Win This One!
It’s that time of year. If you’re a screenwriter, you can do a lot worse than winning or even placing in the Nicholl Fellowship.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #47
When’s the last time you read the script?
Your Script Supervisor is supposed to get in your face and interfere — their job is to make sure you aren’t screwing anything up. Listen to what’s being said.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #43
After he destroys the Ring, of course.
You can’t just eject the warp core and hope a matter/antimatter explosion will produce a shock wave that let’s you surf out of the event horizon. That’s stupid. Find a more down-to-Earth solution to problems for your story.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #12
Preparation is the antonym of frustration
Get the script to the actors as soon as possible. Give them time to learn their lines. If they ask about their characters, talk with them and make sure they have all the character notes from the writer. The more they know, the better their performance will be.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #4
Sand makes for a terrible foundation
Make sure the story makes sense and the script makes sense before you start. Cause and effect should make sense. Motivations should be pretty clear. What happens at different times and places should be obvious. The script is the blueprint, and everybody uses it. Where it’s weak, everything else is weak.
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