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How to Sell Your Indie Film Using Ninja Facebook Hacks with Kyle Prohaska
IFH 200: How to Sell Your Indie Film Using Ninja Facebook Hacks with Kyle ProhaskaWe all want to make money selling our feature films or streaming series but getting peoples attention in this noisy world is pretty impossible. We don't have the marketing budget of the studios to reach our audience. What i....
How to Write a T V Bible - Part 2 w / Jacob Krueger
As we discussed in Part 1 of this podcast, when TV producers ask for a series bible with your TV pilot script, they usually request it in a pretty strange form. And a lot of writers get confused about what producers are actually looking for when they ask for a bible and what's supposed to go in it. Most bibles include a series logline, cha....
How To Write What You Know with Danny Manus
When good ideas go bad, it's usually because either the writer isn't writing a story that is natural to them, or the writer has veered too far away from the natural blueprint of their concept. In this live podcast with host Max Timm, the ISA welcomes back one of our favorites - script consultant, Danny Manus. In this talk, ....
How we evaluate video gear
Chris and Mike talk inside baseball about the process of deciding on what video gear deserves to be mentioned in Videomaker's Buyer's Guides, and the challenges of making product recommendations to video shooters with very specific needs.....
Howard Fine Acting Studio
We are an actor training studio, offering classes for adults - from beginner through working professional. We're located in the heart of Hollywood, and have an outstanding faculty, head....
Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Taika Waititi, Keep Your Audience Engaged
Writer, actor, director Taika Waititi tells us about creating a new comedy scene in New Zealand and how to keep people feeling like they're a part of your story. He also let slip the inspirations for his What We Do in the Shadows character Viago: His mother combined with C-3PO. ....
Hypderdrive Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival
The Hyperdrive festival will run on the 10th and 11th October 2015 with filmmakers from across the world showing- off their latest productions, and, all the while, raising a great big pile of money for some fantastic causes.We will be hosting the festival at the Hailsham Pavilion (Registered charity number: 1062538, pavilionhailsham.co.uk), a beaut....
Hyperfocal Distance
Distance set on the focusing ring which will best use the depth of field for a particular shot. ....
I Made a Short Film, Now WTF Do I Do With It, with Clarissa Jacobson
Just Click Submit with Clarissa Jacobson
In this episode, ISA welcomes award-winning filmmaker and author Clarissa Jacobson to the show and website to talk about her book, “I Made a Short Film, Now WTF Do I Do With It?” The book is jam-packed with hard-earned knowledge, tips, and secrets on how....
I Page
An ‘I’ page is a script page that is all dialogue. With no action description to break up the page, the visual page looks like a capital ‘I’ with a column of white space on both the left and right of the page. This is too much white space. A script page should be a combination of both action description and dialogue.....
I S A Logline Contest
ISA Logline Contest Winners Announced - Please click the WINNERS tab to view. Producers often view the logline before choosing to consider a script. Is your logline catchy enough to represent the unique screenplay you've been working so hard on? Let this contest be the judge or practice creating various loglines for any ideas you may have. Submit ....
I S A Reviews - Game of Thrones Season 7 Finale
Did “Game of Thrones” finish season 7 with more craft than cunning?“Game of Thrones” is a worldwide phenomenon and that’s due to its involving storylines, superb cast, and state-of-the-art production values. Showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have done an incredible job in their adaptation of George R. R. Martin&....
I S A Reviews - Kingsman: The Golden Circle
"Kingsman: The Golden Circle" misses the brass ring.The edgy action spy comedy “Kingsman: The Secret Service” was a worldwide hit in 2014, so it’s not surprising that a sequel was inevitable. Unfortunately, “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” moves too far away from the charms of the first one. The main character of Eggsy (T....
I S A Reviews - Marvel's Inhumans
“Marvel’s Inhumans” is a marvel of missed opportunities.Marvel has had an incredible track record on both the big screen and small, but the new ABC-TV series “Marvel’s Inhumans” really misses the mark. Adapted from the 1965 comic by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, this mutant story feels all too familiar. Borrowing heav....
I S A Reviews - Spider-Man: Homecoming
“Spider-Man: Homecoming” secures Peter Parker’s future by returning him to school.
The reboot of the “Spider-Man” franchise may be its third start in just 15 years, but this latest one wisely returns Peter Parker to high school. His vulnerabilities as a teen struggling to find his place in the world deepen the narrati....
I S A Reviews - The Horror Remake, IT
“It” is a runaway hit, but it should have been truer to Stephen King.Did “Stranger Things” help pique interest in the similarly-themed “It” and make this new Stephen King adaptation a runaway hit? Perhaps, but the film stands on its own merits with sharp performances by its young cast, a ton of creepy set pieces,....
I S A Reviews - The Twin Peaks Series Finale
“Twin Peaks” ends with a confounding but fitting finale.Anyone who was looking for straight-forward storytelling from Showtime’s revival of “Twin Peaks” should have looked elsewhere. Filmmaker David Lynch loves complex dream worlds and his series finale was equally astounding and confounding. Since they wrote the origi....
I S A Reviews - Thor: Ragnarok
“Thor: Ragnarok” is one of Marvel Studios’ finest and funniest.Three films into the Thor franchise, Marvel Studios continues to amaze yet again with this second sequel that is both a fun adventure and funny romp. Director Taika Waititi and screenwriters Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost deliver a c....
