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Sydney World Film Festival

Resource Type: Film Festivals

The objective of the Sydney World Film Festival (SWFF) is to introduce quality, non-mainstream films from all over the world. It aims to become a showcase for independent films and new.....

Symbolic Characters

Resource Type: Glossary of Screenwriting Terms

Symbolic characters are one-dimensional, usually personifying only one quality or idea, such as love, wisdom, mercy, or justice. Symbolic characters are often found in non-realistic worlds: in myth, fantasy, sci-fi, superhero, and comic-book stories.....

Sympathy

Resource Type: Glossary of Screenwriting Terms

Sympathy occurs when the audience has feelings of pity or sorrow for a character’s misfortune. Sympathetic characters help to engage an audience’s participation with the story; however, we don’t have to feel sympathy in order to care about a character.....

Sync

Resource Type: Glossary of Filmmaking Terms

The degree in which a picture and accompanying sound are lined up together. ....

Sync Sound

Resource Type: Glossary of Filmmaking Terms

The sound (usually dialogue) that is actually recorded via a crystal or cable sync during filming. Not to be confused with room tone, sound effects, or other non-diagetic sound. ....

Syncing

Resource Type: Glossary of Filmmaking Terms

Process of which the film and sound are lined up before editing them together. ....

Synopsis

Resource Type: Glossary of Filmmaking Terms

Summary of a story told in present tense. ....

Synoptic Media

Resource Type: Consultants

Whether you're a producer, financier, executive, agent or actor, Synoptic Media offers thorough and thoughtful professional script coverage that fits your unique needs.....

SYS - 7 Elements of a Viable Story with Erik Bork

Resource Type: Podcasts

Episode 385This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Writer/Author Erik Bork.Returning guest, Erik Bork talks about his Non-Fiction writing guide book The Idea: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage or Fiction.Topics also include how they feel about writing courses and contests. Do up and coming screenwriters need these resources? E....

SYS - Director Ted Campbell, from AD to Director

Resource Type: Podcasts

Episode 383This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Director Ted Campbell.He talks about how he got his start as an Assistant Director for many movies, which led to Directing features such as Killer Profile (AKA Friend Request) for Mar Vista Entertainment.They mention how Ted Campbell connected with the writer of Killer Profile, Richard Pierce thro....

SYS - From Dishwasher to Sci-Fi Filmmaker, Marcelo Grion

Resource Type: Podcasts

Episode 386This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Writer/Director Marcelo Grion. They talk about The Prototype (2021), a Sci-Fi Thriller with a cast including Victoria De Mare and Theresa Tilly. Topics also include how he went from being a dish washer to a filmmaker and working with movie Producer Roger Corman.....

SYS - I Got My Big Break, Now What? With Filmmaker, Craig Moss

Resource Type: Podcasts

Episode 389This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Filmmaker Craig Moss.He is the writer/director of movies such as Bad Ass (2012) starring Danny Trejo and Ron Perlman and Let Us In (2021) with Tobin Bell and Sadie Stanley.They talk about that Thriller Let Us In and what you should do after you land your big break in the film industry.....

SYS - Interview with Austin Film Festival Co-Founder Barbara Morgan

Resource Type: Podcasts

Austin Film Festival Co-Founder Barbara MorganBarbara Morgan Talks About Writing Fiction Podcast Scripts....

SYS - Interview with Comedy Writer, Luke Del Tredici

Resource Type: Podcasts

Episode 243 This week I talk with Luke Del Tredici (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 30 Rock) about how he broke into the biz as a television writer and then how he latest dark comedy feature, Arizona (Seth Rogen, Danny McBride, Luke Wilson), came together.....

SYS - Interview with Creative Team on Horror/Thriller, Digging to Death

Resource Type: Podcasts

Episode 391This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Writer/Director Michael P. Blevins and Actor Ford Austin.They talk about their latest movie, a Horror/Thriller called Digging To Death (2021). Michael P. Blevins is the Writer/Director and Ford Austin is the lead actor of Digging To Death.Topics include, how they started working together and....