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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

Film Courage: You had sent us an email (I think we’re on your email list). You don’t seem to send them too often, just sparingly. You had an article in one entitled “Surround Yourself With People Who Hold You To A Higher Standard Than You Hold Yourself.” What does this mean? Mark Gantt, Actor/Producer/Writer/Director: It […]… Continue reading How To Know If Your Friends Really Support Your Creative Career by Mark Gantt — FilmCourage.com

Film Courage: Can we think of a popular film where if the character hadn’t been so interesting or their transformation so stark…that if you hadn’t plugged in that character, the story would be no good? It was too simple or the story didn’t work. But because the character’s journey was so profound, it resonated with […]… Continue reading No Pixar Movie Gets Made Without This Ingredient by Scott Myers — FilmCourage.com

Film Courage: Labeling one’s self a “low budget filmmaker indie filmmaker,” how can filmmakers hurt themselves with trying to stay so frugal? How do they end up sabotaging themselves? I know they have a limited budget. It’s not that they are trying to stay in this realm, it’s just how things are dictated at […] via… Continue reading Advice To Low Budget Filmmakers (Don’t Call Yourself That) by Jason Satterlund — FilmCourage.com

https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=4060617940/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/ Based out of Rhode Island, the dark ambient and experimental sounds of an outfit called the Morpheus Project have established an impressive musical catalog. Led by the creative ingenuity of electronic composer and lyricist Kamala aka Dark Dakini, the Morpheus Project has made numerous recordings about gothic culture, love, romance, and the joys and… Continue reading 2020 Ambient & Experimental Music Artist of the Year Award: Morpheus Project — Warlock Asylum International News