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Writing Your First Episode of Television

by Sarah Watson on February 22, 2012

Or: So You Have 70 Pages of Room Notes. Now What?

“After three days he’ll be immortal, and then you’ll need to open a passageway, there’s a sarcophagus, it’s a whole big thing.  Just take my word for it, kill it now or it’s a huge pain in the ass.” 

It …

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From Indie Film to Television in 10,000 Hours

by Gary Lennon on February 14, 2012

Some of the best writing and directing is on cable TV right now and it doesn’t surprise me that some of the people who are responsible for that work are artists who started out as independent filmmakers, like yourselves.

My favorites are Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, The Killing, Boardwalk Empire …

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Director Alrick Brown on Developing Kinyarwanda

by Cait Carvalho on February 10, 2012

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Alrick Brown (Director, Kinyarwanda) discusses how he approached the screenwriting process as writing a series of interconnected shorts.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

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Case Study: Buck

by Dan Schoenbrun on October 13, 2011

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Case Study: Pandemic / HiM with Lance Weiler

by Dan Schoenbrun on May 11, 2011

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Finding Your Inner Trans: “Afterworld” Case Study

by Dan Schoenbrun on May 11, 2011

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Extending Your Story with Andrea Phillips

by Dan Schoenbrun on May 11, 2011

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Josh Mond and Sean Durkin on Working Relationships

by Dan Schoenbrun on March 29, 2011

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