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Right, without character arch, you risk making your script meaningless. If the story doesn't change the character in some way, you might as well title your story, "Things that happen." Another way to make your characters flat: make them stereotypes. These characters aren't people, but ideas of...

Subplots add real depth, because we discover who characters are through their actions. So giving a character more choices to make, choices that are possibly not related to the main plot line, allows the writer to build different facets to a character. I heard an interview with the actor Rainn...

I agree, thinking about the different textures to your characters can free up writer's block getting from a to c. Good write up!

Interesting, makes me want to invest in After Effects; some of those videos feature some really cool visuals.

It has the potential to be funny in some parts, the actress delivered on that awkward humor. I have to ask though, would anybody outside of the theater world find this interesting? There is no sense of stakes, I don't care that him and his writer have issues. Why do I want him to succeed? Does...

A lot of shots of the dictator had too much headroom, along with the "ugly" guy. Looked funny, albeit very randomly funny.

Congrats, Zensteve! I must admit, I can't help but pay attention to your posts. Good pick!

They really are awful. Classic example of a man who lost his ability to edit himself.

This was one of the plot points that bothered me. How does her mom, who yells at her for drinking and ex-communicates her best friend, motivate Keeley to sleep with her best friend's boy? That doesn't seem like a logical next step, especially because she has a crush on a different boy, Cam. It...

Speaking of another terrible movie that is somehow rewardingly entertaining: Mama Mia! Get drunk, get some girlfriends together, watch the movie while alternatively shitting on it and singing. Camp has it's place, alright. There are some director's who can use camp to great effect (Eli Roth)...

What I liked: This is produced decently, with some good art direction especially during the party scene. Your actors are fine, they are delivering some consistent performances. The flashfowards are giving it some hook, making me wonder what's going to happen. What I didn't like: Keeley is a...

You're talking as if working on a bad film is inevitable. Maybe it is. But right now, for the next couple of years, I'm going to be making the shit that I want to make. And after that, I am going to go out of my way to forge my own path so I won't have to approach a bad film set at all, I can...

Doubt was a good movie, the kind of movie that weighs on your mind for days. It was 10x better than that stupid benjamin button movie. Anybody else see it?

180 degree rule was broken, but I don't think it was a deal breaker. For film people, when you see it and there's no real reason for it, it just feels amateur. I was never that disoriented though. Honestly, that action sequence was about 5 times better than your average indie short film. There...

What if you knew a shameful truth? It was the truth. But it is also shameful. What if you couldn't help being redundant? It would be shameful, but oh so true.

Hey, I think your actors did a really good job, that was some grade A effort. I think what is lacking is the script. There is a huge dead spot in the middle after the dude leaves for the ATM. The two are just talking. No story development. Tighten that shit up, make every frame count. People's...

I've been thinking about the difference between directing non-professional actors and professional actors. I think both groups have the potential to give honest performances, but I think you can end up doing more with trained actors. Trained actors can memorize lines while your friends can't...

NexRL, I was thinking about that myself because I want to submit Party Hearty to the Student Tv Awards. I think I have a real chance in placing. But under what genre should I submit it under? I suppose drama, but it's not like the story is a Drama per say. One of my professors called it an...

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"To answer your Question MacV It's not whether the public is tired of WW2 Nazi Movies or Tom Cruise, The question should be, is this a good enough movie to gross big in the box office: No." I think the deciding factor of box office returns is not whether the film is any good. "Good" is a...