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Fade OUT

Last words in a script which means "the end." ....

FADE TO:

A fade (FADE IN:, FADE OUT., FADE TO BLACK.) is a transition effect in which the film picture lightens and appears or darkens and disappears gradually.....

Fahy Films

Fahy Films creates original content for film, television, and digital media endeavors. Founded in 2002 by veteran Miramax Films creative executive John Fahy, the company specializes in creatively-ambitious projects for creatively-ambitious people. Services include Pitch Development, Story Outlines, Treatment Writing, Screenwriting, Script Do....

FAITH BASED FEATURES & TV PILOTS

Unleash your spiritual storytelling talents with OUR 7th ANNUAL FAITH-BASED SCRIPT COMPETITION!  Welcome to the 2025 Faith-Based Screenplay CompetitionWhere Stories of Faith and Inspiration Take Center Stage Faith-based films uplift, inspire, and transform — resonating with audiences in powerful ways. Our competition is designed to con....

Fallout After Our Exposé of a TikTok Talent Manager + Super Bowl Ratings

Plus, inside the ViacomCBS rebrand and the super Super Bowl ratings. This week on “TheWrap-Up,” host Sharon Waxman and guest co-host and TheWrap assistant managing editor of audience, Adam Chitwood, take a look at the latest Hollywood headlines, including the insanely huge Super Bowl ratings, and h....

FAMEUS International Film Festival

FAME’US International Film Festival (SPRING) is dedicated to presenting a variety of works of emerging talents with exceptional cinematic creativity to film lovers & the film community.....

Family Treez Productions

Family Treez Productions is a media production company providing unconventional, provocative and inspirational film, television, web, music and print media to our communities......

Fan Connectivity

What we are:We help you build your existing fanbase and make it even bigger and better through the fostering of online fan communities, smart merchandising choices, and an organic flow between the creative forces behind your property and the fans who love it. We're a small, nimble, boutique agency that works smarter at a grassroots level. We....

Fan Fiction Screenplay Festival

Submit a FAN FICTION Script of a classic television show, movie series, or iconic franchise. Any past TV show or movie in the history of cinema.....

FanFilm Awards

The FanFilm Awards (FFA) is a nonprofit international indie film and screenplay festival. Hosted at the beautiful garden of the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center of Los Angeles, CA, FFA is showcasing fanfilm screenings, fanfic readings, Q&A panels, and award ceremony. For more info, visit us: fanfilmawards.com....

Fantastic Fest

Specializing in the fantastic, Fantastic Fest features films in the horror, fantasy, sci-fi, and action genres.....

Fantasy Characters

Fantasy characters live in strange, romantic, or magical worlds, inhabited by unusual creatures. Characters living within this mystical world have a limited number of qualities, sometimes defined through a physical exaggeration, or by magical powers, or by being supersomething: supergood, superbad, supersmart, etc.....

Fantasy/Sci-Fi Screenplay Festival

Get your script and story performed by professional actors at the Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival. WINNING reading every single month! FANTASY and SCI-FI Stories used to be a fringe market. Now they are in the mainstream now and forever as movies, television shows, and stories in fantasy/sci-fi are a gigantic multi-billion dollar market. This portion of t....

Fargo Film Fest

The Fargo Film Festival is the premier annual moving picture event in the state of North Dakota. Featuring more than 100 movies every March.....

Fast Carrier Pictures

Founded in 2000 by writer/producer Steven Jay Rubin, Fast Carrier Pictures is a motion picture and television production company that made its feature debut with BLEACHER BUMS for Showtime in 2002, a baseball comedy, based on the hit play, which starred Brad Garrett, Wayne Knight, Peter Riegert and Charles Durning. This was followed by the true Wor....

Fast Motion

Shot which in which time appears to move more quickly than normal. The process is commonly achieved by either deleting select frames (called "skip frames") or by undercranking. ....

FAST Screenplay

Welcome to a whole new approach to screenplay development. It's the entire screenplay development process reverse-engineered from the producer's perspective, so that each step guides you directly to the sale. We've broken the entire process into 7 distinct phases, and then broken each phase into broad "Movements", so you ....

Favor On

A particular character or action is highlighted or "favored" in a shot. The focus is basically centered on someone or something in particular. Use only when necessary.....

Fear

Fear is an emotion that the audience must have for the protagonist. If the audience cares about the character, they should hope the character takes the correct course of action in a difficult situation, yet fear the character will choose badly.....

Feature

Movie at least 60 minutes long intended for theatrical release or script at least 90 pages long. ....