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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘Four Good Days’ takes hard look at addiction
Four Good Days is a brutal film that addresses the heroin epidemic head-on as Molly (Mila Kunis) struggles to stay clean for four days so she can take naltrexone, a monthly injection that makes it impossible to get high. Her only option to stay clean...
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John Berardo on his student film becoming the feature horror 'Initiation'
John Berardo grew up in Oklahoma knowing he wanted to get into filmmaking. So he packed his bags for California and got a Theatre Directing BA from UCLA, before heading to USC for a Cinema Production MFA.
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Kelly Oxford discusses writing and directing her first film, 'Pink Skies Ahead'
Sometimes having a project go from text to film is a matter of having the right script at the right time.
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History of TV: Revisiting 'The Good Place'
NBC’s whimsical take on the afterlife is presented in philosophical technicolor. The Good Place offers up the realities of humanity — emotion, existential struggle, and most notably, the resounding ripple effects of our choices — in a brightly colore...
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The Water Man' creates unique mythology with heart
Director David Oyelowo and screenwriter Emma Needell bring '80s-feeling nostalgia and childhood mythology to screen in the crowd-pleasing and family friendly, The Water Man. The film is a feel-good movie with enough twists and turns to keep kids and ...
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Exploring strange new worlds with writer-actor Dustin Milligan
When you chat with a genuinely nice human who happens to be very obviously passionate about writing — your own chosen profession— and listens to Star Trek: The Next Generation on a regular basis (and if you’re not sure why that’s the best show ever, ...
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The Outside Story' is more than another break-up movie
At first glance, The Outside Story feels like a break-up movie. Charles (played by empathetic Brian Tyree Henry) works as an editor, cutting together in memoriam videos for people who aren’t dead yet. He is feeling sad not just because of the job, bu...
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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘Shiva Baby’ is an excellent study in suspense
A sugar daddy, his sugar baby, family politics, a newborn, and an ex-girlfriend walk into a shiva... That’s the loose premise of Shiva Baby; a thrill-ride of uncomfortable delight that started as a short film by writer-director Emily Seligman, availa...
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Filmmaker Michael DiBiasio-Ornelas on humanizing mental health in ‘The Sleepless’
Once in a while a film comes along that invites the viewer to meander along with it, enjoying the view and the conversation for what it is. No crazy plot twists, no breathtaking set-pieces. Simply humanity for what it is — and can be — in one of its ...
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What’s new in Final Draft 13?
WRITING GOALS &
PRODUCTIVITY STATS
Set goals and get valuable insights to take your work to the next level
TYPEWRITER
A new typewriter-like view option improves your focus
EMOJI
Craft more realistic onscreen text exchanges and make your notes more emotive
And so much more, thoughtfully designed to help unleash your creativity.
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