leave out in the interest of dramatic craft. ....
How to Be a Prolific and Sustainable Filmmaker with Jason Horton!
This week, Alrik and Liz welcome filmmaker Jason Horton on the show to talk about how he has created a sustainable life for himself as an artist, as well as his prolific career of making 40+, documentary feature films in the last three years or so. After that, we play another round of The Game. Enjoy! ....
How to Break Down & Story Map Your Screenplay with Daniel Calvisi
How to Break Down & Story Map Your Screenplay with Daniel CalvisiToday’s guest is author Daniel Calvisi. Dan wrote the book Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay. He breaks down stories and shows you how to map out your own by analyzing how the masters construct their screenplays. Here’s a bit more on today&rsqu....
How to Create an Amazon Exclusive Streaming Series with Chris Sobchak
This week on the show we have filmmaker Chris Sobchak. Chris co-created an Amazon Prime Series with star Nicole Sobchack, Please Tell Me I’m Adopted! follows free-spirited, wide-eyed, disaster magnet Tiffany who is forced to move in with her newly married sister, roping them into crazy, often culturally-current escapades with outrageous and h....
How to Create Suspense Like Hitchcock with Jeffery Michael Bays
Episode 193: How to Create Suspense Like Hitchcock with Jeffery Michael BaysHave you ever wanted to know how Alfred Hitchcock became the master of suspense? How Hitch used the camera and lens to create terror in the audience? Well, you can watch all 52 films Hitchcock directed or if you want to get a head start on you Hitchcock education you should....
How To Give Yourself the Best Possible Chance at Screenwriting Success
Listen to this podcast to learn the five main reasons people fail at screenwriting and come away with specific insights and hands-on tools to help give you the best possible shot at success. Perfect for experienced screenwriters as well as beginners.....
How to Pitch Your Screenplay in 60 Seconds with Michael Hauge
Episode 205 with Michael Hauge:You walk onto an elevator and just before the door closes Steven Spielberg gets on. You have 60 secs to pitch him your latest screenplay. What do you do? Your goal is to have your audience say “yes, I understand, and I care”....
How to Sell Your Film at the American Film Market with Johnathan Wolf
Episode 192: How to Sell Your Indie Film at the American Film Market with Johnathan WolfHave you ever wondered how films are sold internationally or domestically for that matter? Today on the show we have Jonathan Wolf, the managing director of the American Film Market or AFM as it's known. The American Film Market generates over $1 Billion in the ....
