Weekly Roundup: Celebrity News & Great Career Advice
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READ MOREWeekly Roundup: ‘Ellentube,’ Career Advice & ‘Ugly Truths’
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READ MORENotes from a Screenreader: Pitch Me
Photo via Go Into the Story. Ninety seconds is more than enough time to pitch a well-defined story. The elements that make a story interesting and easy to envision, when stripped of less important trappings, can fit on an index card. Nowhere was this more apparent than at the Austin Film Festival Pitch Finale Party...
READ MOREWeekly Roundup: Cristela Alonzo, Tyra Banks & Leslie Jones Have People Talking This Week
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READ MORE#TBT Flix Not to Miss: ‘Vagabond’
When I first saw Vagabond (1985) by French New Wave filmmaker Agnès Varda, it was a revelation. Varda’s story begins with finding a woman’s frozen body lying in a ditch, and the movie pieces together the last weeks of the young woman’s life through interviews with people who met her on her travels. Sandrine Bonnaire gives...
READ MORENotes from a Screenreader: Well, Obviously
Photo via Go Into the Story. The post “Writing Advice So Obvious It Gets Overlooked” covers the most fundamental of all story fundamentals (thanks to the marvelous writerlyn at Musings from a Young Hollywood Professional for reblogging this brilliance). It is advice that deserves a thorough looking over. Whose story is it? Very obvious, but...
READ MOREWeekly Roundup: NYWIFT Exec Director on Lack of Women in Hollywood
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READ MORENotes from a Screenreader: Bad Contractors Build Great Characters
Photo via Go Into the Story. Like badly built houses, when your characters suffer from faults in their very foundation they can get by just fine with good weather. But when conditions turn ugly, their weaknesses begin to show and the drama starts to happen. To make a really great character, think like a bad...
READ MOREWeekly Roundup: Barbara Walters Dishes, Film Pioneer Gets Recognition
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READ MORE#ThrowbackThursday: Zip Your Creative Career Forward
Joanne Zippel teaching a workshop in the NYWIFT Board Room. Photo courtesy of Joanne Zippel. Joanne Zippel, a creative life coach and NYWIFT member, has an upcoming in-depth eight-part career support workshop beginning October 14 and running every other Tuesday through January 20. This is the fifth time Zippel is running the workshop. In spring 2012, NYWIFT...
READ MOREWorld Premiere: Gender Equality PSA ‘Little Leading Ladies’
Hashtag created for Little Leading Ladies campaign. For the past week New York Women in Film & Television and Adorama Rentals have been sharing behind-the-scenes, interviews and insights into the making of the Little Leading Ladies PSA. Director and NYWIFT member Aubrey Smyth was quoted in the first post on her inspiration to make the short: “I have been...
READ MOREMaking of a PSA: Interviews with Editor Oscar Luna and Colorist Tim Ziegler
(Left to right) Director Aubrey Smyth, DP Bryant Fisher, and Colorist Tim Ziegler work on Little Leading Ladies in the editing studio. Image courtesy of Adorama Rentals. This is part one of the fifth installment of a five-part series co-presented by New York Women in Film & Television and Adorama Rentals. Part two will post at 1pm EST today,...
READ MOREMaking of a PSA: Interviews with Production & Costume Designer Deborah Zawol Smyth and Makeup Artist Jennifer Snowdon
Taliyah Whitaker as the 1980s talk show host getting last-minute touchups from Makeup Artist Jennifer Snowdon on the set of Little Leading Ladies. Photo courtesy of Amanda Lin Costa/Instagram. This is the fourth installment of a five-part series co-presented by New York Women in Film & Television and Adorama Rentals. NYWIFT member Susan Modaress interviews...
READ MOREMaking of a PSA: Interviews with DP Bryant Fisher & Gaffer Jerred Sanusi
DP Bryant Fisher (behind camera) on set of Little Leading Ladies. Image courtesy of Adorama Rentals. This is the third installment of a five-part series co-presented by New York Women in Film & Television and Adorama Rentals. ARC Blog Editor Kelly M. La Rosa interviews Little Leading Ladies Director of Photography Bryant Fisher and Director of Operations at Adorama Rentals and Little...
READ MOREMaking of a PSA: Interview with Casting Director Jessica Daniels
Casting Director Jessica Daniels (right) and Casting Associate Candice Alustiza-Lee (left) at the Little Leading Ladies casting session. Image courtesy of Adorama Rentals. This is the second installment of a five-part series co-presented by New York Women in Film & Television and Adorama Rentals. NYWIFT member Amanda Lin Costa interviews Casting Director Jessica Daniels about her work casting the PSA Little...
READ MOREMaking of a PSA: Interview with Writer/Director Aubrey Smyth
Writer/Director Aubrey Smyth (center) works with the young actors on the set of Little Leading Ladies. Photo courtesy of Gingersnap. This is the first installment of a five-part series co-presented by New York Women in Film & Television and Adorama Rentals. Intro:When fellow NYWIFT member Aubrey Smyth shared her idea to create a PSA inspired by Sheryl Sandberg’s...
READ MOREAdvice from an Indie Producer: Production Design & Wardrobe
The Art and Wardrobe departments help build the characters through decoration and dress. What people wear and where they live and work can give you insight into the characters and their motivations. That’s why it’s important to hire crewmembers that are clear about your vision and have the ability to execute it for the budget...
READ MOREWeekly Roundup: Critics, Criticism & Where Are All the Women?
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