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Film Courage: Were your parents encouraging of you being in the entertainment industry? Rachel K. Ofori, Producer: My parents were not at all encouraging to the industry. They were adamantly “no.” I’m a child of foreigners (immigrants from Jamaica). My dad and came to this country with a very specific dream to make a better […]… Continue reading How To Win Over Parents Who Don’t Want You To Be An Artist by Rachel K. Ofori — FilmCourage.com

Film Courage: What makes a great horror movie? David F. Sandberg, Filmmaker: It depends on what kind of movie because the horror movies I’ve made have kind of been popcorn where it’s kind of dry which is very satisfying because you get this cheering when the right person dies or gets away and people are […]… Continue reading What Makes A Great Horror Movie? by David F. Sandberg — FilmCourage.com

Battlefield Earth Screenwriter Explains What Happened by Corey Mandell via FilmCourage.com. via Battlefield Earth Screenwriter Explains What Happened by Corey Mandell — FilmCourage.com

Film Courage: Do beat sheets work? Jill Chamberlain, Script Consultant/Author/Writer: I think having an outline is an excellent idea. I do know writers who don’t need them. I think they need something and these are going to be…I speak of writers who I have worked with so they tend to already be devotees of using […]… Continue reading Do Screenwriting Beat Sheets Work? by Jill Chamberlain — FilmCourage.com

What’s up, this is Jack Peterson. I recently finished my first feature film which is called SAWGRASS and I’m making this video at the request of Film Courage. This is 5 Tips For Your First Micro-Budget Feature Film. Tip #1 – Put In The Work Tip number one is basically put in the work. Don’t […]… Continue reading 5 Tips For Making Your First Micro Budget Feature Film by Jack Peterson — FilmCourage.com

Film Courage: Your first three feature films have grossed 800 million? David F. Sandberg, Filmmaker: I haven’t checked. That sounds about right…sure? Why not? Film Courage: Okay. Is this something that 10 years ago you (you and Lotta Losten, David’s wife and creative partner) would have ever imagined? David: I mean…not to sound like a… Continue reading From YouTube To Shazam! The Filmmaking Journey Of David F. Sandberg [FULL INTERVIEW] — FilmCourage.com

Eric Edson, Screenwriting Profession at California State University Northridge (CSUN): This evening we’re going to take a look at character categories and I hope it’s going to be fun. I think it will be fun. I have picked six particular categories. Obviously I can’t do all 14 in one night. We will be falling asleep […]… Continue reading Introduction To The 14 Types Of Movie Characters by CSUN Professor Eric Edson [Screenwriting Masterclass] — FilmCourage.com

Film Courage: You are sitting in traffic on Wilshire Boulevard. I’m sure it was a lovely Los Angeles intersection with lots of commotion [recounting how he developed the idea for his feature scifi film AFTER WE LEAVE], was this your first feature script that you were planning to write? Or had you written prior feature […]… Continue reading Being A Film Director Is Not A Career Path by Occidental College Professor Aleem Hossain — FilmCourage.com

Film Courage: What is your process for approaching dialogue? Erik Bork, Screenwriter/Author: It’s kind of instinctual I think. Once I know what is happening in the scene and I know where it’s going, where the characters enter the scene. It’s all about: *Whose scene is it? *What are they trying to achieve in that scene? […]… Continue reading Writing Dialogue Is Instinctual by Erik Bork — FilmCourage.com

Film Courage: What does the word D-A-R-U-M-A mean and when did you start writing it? Kelli McNeil, Writer, Actress and Voice Over Artist: I actually started to write DARUMA after a member of my own family suffered a spinal chord injury. They had a motorcycle accident and became a T45 and 6 paraplegic. I wrote […]… Continue reading How To Make A Movie Nobody Wants You To Make by Kelli McNeil — FilmCourage.com