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If You Live It, They Will Come! Better Faith-Based Filmmaking through Better Stories

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Telling (and more importantly, living) stories that leave a beautiful feeling even as the credits role is the heart of genuinely Christian Filmmaking Part 3 in series The Future of Faith-Based Filmmaking by Gary David Stratton, PhD “I wondered about the story we were writing and wanted even more to write a better story for my life, [...]

Why Story Structure Matters, Even If You Don’t Want It To, by Christopher Riley

Monday, April 30, 2012

Without a sound structure a two-hour film collapses under its own weight. Here’s why. by Christopher Riley Beginning screenwriters hate structure: Structure chafes. Structure kills creativity. Structure is for paint-by-the-numbers hacks, mindless, slavish screenwriting hordes laboring in the sweatshops of Snyder, Aristotle, and McKee. Structure is a four-letter word. Count ‘em. Str-uc-tu-re. Four toxic letters that spell [...]

Are Christians Writing “Edgy” for the Wrong Reasons? by Jeff Goins

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Good art tests boundaries. It always has. We artists just need to check our motives (and egos) before we endeavor to create it. A Conversation with Randy Elrod’s: Why Christians Are Creating More “Edgy” Art, and C.J. Darlington’s, “Writing edgy… for all the wrong reasons. by Jeff Goins | 18 Comments | Twitter | Facebook | Google+ Sometimes in our quest to usher art in to [...]

Called to Hollywood? Act One Screenwriting and Producing Programs Application Deadlines Approaching

Thursday, April 19, 2012

The premier training program for filmmakers of faith pursuing careers in mainstream Hollywood “Act One’s Producing Program understands that apprenticeship is vital in Hollywood. Students are exposed to working producers and executives not only in the classroom, but through hands-on internships as well. If you’re looking for an immersive learning experience, go through the Producing [...]

What Will Smith’s Personal Script Consultant Can Teach You About Story

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Moral Premise Workshop: 21 Secrets to Successful #Story Structure for Motion Picture and Novels, by Stanley Williams The Greenhouse Arts and Media is pleased to present an incredible one day seminar 21 Secrets to Successful Story Structure for Motion Picture and Novels led by author and story consultant, Dr. Stanley Williams. Dr. Williams is an author, filmmaker, screenwriter, [...]

Voices from the Edge of Culture: Interview with MTV Writer Kevin Chesley

Saturday, March 24, 2012

(Note: This interview was conducted before Hard Times‘ cancellation.) I can only hope that Randy Elrod‘s posts on edgy artists helped prepare you for today’s interview with Kevin Chesley, screen and television writer extraordinaire. Kevin’s current assignment is writing for MTV’s hit series The Hard Times of RJ Berger, whose Season 2 Premier is TONIGHT at [...]

Henchmen, Villains & Uber Villains: What Video Games Teach Us about Drama, by Ashley Arielle

Thursday, July 7, 2011

The Art and Architecture of Hollywood, Villains and a Good Story Well-Told by Ashley Arielle from In Defense of Villainy Poor Mario, it’s a good thing he’s so super, because he has the worst luck. If it’s not his girl getting kidnapped, it’s his castle being overrun or his brother disappearing. And as any child given any [...]

Learning from the Best: An Interview with TV and Screenwriter, Chris Easterly

Friday, April 15, 2011

TV and screenwriter Chris Easterly is a graduate of the Act One screen and television writing program and the prestigious Warner Brothers Writers Workshop. He has written for Cartoon Network’s first live-action mystery adventure series Unnatural History, as well the screenplay for Click Clack Jack, and a new project, The Shunning premiering tomorrow night (Saturday [...]

Interview with John David Ware, Founder of the 168 Film Festival

Friday, April 1, 2011

Great interview with John David Ware, Founder of the 168 Film Festival ( 3/31-4/2) on the OC Christian Writers Conference website. See also, 168 Film Festival: Illuminating the Word of God through Film . Christian Film-Maker John David Ware, an Interview by Elizabeth Lonseth Reading about the stance you have taken in Hollywood for the Christian [...]