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Home The Brainwashing of My Dad doc! What happened to the filmmaker’s dad when he was exposed long-term to Fox News. Take a peek at the trailer.

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filmblrfest: The First Annual Filmblr Fest ! Filmblr Fest? You heard right! A Tumblr-based film festival for the filmmaking community. Our mission is to create a platform for Tumblr filmmakers to show off their work while reinforcing the growing sense of community. How does it work? Submissions will be in short film, web series pilot,…

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annerocious: suchasadaffair: You let it in. You have to get it out. The Babadook | Jennifer Kent, 2014 Gorgeous, super creepy movie. Beautiful. Resonant. An emotional symphony. Perfect for Halloween.

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How to Dialogue. Dialogue is about character, not plot. Also, DJ is ENORMOUS.

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salon: I’m extremely opposed to the bone being thrown to the cultural reactionaries with the all-new all-male “Ghostbusters,” not because I’m opposed to whiteness or maleness on principle, but because in media whiteness and maleness tend to go with sameness, and I’ve had all the sameness I can stand. I support diversity in media not…

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tribecafilm: 3 Reasons Why Richard Linklater is the Smartest Person in Hollywood 

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IT’S DONE

No, it isn’t. People keep asking, how can so many scripts be so bad? They can’t be that bad. Surely you’re joking. No. A script can’t live on being technically correct. A script lives and dies on story. You must nail your story to the wall by executing your intent.

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PACING

BAD PACING: There is an idea set up that something is going to happen, and then nothing dramatic happens. And that keeps looping. GOOD PACING: Something is about to happen. Something completely unexpected happens. Then, CAR! Then garbage cans are flying everywhere. New problem. And the lawn still isn’t mowed.

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I think the average guy thinks they’re pro-woman, just because they think they’re a nice guy and someone has told them that they’re awesome. But the truth is far from it. Unless you are actively, consciously working against the gravitational pull of the culture, you will predictably, thematically, create these sort of fucked-up representations. Junot…

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