Short Films Icebreaker What’s a fun fact about you? Read more → Critic A date goes horribly wrong. Read more → Charlie's Imminent Death A young man finds a book about his life. And it might kill him. Read more → A Labyrinth In Time A man time-travels to stop a murder. Read more → Passion In Persia This children’s book outrages parents—and the author. Read more → Commuting A man finds a curious commuter. Read more → Animatics Breaking News anchor weeps. More at eleven. Read more → A Jewish Christmas A Jewish boy celebrates Christmas. Read more → Ghosting A woman’s husband returns from the dead—to ask for a divorce. Read more → Icebreaker What’s a fun fact about you? Read more → Wrecks A tortured young man tries to get rid of his sister’s boyfriend. Read more → Articles There and Back Again The balance of adventure and home. Read more → Same Name, New Story Has everything been Animal Farmed? Read more → Same Old Story The five-year-old inside us all. Read more → Trump vs. The Death Star Suspense sways history. Read more → Happily ever after Fairytale endings for non-fairy tales. Read more → Trust The foundation of all good storytelling. Read more → Does it work? How telling a story is like building a bridge. Read more → Is it good? The search for objective standards. Read more → Mundane marvels Preserve the extraordinary. Read more → Most stories are for children Even the adult ones. Read more → Why do these trashy books make great movies? It's the mood. Read more → The Climax Everything builds to this. Read more → Boredom Sometimes boredom is just what your story needs. Read more → Injustice Hook the audience with suffering. Read more → Sometimes, write flat characters Fleshed-out characters can be too fat for your story. Read more → Accurate villainy? Are mustache-twirling villains more true to life? Read more → Your weakness is your strength Don’t be so quick to judge. Read more → Why do I like this power-rapist? Louis from Casablanca is a monster. Read more → Make me care Why every main character should be Oliver Twist. Read more → Feeling An analysis of analysis and some feelings about feelings. Read more → Storyboards The second step is to draw. The first step is to give a shit. Read more → Beautiful women on a screen How the movies made people into sunsets. Read more → Charm is not caring For some reason, we like characters who don’t give a shit. Read more → Seriously Unserious I want unserious movies taken seriously. Read more → Plot, character, and charm How do you balance the story and the characters? Read more → Why is Pixar so good? I have a crush on the makers of Toy Story and Turning Red Read more → Baby Steps Go slow, baby. Don’t rush it. Read more → How do you find partners? Today’s thoughts on hiring a producer. Read more → How do you market a movie? A moron sets off to find a platform for his movie… Read more →
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