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Your post here is the subject of a great movie itself.

pardon me if this is a naive question, but I need to know the path here If I were making a movie that needed footage--- - You sell individual clips lasting a few seconds? - You ship them on DVD's in High Definition or Standard or either? - Credit has to be given in any film I would make...

You cannot develop your characters for a father-son conflict in a short film. The conflict would have to be resolved at the end, but how could you make a resolution convincing? Your alternative might be to trivialize the conflict. Otherwise you end up with a self-mockery. Charles Bukowsky...

Is stop-action possible? Can video be manipulated by frame? My camera the xa10 has a 24F mode, but I have not done this yet. If your camera has a 24 frames per second filming mode, make one movement every 8 frames? Every second will have 3 movements.

Inglorious Fiction -- you say you already have the idea of the con, so suggesting types of cons is not what you need at this point. There is a type of plot mentioned by Georges Polti in his book "36 Dramatic Situations." It is Plot Number III (3): Crime Pursued by Vengeance. Plot number V...

Thank you for your response. Since you speak with authority, I will consult the books you cite. My worry is that I don't shell out money to abebooks or amazon for a book by a hollywood hack who just shows the formulas for most of the crap that's produced. I have just finished Georges Polti's 36...

Looking for intro screenplay book. Maybe everyone is using Celtx now?

The story wills itself into existence because it has a point. You need to make this point. Set up your situation, and if you puzzle it out step by step, instead of imposing a formula, then you will encounter obstacles to your plot that you will have to solve for the plot to be convincing. For...

What happens in the story? How do the zombies come alive? How are they finally defeated? Can you form your title from one of these events?

I have been working on this issue for a long time as part of a design business. The problem I see, is that most of the suggestions above are noun-based labels. They communicate a static, unmoving situation. The undead are moving and seeking something. The Living Dead Seek Live Brains. They...

Shakespeare's plot for Romeo and Juliet was an adaptation of the Greek myth of Pyramus and Thisbe.

I had to go through a similar process when I researched the equipment I would need. Eventually in doing research the same products come up repeatedly and you have to weigh their features against your needs and budget. As the research progresses, the parameters change. At the same time the...

I am biased because my reason for going into filmmaking was partly to bring my stories out into the world without having to suffer print editors' rejection notices. With me the stories came first. I would not waste time on a story you are not excited about. There are very simple, well-known...

Speaking as a viewer, I am often bored by setup because the typical setup is so often presented in the same way. The writer Tillie Olsen may have been the first to initiate the idea of "in media res." This means you start in the middle of the action and let the reader piece together the...

This allows a bird's eye, or objective, view of the entire human species. If it's another human judging humans, then it's an intra-species perspective.

I have completed a short sci fi story, that could be expanded to feature length. But it does not fit your conditions. It takes place in a contemporaneous setting on earth; nor is the central theme an artifact. Your idea of an artifact seems similar to the meteorite-hurtling-toward-earth idea...