How to Write a Film Treatment: The Ultimate Guide
So you’d like a way to transmit your idea for a film into an easily digestible format before writing a full screenplay? You need a treatment! But how do you write a treatment for a film? A film treatment is the first draft of a…
What is an Anti Hero? How To Create Amazing Anti Heroes
The word anti hero can be defined as a protagonist who lacks the qualities that are normally admired in heroes. They may have villainous or morally ambiguous attributes, making them not so heroic. An anti-hero typically has flaws and disadvantages which make it difficult for…
How To Write a Log Line To Sell Your Movie (With Logline Examples)
When you hear the word “log line,” what does that make you think of? For most people, a logline is a short summary of a movie or TV show. However, there are many different types of loglines that can be used for various purposes. We’re…
Formatting A Screenplay: How To Format A Screenplay Effectively
You have got a sound idea for your next movie or TV show. You are certain it will be a success and will generate a massive audience and profit. Yet you’re struggling with formatting a screenplay. This is a problem. A problem that’s stopping you…
How to Make Your Script Ideas Practical and Concrete
Many filmmakers will have been turning their hand to pen and paper (or keyboards more likely) in recent months. Time to kill and time away from the usual grind of filmmaking will likely have led to many to think about writing. That screenplay you’ve always…
How To Become a Copywriter, Even If You’re Starting With No Experience
This is an article we saw on Reddit by user betterwords and thought would be a good fit here. We do cover copywriting a lot here, but until now haven’t had a solid resource for learning copywriting. So we’re re-posting here. In the article, the various…
Best Screenwriting Books in 2024: 31 Awesome Screenwriting Books
Screenwriting is a noble pursuit, with the role of a screenwriter to create the initial seed and starting point of a dramatic narrative that will eventually take physical form. Whether that is a film, a play or even an opera. In this article, we’re going…
How To Think When Writing a Script For Your Film
Film script writing is a creative process that indulges a lot of one’s creativity. That is why before you begin script writing, you need to prepare yourself mentally by finding inspiration for your story. Why? Well, because you need to express your ideas correctly. When…
How to Write a Powerful Film Proposal
Whether you are an aspiring film academy graduate or a passionate scriptwriter, getting your story to the big screen takes a lot of time and effort. Depending on where you live and what type of public and private film financiers you have access to, your…
Write Your Screenplay – Key Components in The Recipe of Your Film’s Success
If you want to learn how to write your screenplay, then you need to know where to start. After all, what you write on those pages forms the foundation of what you eventually put on screen. The world’s most illustrious filmmakers have had to work…