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Four Steps Towards Crafting an Effective Television Pitch

by Cindy Caponera on April 9, 2012

Let me start by saying everything is NOT a TV Show.  Some things just are what they are, and should not be televised.

A Pitch is much more than just an idea you have.  The idea may be the starting point but the pitch is much, much more.  And the pitch …

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Exquisite Corpse: “Creating Characters Through Dialogue”

by Cait Carvalho on April 2, 2012

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An esteemed and eerily funny group of writers and actors reads from the script that we the audience have created. Each writer contributes one line of dialogue based only on the previous line. A discussion followed the reading concerning the …

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Writer’s Roundtable

by Cait Carvalho on March 30, 2012

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Keynote – Bennett Miller

by Cait Carvalho on March 28, 2012

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Why Independent Filmmakers Shouldn’t Rule Out TV

by Kam Miller on March 27, 2012

Independent filmmakers transitioning into television makes perfect sense. Indie filmmakers share a passion for singular characters, earned character development, and edgy storytelling. Television allows you to focus on your characters at least a dozen hours a season. Sometimes – if you’re lucky – you’re living with your characters for hundreds …

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Shorts to Features

by Cait Carvalho on March 26, 2012

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The Reality of Writing for Television: Scripts Are Kinda Important

by Bob Lowry on March 21, 2012

I was graciously invited to write this blog for IFP and was told I should focus on my experience of writing for television.  I was actually asked to write about writing.  What a fantastic idea!  So I gladly accepted.   One problem.  I forgot that I’d actually have to sit down …

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Be a Psychologist: Tips from the Writer’s Room

by Salvatore Stabile on March 5, 2012

In the fifteen years I’ve been writing professionally, I haven’t heard too many people outwardly admit, “I want to be a TV writer.” That is, until now. For a long time, television has been the red headed step child of the entertainment industry. But as studios take less chances with …

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