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Costume
Costume refers to a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular location or historical period. In scripts that take place in present day, costume is not an important element to describe; however, if the world itself is quite different from the present day world we know, costume become an important part of a character’s introduction. Als....
Costume Designer
Individual who designs the costumes for a movie.....
Costume Supervisor
Individual responsible for handling the costumes worn by actors. ....
Could Any Other Actor Play Himself as Well as Nic Cage Plays Nic Cage
Nicolas Cage plays a neurotic, pretentious, deluded and still lovable version of Nicolas Cage in the new film The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, which got us thinking: Could any other actor play himself as well as Nicolas Cage plays Nicolas Cage?
In the latest episode of the Low Key Podcast —Â....
Courtney Lilly, Writer Black-ish, The Cleveland Show & Arrested Development
Courtney Lilly’s writing credits include Invader ZIM, Arrested Development, Everybody Hates Chris, My Boys, The Cleveland Show, and Black-ish.
In this interview, we go Ito the weeds about writing comedy, uncover the rhythms of a television, talk about universal needs in stories, discuss the writer’s room, and talk about the legacy of B....
Coventry Film Festival
We give Driver Awards, specially designed awards for Best Actor, Best Feature Film, Best Short film, Best Actor in a short film, Best actor in a feature film, Best Animation, etc.....
Coverage
Performed by a reader, this process involves a script synopsized, reviewed, and evaluated with respect to the story, character development, plot development and so forth, and then rated, with the intention of informing others as to whether or not the script is worthy of further consideration. ....
Cracking Yarns
Cracking Yarns is a screenwriting hothouse dedicated to helping you become a better film and TV writer, founded by ex-AFTRS and current NYU Screenwriting Lecturer, Allen Palmer, ....
Craig James, the ISA and Breaking In
This week we talk to writer-director-actor-producer and all around multi-hyphenate about his career and his organization the International Screenwriters' Association. If you are a writer, you must listen into this....
Crawl
This is a term used for superimposed titles or text intended to move across on screen.....
CREATE & DEVELOP THE COMIC SCREENPLAY WITH STEVE KAPLAN
From the industry's top stars to first-time comedy screen and TV writers, producers, directors and performers, Steve Kaplan has worked with and coached the best. His Comedy Intensive offers proven and practical methods and principles that help you reveal and understand comedy from the inside out.....
Create More Effective Pitches with Gary Shusett
Gary Shusett, aka “Professor Logline,” is a producer who has been assisting up-and-coming writers and filmmakers for more than thirty years. Gary returned to the I.S.A. to help writers’ create more effective pitches for their projects. He addressed pitches live on the teleconference as well as loglines provided by email befo....
Create Your Career w/ Veteran CAA Agent & Top TV Producer, Tony Krantz
One of the most well-connected guests we’ve had on yet, Tony Krantz joined us to talk about a number of things – so many of them we could have discussed even further in depth – but after working as an agent with CAA for 15 years, Tony went on to help create Imagine Television. From Imagine he moved on to direct hi....
Create Your Reel
For over four years, Create Your Reel (CYR) has produced demo reels for actors of the highest production value. We write, shoot and edit scenes that showcase the actor.....
Creating A Script That Can Break You Into The Industry - Barri Evins
So many writers are seeking a formula for success, but don’t know the truly essential ingredients. Combine a powerful concept with self-knowledge and industry awareness for a real recipe for success. Discover and develop these components and then harness the extraordinary power of using them in concert to advance your career to the next level....
Creating a TV Pilot That Sells: Three Important Tools w/ Jen Grisanti
In her class, CREATING A TV PILOT THAT SELLS: THREE IMPORTANT TOOLS, Jen Grisanti will teach you what she believes are the pillars that will take you from ordinary to extraordinary with the writing of your TV pilot.
Jen will walk you through three tools: Trigger, Dilemma and Pursuit, and she will guide you how to use these key elements to ....
Creating a Winning TV Series with Jen Grisanti
We are presenting this podcast as an introduction to our upcoming TV Weekend, May 5 through May 7 in Chicago. If you don't yet know about TV Weekend, you absolutely must check it out - a two-day event with Lee Jessup, Jen Grisanti and Corey Mandel, giving specific insight and an intensive on all aspects of the TV writing process, business,....
Creating Memorable Moments Through Meditative Writing with Jess Hinds
“Meditative Writing truly is “assisted self-discovery.” For the same reason writers should take acting classes, Meditative Writing helps you get down into your body, to work a scene or character from the inside out. The practice has applications even beyond writing, into directing, pitching, and just being in the world. This ....
