How to Avoid Making a Poor First Impression of Your Script

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the film educational, outreach, preservation, and research organization that brings us the Oscars. New screenwriters can win fellowships of up to $35,000 for original feature-length screenplays. Of course, these must be formatted according to the industry's standards. Visit their resource page for:

• Fifteen helpful "foibles" to avoid so as to not make a poor first impression
• A very helpful sample script

Christopher Nolan Shares, Tips, Tricks, and No-Budget Filmmaking Advice

No Film School, a great filmmaking website recommended in an earlier post, posted a great 30 minute interview with director Christopher Nolan in which he shares many tips and tricks for filming low to no budget films. He embraced the limits of no-budget filmmaking and learned valuable lessons that served him well when filming his blockbusters like the Batman Dark Knight trilogy and Inception.