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NewFilmmakers Los Angeles - N F M L A
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) is a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization designed to showcase innovative works by emerging filmmakers from around the world, providing the Los Angeles community of entertainment professionals and film goers with a constant surge of monthly screening events. NFMLA provides a forum where filmmakers can be recognized for....
Jacob Krueger - See, Hear and Feel Everything
In last week’s podcast, we discussed the many differences between playwriting and screenwriting. So this week we’re going to be getting deeper into the craft of screenwriting: what it takes to write a script that succeeds on the page.As we discussed last week, writing a screenplay often takes more rewriting time than writing a play.And ....
Krueger - Spider-Man Homecoming: How To Write a Great Antagonist
Hello, I am Jacob Krueger and this is The Write Your Screenplay Podcast. On this podcast, rather than looking at movies in terms of “two thumbs up, two thumbs down, loved it or hated it,” we look at them in terms of what we can learn from them as screenwriters. We look at good movies and bad movies, movies that we loved and movies that ....
Krueger - Spider-Man Pt 2: Characters & Structure
Spider Man Homecoming Part 2 – Creating Unforgettable Characters & The Game of Screenplay StructureIn last week’s podcast we talked about writing a great antagonist by letting go of our need to see them as the bad-guy, who “antagonizes” the main character, and instead stepping into our antagonists as real human beings.Be....
I S A Reviews: Christopher Nolan's, Dunkirk
Narrative tricks work against the natural drama inherent in “Dunkirk”.Filmmaker Christopher Nolan wrote wonderful plot twists into his time-bending scripts for “Memento”, “The Prestige”, and “Inception.” But with so much inherent drama in the WWII rescue saga of “Dunkirk”, why did Nolan fe....
Dunkirk vs. Saving Private Ryan: What is Your Screenplay About?
This week we are going to be looking at Dunkirk by Christopher Nolan.On top of being an extraordinary cinematic experience, Dunkirk is a particularly interesting script to look at as screenwriters, because it breaks pretty much every rule that you’ve likely been told about screenwriting or about filmmaking in general, or certainly about the w....
I S A Reviews: Girls Trip
The raucous and raunchy “Girls Trip” shows surprising heart and depth.R-rated films like “The Hangover” and “Bridesmaids” set the standard for modern comedy raunch, and “Girls Trip” proudly displays its outrageous comic ribaldry. What’s surprising is how much heart this film has as well. The scr....
ISA Reviews - Annabelle: Creation with Ghost Hunter, Scott Markus
“Annabelle: Creation” fails to conjure a great story or enough scares.Ostensibly the fourth installment in “The Conjuring” horror franchise, “Annabelle: Creation” tells the origins story of the scary doll from ghost hunters Ed & Lorraine Warren’s showroom. This outing has some decent scares, but it does....
Jacob Krueger - Writing A Script With More Than One Character
EXCERPT FROM THE PODCAST:“...This week, we’re going to be talking about a whole bunch of movies, but they all have one thing in common. They all have more than one main character. There’s a lot of debate about the question of whether new screenwriters should even attempt to write scripts with multiple main characters. Ther....
ISA & NYWIFT Present - Producing w/ Producer, Kathryn O'Kane
Topic: Adventures in Producing Commercial MaterialThe ISA's Max Timm hosts a series of interviews with board members from NYWIFT, discussing all elements of the entertainment industry from producing to screenwriting, to marketing and content creation for the digital space. The ISA is thankful to New York....
ISA & NYWIFT Present - Audience Development w/ Rosalind Murphy
Topic: Marketing, Branding, and Audience DevelopmentThe ISA's Max Timm hosts a series of interviews with board members from NYWIFT, discussing all elements of the entertainment industry from producing to screenwriting, to marketing and content creation for the digital space. The ISA is thankful to New Yo....
ISA & NYWIFT Present - Filmmaker & Entrepreneur, Casper Wong
Topic: Independent Filmmaking and FinancingThe ISA's Max Timm hosts a series of interviews with board members from NYWIFT, discussing all elements of the entertainment industry from producing to screenwriting, to marketing and content creation for the digital ....
I S A Reviews: Showtime's, Episodes
“Episodes” is premium cable comedy that bites the Hollywood hand that feeds it.Hollywood is all too easy to satirize with its egos, greed, and test audience malarkey, but the sitcom “Episodes” turns it into an art form. Creators David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik know the crazy world of show biz all too well and never miss ....
SellingYourScreenplay.com with Screenwriting Coach Lee Jessup
SYS Ep 178 - Lee JessupLee Jessup talks about her new book, Breaking In, and offers advice to writers who are trying to break into the business.....
SellingYourScreenplay.com with ScriptFest Co-Founder Bob Schultz
SYS Ep 179 - Bob ShultzBob Schultz talks about two of his latest projects and how he got the scripts produced.....
SellingYourScreenplay.com with Screenwriter, Tom Hines
SYS Ep 180 - Tom HinesTom Hines talks about his years working with director Garry Marshall.....
Business of Making Indies w / Swiss Army Man Producer, Amanda Marshall
In another installment of Curious About Screenwriting, Max Timm of the ISA interviews independent film producer Amanda Marshall (Swiss Army Man, Diary of a Teenage Girl), not only about the release of her new film, I Do...Until I Don’t which is set to release in theaters on September 1st, 2017, but more specifically t....
I S A Reviews L.A. Confidential, 20th Anniversary
20th anniversary of “L.A. Confidential” proves the neo-noir stands with the best.“L.A. Confidential” garnered great reviews when it opened in 1997 and 20 years later, its place among the top tier of film noir is unquestioned. Filmmaker Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland adapted James Ellroy’s sprawling 496 pages and tur....
Producers Guild of America
The Producers Guild of America is the non-profit trade group that represents, protects and promotes the interests of all members of the producing team in film, television and new media.....
I S A Reviews The Glass Castle, with Gary Goldstein
Something clearly was lost in translation adapting “The Glass Castle” Sometimes sprawling novels covering decades of time are too gargantuan to be contained in a two-hour film. Such is the case with “The Glass Castle.” While the film adaptation of Jeanette Walls’ 2005 memoir about her tempestuous childhood means well, ....
