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![Breaking Into Feature Filmmaking - P.M. Lipscomb [FULL INTERVIEW]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rmxm-iIzs84/hqdefault.jpg "Breaking Into Feature Filmmaking - P.M. Lipscomb [FULL INTERVIEW]
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0:00 - If You Want To Be A Filmmaker You Better Learn This
12:18 - How To Become A Filmmaker
25:47 - What Werner Herzog Taught Me About Being A Filmmaker
33:48 - You Cant Blame Others If Your Movie Doesnt Get Made
45:50 - What Makes A Great Movie Title?
56:45 - Every Screenplay Starts With A Number
1:05:33 - Every Character You Write Needs A Horoscope
1:18:13 - Taxi Driver Reimagined For Modern Audiences
1:24:13 - Movie Tarot Cards
1:33:18 - A Surprising Way To Raise Six Figures For A Movie
1:54:09 - How To Find A Movie Distributor
2:03:03 - I Rehearsed For 30 Days Then Realized I Have To Shut Down The Movie
2:10:08 - What David Fincher Taught Me About Directing
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P.M.Lipscomb has passionately made awarding-winning movies since April 23, 2006. He has
made three feature films and thirty-six shorts presented at a dozen film festivals across the country. He strives to make work as a means of escape for the audience from the everyday hardships. After receiving the Emerging Filmmaker Award in 2015 for his decade of work in film, he was hired as a documentarian in Toronto, Canada to follow Jacob Barnett. P.M.Lipscomb has also taught film editing at the Academy of Art in San Francisco for a year and learned from experimental filmmakers such as Nathaniel Dorsky. P.Ms first feature film, CLOWNING was released through Gravitas Ventures and is available across many platforms. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, P.M.Lipscomb has now moved to West Hollywood, where he is preparing his next feature film. It is in the genre of horror, and is called Bickle.
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![Beginners Guide For Script Development And Feature Film Production - Sean Reid [FULL INTERVIEW]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rrfwtZA-8S8/hqdefault.jpg "Beginners Guide For Script Development And Feature Film Production - Sean Reid [FULL INTERVIEW]
0:00 - First Steps To Writing A Story
13:44 - 5 Ways A Producer Evaluates A Screenplay Or Movie Project
32:34 - Why Your Movie Idea Isnt Good Enough
41:51 - Brainstorming Plot Ideas For A Movie
55:23 - How To Raise $5 Million Dollars For A Movie
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1:26:55 - How To Budget A Movie
1:36:04 - How To Spend A Movie Budget
1:44:50 - 12 Filmmaking Problems And How To Solve Them
2:01:43 - Your Movie Is Finished Now What
2:15:01 - How To Prepare For A Movie Production
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In this Film Courage video interview Producer/Director/Writer Sean Reid continues his take on our Pitch Storm game with him producing the hypothetical drama The Accidental Butler. For more context, here are the series of videos that kicked off these questions: https://buff.ly/3LQIkEU
Sean Reid is a veteran Producer/Director/Writer of feature films, television programming, news and music specials. His television experience includes management roles at E! NEWS LIVE (E!) andTHE ROB NELSON SHOW (Fox), as well as producer position and SQUARE OFF (TV Guide Channel) and CENTRAL AVE (Fox).
In addition to running his own production company New Cinema Tribe and a new streaming network WORLD ONE TV, he has produced, DEATHDAY, BAD EYES, BROWN VIBES: THE STORY OF REDEMPTION, REDEMPTION, HORRORS OF WAR, RHYMECOLOGY: WRITE BETTER RHYMES, ALIENS VS BIGFOOT and upcoming CRAVING.
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![Story Structure Explained In 3 Words - Alan Watt [Founder of L.A. Writers Lab]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sZeTbegWX_w/hqdefault.jpg "Story Structure Explained In 3 Words - Alan Watt [Founder of L.A. Writers Lab]
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In this Film Courage video interview, Alan Watt talks about story structure, protagonists and turning points.
Alan Watt is an LA Times bestselling author and winner of Frances Prix Printemps for best foreign novel. He is the writer/director of the feature film, Eddie, Kill the President. which won 4 Best Feature awards at US Film Festivals, and the Filmmaker Visionary award at The Boston Film Festival. He founded L.A. Writers Lab in 2002 where he teaches his process of marrying the wildness of your imagination to the rigor of story structure in his online 90-Day workshops for novel, memoir and screenplay, to writers around the world. His book, The 90-Day Novel is a national bestseller and was Amazons #1 book on writing for five months. He has taught his method everywhere from maximum security prisons to Stanford University. His students run the gamut from first-time writers to A-list screenwriters and Pulitzer prize-winning journalists. His motto is, start where you are, trust the process, and let the thrill of creation be your reward.
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![How To Write Scripts That Sell - Jen Grisanti [FULL INTERVIEW]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tQkI9jGXbjs/hqdefault.jpg "How To Write Scripts That Sell - Jen Grisanti [FULL INTERVIEW]
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International speaker Jen Grisanti is an acclaimed Story/Career Consultant at Jen Grisanti Inc., a 13-year Writing Instructor for Writers on the Verge at NBC, and a former 12-year studio executive, including VP of Current Programming at CBS/Paramount. Jen is the author of three books, Story Line: Finding Gold in Your Life Story, TV Writing Tool Kit: How To Write a Script That Sells, Change Your Story, Change Your Life: A Path To Your Success.
Grisanti started her career in 1992 as an assistant to Aaron Spelling. He served as her mentor for 12 years. She quickly climbed the ranks and eventually ran Current Programs at Spelling Television Inc., covering all Spelling’s shows, including Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place, and Charmed. In 2004, Grisanti was promoted to Vice President of Current Programs at CBS/Paramount, where she covered numerous shows, including Medium, Numbers, NCIS, 4400, and Girlfriends.
In January 2008, Grisanti launched Jen Grisanti Inc., a highly successful consulting firm dedicated to helping talented writers break into the industry. Drawing on her experience as a studio executive, where she gave daily notes to executive producers/showrunners, Grisanti guides writers to shape their material, write from their emotional truth, hone their pitches, and focus their careers.
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Audio Recorder - If we had to do it all over again, this is probably the first item we would have bought - https://amzn.to/3WEuz0k
LIGHTS - Although we like to use as much natural light as we can, we often enhance the lighting with this small portable light. We have two of them and they have saved us a number of times - http://amzn.to/2u5UnHv
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