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You Don't Have To Suffer To Be An Artist But You Should Know This - Christopher Vogler @filmcourage
![Game of Thrones - The Concept, Opening Hook, and Story World [STORY ANALYSIS]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HUtST8sANUA/hqdefault.jpg "Game of Thrones - The Concept, Opening Hook, and Story World [STORY ANALYSIS]
Game of Thrones - The Concept, Opening Hook, and Story World [STORY ANALYSIS]")
![Theme: What 99% Of Writers Get Wrong - Alan Watt [Founder of L.A. Writers Lab]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HtI7umvBvcw/hqdefault.jpg "Theme: What 99% Of Writers Get Wrong - Alan Watt [Founder of L.A. Writers Lab]
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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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This Is How 99% Of Screenwriters Write A Story - https://youtu.be/8aprQXvWRXU
How To Write A Great Story - https://youtu.be/2-g1xYsgJ9s
3 Worst Ways To Start A Story - https://youtu.be/qp19f21mzH8
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![Every Story Is Ultimately About Love - Alan Watt [Founder of L.A. Writers Lab]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I7Iune_Uvjk/hqdefault.jpg "Every Story Is Ultimately About Love - Alan Watt [Founder of L.A. Writers Lab]
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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.
ALAN WATTS WRITING WORKSHOPS
https://lawriterslab.com
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![How To Get Started In Filmmaking (With Little Experience) - Alok Mishra [FULL INTERVIEW]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IHa60Kb5IPI/hqdefault.jpg "How To Get Started In Filmmaking (With Little Experience) - Alok Mishra [FULL INTERVIEW]
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7:58 - Prioritizing A Day Job Over Filmmaking
13:39 - Confessions From A Former Hollywood Marketing Executive
24:43 - How To Get Started In Filmmaking (With No Experience)
34:35 - Being An Artist Is Walking The Line Between Fear And Risk
46:40 - Producers Dont Want To Read Your Screenplay Unless It Does These 3 Things
1:05:08 - How To Create A Netflix Hit
1:18:29 - 3 Essentials To Marketing A Movie
1:37:09 - This Is How You Know A Movie Deserves A Sequel
1:47:02 - 3 Reasons To Stop Making Short Films
1:55:48 - Is Age 35 Too Late To Start A Film Career?
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0:00 - Every Artist Has A Calling
9:09 - Being An Artist Doesnt Mean Being Better Than Everyone Else
20:08 - Most Common Trait Successful Artists Share
30:34 - Storytelling Uniquely Defines What It Is To Be Human
39:28 - Every Artist Needs To Learn Who They Are And What They Want To Say To The World
52:12 - The Best Writing Moments Come Out Of Nowhere
1:01:58 - Writing Is Showing Your Inner World To The Rest Of The World
1:15:37 - This Is The Best Genre And Its Not Even Close
1:26:43 - What Denzel Washington Taught Me About Acting
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In this Film Courage video interview, we ask Sheila Houlahan her take on acting, life as an opera singer, attending music conservatory and an artists mindset.
Sheila Houlahan is a Webby Award Winning Indian-American actor, singer, producer, writer and advocate.
Sheila played the supporting role Paige Callahan opposite Denzel Washington in the Warner Bros. feature The Little Things, which was written and directed by John Lee Hancock. She also has a role in the Michael Bay thriller Ambulance.
In 2021, Sheila was the executive producer for a feature film adaptation of Marsha Normans Pulitzer-winning play Night, Mother in partnership with Twitch.tv; this film was a hybrid film, mixing pre-recorded segments with live performance that was recorded and edited in front of a live audience. Over 8000 people watched Night, Mother live, and since then, the film has received critical acclaim and has been screened at 68 festivals in over 24 countries. Night, Mother has over 64K views on its flagship Twitch.tv channel and has been praised for its fresh, innovative approach to filmmaking winning over 60 awards including the Webby Award for Virtual and Remote Entertainment & Media.
Sheila is a Celebrity Champion for Project HEAL, a nonprofit organization that helps people suffering from eating disorders source affordable treatment options and pay for treatment. She is also an ambassador for Ability Magazines platform AbilityE, a casting portal that seeks to increase inclusion and representation of differently-abled talent and creatives on both sides of the table in Hollywood.
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0:00 - Why Plot Doesnt Help Writers Finish A Story
9:07 - Why 99% Of Stories Are Meaningless
21:52 - I Wrote Stories For 10 Years. Heres What Changed Everything
30:25 - Story Is A Search For Meaning
39:51 - Every Story Is About Love
47:58 - If There Is No Primal Desire The Story Falls Flat
54:26 - How Character Creates Plot
1:03:51 - Story Structure Is Not A Conceptual Model
1:09:39 - Story Structure Explained In 3 Words
1:23:56 - Let Go Of The Result If You Want To Make Art
1:32:01 - How The Best Writing Comes From The Subconscious
1:39:50 - If You Want To Write A Great Story You Have To Develop The Argument
1:49:30 - Theme: What 99% Of Writers Get Wrong
1:59:39 - First Steps To Writing A Screenplay
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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.
ALAN WATTS WRITING WORKSHOPS
https://lawriterslab.com
MORE VIDEOS WITH ALAN WATT
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CONNECT WITH ALAN WATT
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Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting - https://youtu.be/dcFKlaChuS0
How To Tell A Better Story - https://youtu.be/dy2QpplPxiU
Essential Story Tools Required For Screenwriting Success - https://youtu.be/CWfcjN8ajHg
A Beginners Guide To Writing Fiction - https://youtu.be/5gugpMuxCT4
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LENS - Most people ask us what camera we use, no one ever asks about the lens which filmmakers always tell us is more important. This lens was a big investment for us and one we wish we could have made sooner. Started using this lens at the end of 2013 - http://amzn.to/2tbtmOq
AUDIO
Rode VideoMic Pro - The Rode mic helps us capture our backup audio. It also helps us sync up our audio in post https://amzn.to/425k5rG
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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