Screen Right (Screenwrite)

A list of top 50+ anticipated films in development and an explanation of in development and production, film terms.

This is a tribute to one of the best special effects masters of all time and his numerous iconic monsters.

The key is this – you have to really respect your partner’s opinion. One main reason writers team up is because they want that feedback. Especially for sitcoms. It can be tough writing comedy in a vacuum. You’ll feel a lot more secure if someone you trust also thinks a joke or bit is funny. But if you think your partner is a great guy, and can introduce you to some hot girls but thinks Pauley Shore is the funniest comedian in the last hundred years – find someone else.

This afternoon I was listening to Rex Sikes Movie Beat chat show live where he had Entertainment Attorney Paul Baptista on the show. It hit me how valuable the information being given on the show w...

Freelancers are often faced with the question of how much to charge for a project. When the project is similar ...

In what the Writers Guild of America is calling the worst thing to happen to its members since Starbucks banned screenwriters from all of its locations worldwide, the soon-to-be released latest ver...

The 3rd Olleh International Smartphone Film Festival proves to be a massive hit with record submissions and attendance

One of my all-time favorite articles is by a fellow you probably have never heard of, Allan Heifetz, who at one point or another in his life found himself

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Have you ever noticed who the actors thank when they win an Oscar? They profusely thank the director for "getting the performance out of them." They thank t

One of the biggest problems most first-time filmmakers face is that of planning for – and providing – the right resources for the all-important shoot.

Subtext will help a reader, a producer, a director, and an actor distinguish WHO your characters are. There’s an old trick that’s been around a long time that explains how to check your character’s dialogue to see if it’s any good… To see if we can actually TELL who’s speaking. Just cover up the character cue (character’s name) in your screenplay and see if you can tell who’s actually speaking the dialogue.

With countless sequels, remakes, reboots and mash-ups filling up our cinemas, it is no surprise that some audiences feel that something just a little more origi

Yesterday I posed a simple question to those who like The Black and Blue's Facebook page: "When on a film set, what's the one rule nobody should ever break?" Within the hour, dozens of responses poured in.

Ben Child: The negative hype surrounding Brad Pitt's zombie epic World War Z is getting worse all the time, with news of rewrites, reshoots and a budget that has ballooned above $400m

Jason Brubaker has been helping independent filmmakers take control of selling their films. With the advent of numerous VOD and online platforms, you can now reasonably earn a living without the us...

Dear Aspiring Writer, Most people who want to become screen and television writers believe that their path to stardom will fall via some version of the following: - Write kick ass script.