The Fanatic Filmmaker
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We believe that when you start film making, you not only need to know how to make films but also how watch them. We hope to provide options for readers to learn DIY techniques, but also give reviews of recent or classic films. We will also provide a step-by-step process of the film making process by documenting the creation of a short film by our founder, Jimmy Peters
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Jimmy Peters
An aspiring film director who is both humble and the sexiest man alive. That’s my tragic flaw, I guess.
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How to Study Film Scenes and Why
When I took a course in Screenwriting at my University, it began with a lot of talk about formatting, story structure, character, set-ups/pay-offs, and a million other topics that felt static and dry. As I would listen to my professor tell us about these “principles,” I used to wonder if what he was saying is…
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Why Your Screenplay Characters Need Goals
Whenever you read any book on screenwriting or watch almost any YouTube channel you are often told the same thing over and over again. “Show, don’t tell”. “Don’t use voiceover.” The one that I have heard most of all though is “If you want to write a good character, he needs to have a good…
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What David Fincher Films Taught Me About Directing
On November 17, David Fincher’s most recent movie, The Killer (I wonder what it’s about?), will be released to theatres. It has already received much attention at the New York Film Festival and received a three-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival, where the first showing debuted. Whenever you are trying to get good at doing…
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How Rain Man Will Help You Write Better Exposition
The other night, I decided to watch Rain Man after close to a decade. It comes with my subscription to HBO Max, and I didn’t realize how effectively the movie began. It truly does an amazing job of conveying exposition in a way that feels natural. Within the first fifteen minutes, we learn so much about Charlie (Tom Cruise’s…
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Three Things That Are Holding Your Script Back
Just because you can write a novel or a short story doesn’t mean that you know how to write a script. I’m an officer for Kennesaw State’s Screenwriter’s Association, and I cannot tell you how many people I have met who love writing short stories when they enter the club but think that incredibly descriptive…
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Genre Studies: What Makes Script “Coming-Of-Age”?
So recently, I decided that I wanted to write a feature-length (90-120 page) script about a kid from Tulsa, Oklahoma, which has forced me to do a TON of research. I’ve been looking at Google case studies, obtaining ethnographies from the school library, and as of today, I’m trying to obtain some ILL documents about…
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