Filmcourage

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The video version of this interview here on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acy5KxytQBA&t=17s 0:00 - Why Outlining Is Essential In Screenwriting 13:52 - Simple Ideas Make Great Movies 22:50 - A Writer Has 4 Pivotal Reasons To Write A Screenplay 35:08 - 3 Words That Make Up Every Story 46:35 - Difference Between A Story Engine And A Story Goal 59:43 - 4 Types Of Conflict Writers Should Kno...

Support us on Patreon here - http://www.patreon.com/filmcourage. The video version of this interview here on Youtube: https://youtu.be/_UyjnR-XBtU Guido Segal was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Before moving to Los Angeles to pursue his MFA in Screenwriting at UCLA, he was a journalist and a film critic, selected as a Juror at la Semaine de la Critique, during the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Sega...

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Want to see a video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpSSRjSb8-k Screenwriter, Author, Producer, Director Joston Ramon Theney grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He is known for films such as Wanton Want (2021), Axeman at Cutters Creek (2020) and Jurassic Hunt (2021). WATCH 'WANTON WANT' TRAILER https://youtu.be/VK5__CNz7LA MORE VIDEOS WITH JOSTON RAMON...

Want to see the video version of this podcast, please visit Youtube here: https://buff.ly/3QgTYZ3 Jeff Deverett is formerly from Toronto, Canada where he acquired a Law Degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Finance Degree from The University of Toronto. After his legal internship, Jeff migrated directly into the film & TV industry starting in the Home Video Distribution division of New World E...

To see the video version, please visit Youtube here: https://buff.ly/3Sv3ycV Chris Gore is a writer, comedian, author and television personality who has built a solid reputation as a hilariously outspoken voice in the entertainment world. As a teenager, Chris founded the brutally honest magazine Film Threat, which began as a fanzine while he was a college student in Detroit. As Film Threat evolved...

Marc Scott Zicree is the author of THE TWILIGHT ZONE COMPANION and has written for shows such as STAR TREK – THE NEXT GENERATION, SLIDERS, DEEP SPACE NINE, BABYLON 5, SMURFS, HE-MAN, REAL GHOSTBUSTERS and many more. Marc and his wife Elaine Zicree have worked for virtually all the major studios and networks. In addition to writing, directing and producing great projects for film, TV and books (inc...

Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://buff.ly/3OvBwMl Brad Rushing began working with Roger Corman's Concorde/New Horizons film studio which afforded him some of his first feature film opportunities as Director of Photography where he learned valuable skills. After a number of years concentrating on indie feature films Brad began to shoot high end music...

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Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://buff.ly/3QIErCu Writing Coach, Teacher, Mentor and Screenwriter Pat Verducci teaches two Advanced Screenwriting courses at UCLA TFT. She has written scripts for Touchstone Pictures, Witt-Thomas Productions, and Walt Disney Animation Studios. She has also worked as a story consultant for Disney/Pixar. She wrote and di...

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Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://buff.ly/3vSYAgU Shaun Paul Piccinino (Peach-ah-nino) is an award winning Filmmaker and Television Director. He has worked in just about every aspect of the business. From acting, to action coordinating, from script writing to producing, from editing to visual effects, all the way to feature film directing. Shaun’s la...

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Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://buff.ly/3C1y0DS Shannan E. Johnson, a native of Houston, TX, is a former creative executive at The Syfy Channel turned CEO of the first black-owned script consultancy in the entertainment industry, The Professional Pen. The Professional Pen is a writer-centered service provider helping emerging and established creati...

Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://buff.ly/3LqArnP Jim Agnew is a director, writer and producer, known for The Capture (2017), Rage (2014) and Game of Death (2011). A former contributor/writer to Film Threat who played guitar for the Industrial Rock group Hate Dept., Jim has worked with such directors as Dario Argento and John Carpenter as well as Osc...

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Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBz9E5gPJ7s Aaron Fradkin is a writer, director, and editor based in Los Angeles, California. His Youtube channel Cineguac features filmmaking and editing tutorials. In addition, Aaron (along with partner Victoria Fratz) operates the independent production studio/Youtube channel Social House F...

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Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdIcUV-F6sQ&t=0s Andy Rydzewski has shot features, TV series, commercials, shorts, docs, skits, etc. He has two graduate degrees (MFA in screenwriting and an MA in film production) from Humboldt State University. His latest completed project is the Hulu series PEN15 starring Maya Erskine, Anna...

Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U577Y0LHGy8 Writer/Director/Photographer Van Ditthavong is the founding partner and executive producer of goPOP FILMS – a creative content studio and production company. He has taught at the New York Film Academy (Los Angeles) and UCLA Extension – where he received the 2015 Outstanding Instruc...

Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebQ4qTsmWjA Kim O'Hara was born in Warren, Rhode Island, and produced her first motion picture at the age of 25. Trailers of her movies can be accessed on https://bit.ly/1jKFKu2. She was the screenwriter on American Reunion. She is very open about the fact that she thought she could make movie...

Want to see the full video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wirGMNj2gCI&t=0s Glenn Gers has been a full-time professional writer of movies and television for 25 years. His credits include theatrical features, no-budget indies, TV staff and episodes, original movies for cable and streaming, such as BROTHER'S KEEPER (2002), FRACTURE (2007), MAD MONE...

Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYnPef3eIYw&t=0s Twelve years ago, Erica Wernick (personal coach, author, speaker) had a dream of working in Hollywood, but she didn't know a soul and had zero connections. Despite all this, Erica was able to break in and booked her first TV show just two weeks after moving to LA. Over the pas...