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Spooky Movie Int\'l Horror Film Festival
Giving cinema fans all the fake blood they've been craving. Founded in 2006, the Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival is Washington, D.C\'s only genre-based film festival.....
Sporadic Films
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Spotlight & The Big Short: The Difference Between Plot and Structure
...This week we're going to be looking at two Oscar winners, Spotlight and The Big Short. And we're going to be discussing at them not only as good screenplays, but as examples of very different kinds of screenplays. We're going to be looking at them in terms of the difference between plot and structure. The concepts of plot and structu....
Spyglass Entertainment
Spyglass was launched with the phenomenal box office success The Sixth Sense, starring Bruce Willis, which grossed over $661 million. Spyglass' savvy production choices have grossed....
Squib
Small explosive device, which when detonated ,will simulate the effect of a bullet/puncture wound or small explosion. ....
St Albans Film Festival
Featuring international films across many genres. Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate our 2nd International Film Festival. The fantastic filmmakers, hundreds of volunteers, the g....
St Tropez International Film Festival
The St Tropez International Film Festival adds it’s name to the long list of Glitz and Glamour in The Côte d’Azur. The 2013 event will be taking place in the South of France from May 16....
St. Louis International Film Festival
SLIFF has over 3 dozen juried and audience choice awards. SLIFF is an Academy-sanctioned qualifying festival for both narrative and documentary short subjects.....
Stage 32
Connect instantly with our 325,000+ global members either privately or through the Stage 32 Lounge. Our community ranges from novices to Academy, Emmy, and Tony award winners.....
Stand-In
Individual who has the same physical properties of a particular actor, and takes their place during the lengthy setup of a scene. ....
Status Pictures
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Status Quo
The status quo is the existing state of affairs of the main character daily life and his/her world.....
Steadicam
Camera attached to a camera operator via a mechanical harness which reduces or eliminates the unsteadiness of the operator's motion. ....
Step Outline
Method used by some writers to outline their story by numbering the major scenes and the order in which they occur. ....
Stereotypical Characters
A stereotype is an oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. And the screenwriter should avoid stereotyping characters. Blacks are not all comical, Native Americans not all drunks, Italians not all mobsters, Hispanics not all in gangs, Muslims are not all terrorists, etc.....
Steve Kaplan Solves the Comic Equation
If an interplanetary traveler would have aimed about 12oo miles due east and a couple of decades earlier, he might have found himself at Steve Kaplan’s Manhattan Punchline Theater laughing his second tukhus off (albeit without “the peanut butter of the gods”). This is the very same theater where Steve honed his comedic tools while developing ....
Still Photographer
Individual who photographs the action (often alongside the camera) to be used in publicizing the movie. ....
Stock Footage
Footage from other films that are used in a production. ....
