Story It’s about a world-weary, vacant hitman named Ellis. He and his psychopathic, arsehole partner Kane, who relishes in other people’s...

- Once your first draft is done, set it aside and don't even think about it, let alone read it, for at least a week. When you do read it,...

Paul split us into groups and gave us some short films to watch and discuss in class. Here are a few scattered thoughts on these films....

- Save the Cat: Introduce the hero by having them do something good or likeable. If they are morally grey, have the bad guy be worse....

Listen - https://vimeo.com/196593911 Listen was one of my favourite films from this week. I found the constant confusion of losing...

- Put the following beats on one A4 page. If you can't explain each beat in one or two sentences, then you don't have the beat yet. -...

We had to choose a scene from a film that we thought would be a nice representation of something we'd like to achieve with our films this...

- The audience must identify with your character and goal as human beings. - Even ensemble films have to have a main character. Every...

- Work out what genre your film is and study that genre. Find other movies just like the one you're making. Genre - Monster in the House...

Every single day the film makes new, surprising developments. However, it's shocking to look back on the original concept for the film....

Blake Snyder's Save the Cat is a pretty controversial book. I don't agree with everything he says, but it was very interesting to read....

I recently completed the Aaron Sorkin writing masterclass. I didn't necessarily agree with everything that he said in it, however here...