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All The Write Moves: 'Barry'
There’s a long history of merging comedy with violence, so it’s not as if the HBO series Barry, a dramedy about a hitman who discovers that he enjoys acting more than murder, is unprecedented. Counter-intuitive as it sounds, however, freshness isn’t ...
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Tech Tips: Unicode
Final Draft may be the industry standard screenwriting application, but it's not just writers who use it. Producers, animators, and more can use Final Draft’s newest features to have greater control on a story from script to screen.
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Weekend Writing Inspiration: Navigating a Rewrite of Your Script
“What’s the best way to get through the ups and downs of a rewrite?” Rewriting is a fact of life when it comes to screenwriting. Newbie screenwriters will often say, “I finished my script!” but what they mean is, they finished their first draft. They...
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Bricks of Breaking In: TV Writer Andrea Ciannavei on Building a Creative Career
While there is no one path to break in as a film or TV writer, there are a lot of similar challenges — both internal and external — that aspiring writers have to confront. Below, Mayans M.C. writer Andrea Ciannavei shares how she faced the odds to gr...
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Rising Through The Ranks: Anil Foreman
For the better part of three decades, writing was an afterthought for 35-year-old Anil Foreman.
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Set Free: Bromont Program Helps the Formerly Incarcerated Tell Their Stories
Mylrell Miner was 15 years old when he was first incarcerated, altogether spending 10 years of his life in prison.
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Director Dan Pritzker On His Jazz Film 'Bolden'
Charles “Buddy” Bolden might be the most mythical American musician you've never heard of.
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Write On with 2018 Big Break Feature Winner Jeff Cassidy
2018 Big Break feature category winner Jeff Cassidy discusses getting his start as a focus puller in order to learn more about directing, how he eventually transitioned to writing and directing, and why he chose to enter his category-winning script D...
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The Weekend Movie Takeaway: Pokemon Detective Pikachu
When Avengers: Endgame trampled the competition in its second weekend, preventing three new releases from making any kind of impact, some parties were no doubt concerned its dominance would stretch into the film's third weekend.
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