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First Draft

As set forth in the Writers Guild of America Minimum Basic Agreement, a first complete draft of any script in continuity form, including dialogue. ....

First Glance Film Festival

A collection of independent shorts and features from around the world, showcased in Philadelphia and Hollywood.....

Five Pitfalls From A Reader's Perspective, w / Joanna Ke & Max Timm

As a writer, you always want to put your best foot forward when submitting your work for consideration. Most of the time, the only thing that a producer, director, or reader will know about you is what you've written on the page. This is why it's so important to ensure your script is in the strongest place possible before sending it in and ....

FIX YOUR PITCH

Award Winning Screenwriter Jacob Krueger shows you what it takes to pitch like a professional. Learn the elements of a killer logline and an irresistible pitch, and how to turn your script into producer candy, without "selling out" or sacrificing your voice as a writer. Ready to start pitching? Then jump in live and pitch your script to Jacob, and ....

Fix Your Pitch - Genre Experience

Consultant and creator of WriteYourScreenplay.com, Jacob Krueger, discusses the nuances of the ever-dreaded PITCH.   Jacob is an expert on the art of pitching a project, much less an expert on story structure, character development, and then some. In this podcast, Jacob reviews the importance of your screenplay title - it being th....

Fix your Pitch - How To Sell It

Award winning screenwriter Jacob Krueger will take YOUR pitches and help you reconstruct them! If you need to learn how to pitch and/or are currently pitching your script to producers, and it still hasn't sold, then join the call and you may be one of the lucky ones to get FREE advice on how to improve your delivery. Not only will Jacob give yo....

Fix Your Pitch - Misunderstood Elements with Jacob Krueger

Award Winning Screenwriter Jacob Krueger shows you what it takes to pitch like a professional. Learn the elements of a killer logline and an irresistible pitch, and how to turn your script into producer candy, without “selling out” or sacrificing your voice as a writer. ....

Fix Your Pitch - Selling From Page One

Consultant and creator of WriteYourScreenplay.com, Jacob Krueger, discusses the nuances of the ever-dreaded PITCH.  Jacob is an expert on the art of pitching a project, much less an expert on story structure, character development, and then some. In this podcast, Jacob what it means to "sell from page one". Producers and read....

Fix Your Pitch - Sharing Is Selling

Consultant and creator of WriteYourScreenplay.com, Jacob Krueger, discusses the nuances of the ever-dreaded PITCH. Jacob is an expert on the art of pitching a project, much less an expert on story structure, character development, and then some. In this podcast, Jacob discusses why pitches "go wrong" - writers tend to approach a pitch as a way to S....

Fix Your Pitch - Taking The Pressure Off

Jacob Krueger of the Jacob Krueger Studio and WriteYourScreenplay.com dives back into another live session where he calms us all down with regard to the pitching process. Jacob does a great job simplifying the process, and making it easier to handle emotionally. Pitching can be a nerve-wrecking process, but the more you practice, the easier it beco....

FIX YOUR PITCH I I

Award Winning Screenwriter Jacob Krueger shows you what it takes to pitch like a professional. Learn the elements of a killer logline and an irresistible pitch, and how to turn your script into producer candy, without "selling out" or sacrificing your voice as a writer.....

FIX YOUR PITCH WITH JACOB KRUEGER

Throughout his career in the entertainment industry, Jacob Krueger has worked with all kinds of writers, from Academy and Tony Award Winners, to young writers picking up the pen for the first time. The founder of Jacob Krueger Studio in NYC, his writing includes The Matthew Shepard Story for which he won the Writers Guild of America Paul Selvin Awa....

Fix Your Pitch with Jacob Krueger - February 2016

Another round of pitch fixing from ISA friend, and script guru, Jacob Krueger. Pitching and logline writing is essential to making it in this industry, so listen in and be ready to take some notes. This is a very long recorded podcast that was hosted live on February 18, 2016 - but it's worth every second. Enjoy and keep writing. ....

Fizz and Ginger Films

British independent film company run by Matthew Butler and Tori Hart. Several award winning short films and the features Miss "In Her Teens" and "Two Down" completed.....

Flag

Aperatus consisting of a black cloth on a frame that blocks part of a light source. ....

Flagship City International Film Festival

The Flagship City International Film Festival was formed in order to present our audiences with a diverse selection of some of the best independent films from around the world.....

Flam Fest: the 3 Shot Challenge

Flam Fest is more than a film festival, it's a bi-montly filmmaking challenge designed to inspire all levels of filmmakers to create something unique to them, and then to get involved with our filmmaking community for each screening. Plus, it's FREE to enter!The catch? All short films have to be composed of only THREE SHOTS (and only cuttin....

Flare

Pattern of light that washes out a film roll at the start and end of the roll. Another type of flare is a "lens flare" which occurs when light hits the lens and and causes the image to be foggy. ....

Flash Frame

A single frame between two shots that is completely blank or clear. ....