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A message from Brian Carver – New Grant for short filmmakers!!
Tweet “Hello, I am the Executive Director of Octavia Films: A Nonprofit for Women. We are a new organization dedicated to helping young women filmmakers in Ontario. We award grants directly to promising artists and will also offer free Summer … Continue reading
“Believe” your way to a FREE entry to the CSSC this November! ***Twitter Contest***
Tweet Want a chance to win a free entry to this year’s Canadian Short Screenplay Competition? Want to help a great independent film? Wanna do it all before our campaign finishes? We’ve extended the deadline of our previous contest from … Continue reading
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Tagged all hallow's eve, believer, Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, contest, CSSC, elijah the prophet, free entry, ghouls and girls, halloween, i believe, ibelieve, nov 26, November 26, oct 31, October 31, random draw, tweet, Twitter
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“Believe” your way to a FREE entry to the CSSC this Halloween! ***Twitter Contest***
Tweet Want a chance to win a free entry to this year’s Canadian Short Screenplay Competition? Want to help a great independent film? Wanna do it all before our campaign finishes? We’re raising money on Kickstarter to help bring this … Continue reading
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Tagged all hallow's eve, believer, Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, contest, CSSC, elijah the prophet, free entry, ghouls and girls, halloween, i believe, ibelieve, nov 26, November 26, oct 31, October 31, random draw, tweet, Twitter
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Tips on Properly Formatting Your Script
But if you are stuck writing your script in a word processing program, knowing these formatting details is essential. The Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences supplies a free, downloadable script sample with formatting standards in the script. Continue reading
Posted in #scriptchat, Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, david cormican, Helpful Tool, Writing
Tagged final draft, final draft 7, final draft 8, formatting parentheticals with dialogue, formatting your action, formatting your dialogue, formatting your scene headers, how to format your script, Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences, script writing industry standards, scrivener, tips for formatting your script, tips on formatting your script with word processing software, title page format
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Finding Some “You” Time
How many times have you worked and worked on a problem, walked away in frustration, only to have the answer pop into your head like a vision upon your return? That’s what taking breaks are for. Continue reading
Posted in #scriptchat, Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, david cormican, Helpful Tool, Interesting Find, Writing
Tagged finding balance, how to make work feel like play, Julia Cameron, making time for yourself, rebecca black, rebecka black, rebekka black, replenishing the well, take a break, the artist date, The Artist's Way, the artosts way, you time
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Seven Places to Find Work in Film
“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know,” goes the old Hollywood truism. Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, david cormican, Discounts and Coupons, Helpful Tool, Interesting Find
Tagged craigslist, entertainment careers, film jobs, finding film work, finding work in film, help for filmmakers, links for finding work in film, mandy, media match, production hub, shooting people, sites that post film work, talent circle, using the Internet for finding work
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Five Places to Find Funds for YOUR Short Film
Tweet Swimming through the world of grants can be extremely daunting and time consuming if you don’t know where to look. The Internet can both help and hurt in this process. You can get a lot of mileage out of … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, david cormican, Discounts and Coupons, Helpful Tool, Industry News, Interesting Find, Production, Short Film, Writing
Tagged Amazon as a source for research, Bravo!FACT, Canadian short film grants, Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, Creative Capital, CSSC, free money for your short film, how to fund your short film, national film board, NFB, Panavision, Shaking the Money Tree, U.S. short film grants, United States short film grants, use your local library to research
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What to Include In Your Film Prospectus (aka YOUR Pitch)
In order to sell people on giving you money, you need to have a plan. The better plan you have, the better chance people will show you the money. Continue reading
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