Developed for my good friend Ariana
Different ideas and tasks to learn more about becoming a director/screenwriter
Take a tour of a movie set
Experience a movie shoot
Read Should I go to film school?
Subscribe to sharp filmmaking tips
Practice filmmaking techniques
Practice Writing techniques
- Write 10 minutes daily in plotblot (think about joining with others or invite me to your personal project and I will join you in your writing and to help keep you accountable; randy@salars.net)
- Motivate yourself to write daily
Imitate the experts
- Watch great movies
- Read great screenplays (and copy parts of them by hand)
- Read director bios
Learn about movie gigs available by browsing job sites; think about what type of things you will have to learn to get the job in the ad
- LA Craigslist
- LA Creative
- New York Crew
- NY Creative
- Albuquerque Crew
- Alb Creative
- Cruces Crew
- Cruces Creative
- Mandy
- Mandy Castings
More Resources
- iphone scriptwriting app
- Screenplay
- How To Build A Great Screenplay
- How Not To Write A Screenplay
- Watch a great screenplay
- The Daily Script
- 101 Greatest screenplays of all time
- Read screenwriting blogs
- Read Reddit for screenwriting tools and inspiration
- Join Screenwriting on Facebook
- Read great scripts
- Greatest directors of all time
- How Spielberg started his Hollywood career
- How Cameron started his Hollywood career
- Read great filmmaking blogs
- Online video editor
- Online photography courses