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I've recently been interested in doing a low budget existential film with a lot of symbolism and meaning. Not necessarily any one meaning, mind you. Obviously any truly successful film can be interpreted a number of ways by many different people. Anyway, last night I hastily typed out the basic...

Well, I spend an awful lot of time wallowing in self-pity if that counts.

Thanks for the advice. I understand that a first script will not be a masterpiece. When I look back through some of the features I've abandoned, or short films I've written, I just literally cannot believe that I thought they were worth anything. Concept-wise they were good, but sometimes I am...

Thank you Dready. Sometimes when I think of an idea for a film that I can actually think of a beginning, middle, and end I do a stream of consciousness type thing and write up a one page synopsis, then go back and edit it later. Unfortunately, I haven't even gotten that far with this project...

Okay, so I have been writing screenplays since I was 15 (meaning 3 years). I know, basically, how to write and some of my scripts are actually pretty good. But so far all I've written are short films. I actually filmed one and it turned out okay for something shot in ~5 hours for $0.00. I've...

Hello all. I'm sorry if a thread on this has been started but I'd just like to bring your attention to an incredible music video that honestly sort of transcends its medium. http://vimeo.com/62092214 The song is Bad Motherfucker by Biting Elbows, a Russian thrash band. The front man of the...

Ooh, while I can't help with the Wilson-esque companion thing, I can offer advice on a humorous mistake a lot of inexperienced outdoorsmen make, or almost make before being corrected by someone. You see, I go backpacking and hiking a lot, so I like to think I sort of know a little bit about what...

Sounds interesting. You ought to just call it "STAY IN YOUR HOME."

I always enjoy when stories show the harmful results of a hero's actions. It's the moral ambiguity of it. Innocent people certainly would be hurt in a situation like that. Collateral damage happens. I think it'd be neat to show that your protagonist's carelessness hurts people. Actually, I'm...

Christopher Nolan's first feature, Following, was made for around $6,000 USD and is a fantastic film that launched him on a very successful career. Since I am incredibly inexperienced I can hardly offer any practical advice, but I thought that knowledge might inspire/motivate you...

I, too, found the line "I love you Dylan" a bit distracting. Actually, I sorta laughed out loud at it... Could be an Australian thing, I don't know. Overall, though, it is a vast improvement and I really enjoyed it compared to the original version. I really don't have much to say besides that...

Wow, thanks a lot Alex. I really appreciate the in-depthness of that. Your comments have been really helpful and I appreciate it a lot. I was conscious of the whole "the scavenger as opposed to Scavenger" thing, but that's just how I prefer to write unnamed characters who are important...

Thanks! I guess if this doesn't work I might have to settle for actually paying someone off Craigslist or something.

Well, really I think that my problem is I have no female friends who like acting particularly much. The ones that are experienced actresses are... How do I put this? Prudish, I guess, so I haven't bothered asking most of them. I'm pretty sure I pitch it well enough, but perhaps I put too much...

Thank you, knightly. I know the "he does this, she does this" stuff is one of the things I need to work on in my writing. I don't know, I guess because it's something I've done since I started it's just hard to stop. I suppose it's going to take a bit of training lol. And you may just be able...

Okey dokey, so I am planning to start production on my second short film next month, and I've been putting a lot of time into getting the script just "write" (motherfucker...). Anyway, what I am asking you fine people to do is to pick through it and tear it to shit, basically. First thing's...

Not so much a top 10 as 10 of my favorites: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Boogie Nights Salvador Apocalypse Now The Evil Dead All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) King Kong (1933) The Thing (1982) Raiders of the Lost Ark The Petrified Forest I didn't think it would be possible for me to...

I strongly recommend you watch the 1998 version of Bangkok Dangerous (currently on Netflix streaming). I think you'll find some neat stuff in there about a deaf main character.

It's not a stuntdriver film at all, though. Like, just the non-driving part of the plot is what I fear I am wholly and unintentionally ripping off.

So, I watched the film "Drive" for the first time last night, and today I got what I thought was a really good idea for a short film. I began writing and finished a draft. However, towards the end I began to realize that what I was writing was dangerously similar to "Drive." I'd really...