Posts from — April 2009

Pilar talks to producer and indie filmmaking consultant Billy Baughman about how to budget and schedule a film of any size. (visit indiefilmbudgets.com for more.)

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Pilar and her husband, Pat, geek out as they reveal their personal top-ten lists of 80s genre movies.

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Writer/improviser Rich Fulcher (“The Mighty Boosh”) talks about improvising and how it led to his success in the UK and his current feature project in the US, sold as a pitch to Warner Bros.

www.richfulcher.com

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Pilar and Laurence answer your questions about structure and formatting, pithy descriptions and how to write great sport scenes. And don’t forget the May 1 deadline for the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition!

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Undiscovered screenwriter of the moment Nicholas Johnson and Laurence listen in awe as Pilar gets on a roll about three rules you don’t have to follow.

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