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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...

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...

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...

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...

Hi all, Don't know if you guys remember, but I recently started a thread asking for opinions on one of my short scripts. Now, one of the things that stuck out in the replies was that numerous people said I had too much dialogue and not enough action. Well, I've just started writing my first...

Hello all. I've recently finished a new short script, and I'd love to know what you guys think of it. It's called "Golden Sombrero," which is a baseball term for those of you that don't know. It's not about baseball, by the way. I'm a relatively inexperienced writer and I could certainly use...

Uh, hello everyone. I'm an aspiring filmmaker (how original...), and today I am going to submit my application to NYU. As part of that application, I made a short western film called Glory in the West. It is my first film and was made for around $30. I wrote, directed, and edited the film. A...