Filmmaking is an expensive business. Even after a successful crowdfunding campaign, an unexpected (and very welcome tax return), or months and months of working double shifts flipping burgers between planning your passion project, it’s surprising how quickly the money gets sucked into the filmmaking vacuum
Homework
Print off your final script if you haven’t already. Kick back, grab a brewski or a cuppa tea, and read through all your hard work. Bask in your excellence!
We’re getting teary with how proud
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You’ve done it! We’re so proud. It’s time to start throwing your script around like you’re handing out flyers.
Get hunting
Get online and look for every damn screenwriting competition you can possibly find. Hit up
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Listening to your script come alive is how you find those clunky bits of dialogue: what makes sense, continuity errors, and more.
The moment of truth
If you don’t already have people with whom you can
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We’re nearly at the end of our screenwriting course, so get your masterpiece presentation-ready. If you want your screenplay proofed to the utmost standard and you have a fair bit of cash floating around,
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Time to play “Operation” on your script! (Except this is more like making a Robocop – you add back in better things and don’t just leave the patient organless.)
Scene surgery
Even if you think it’s