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Understanding the Formatting of a Screenplay (and Why It All Matters)


Most filmmakers know scripts follow a very particular format, but do they know why they do?

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3 Brilliant Moments in the Visuals of Character

Spike Lee on Do The Right Thing's legacy

Screenplay examples with visuals from the film

10 Best Uses of Color of All Time

Spielberg: How to Introduce Characters

Happy Noam Chomsky Day - Captain Fantastic

Meshes of the Afternoon - Maya Deren (1943)

Download 9 of the 10 Screenplays Nominated for the 2017 Oscars Right Now

Swimmer (2012)-Lynne Ramsay

6 of the Best Shots of All Time

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Teacher of English - (Maternity cover - Possible TLR available)

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