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THE SECRET TO A SMOOTH PRODUCTION: 5 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Storyboard Art

THE SECRET TO A SMOOTH PRODUCTION: 5 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Storyboard Art

Dec 26, 2017 | Five For Filming

Storyboard art is one of the most underrated tools in the film industry. It’s usually the last thing filmmakers think they need, and the first to be cut from budget. What many filmmakers don’t realize is that hiring a storyboard artist can help streamline the entire...
THE SCREENPLAY PET PEEVES: Five mistakes that will make your readers want to put your script down

THE SCREENPLAY PET PEEVES: Five mistakes that will make your readers want to put your script down

Nov 7, 2017 | Five For Filming

Whew! You took our advice and now you have a finished script! Maybe you’ve even done some rewrites. Finally, your work is ready to be seen by another set of eyes. Or is it? No matter how great your story is, how much talent and hard work you put into it, these five...
PROFESSIONAL BLOOD AND GUTS: An interview with makeup artist Allie Shehorn

PROFESSIONAL BLOOD AND GUTS: An interview with makeup artist Allie Shehorn

Oct 31, 2017 | Interviews

Allie Shehorn is a freelance makeup and special effects artist. She has worked on music videos, commercials, shorts, and feature films, including the Lunacy Productions thriller Rust Creek. She stopped by Lunacy HQ recently to help us celebrate Halloween and to share...
F*** THE COMPLIMENT SANDWICH: Back-patting will never be as effective as butt-kicking

F*** THE COMPLIMENT SANDWICH: Back-patting will never be as effective as butt-kicking

Oct 10, 2017 | Essay

The “compliment sandwich” is a technique of softening criticism by prefacing negative feedback with something positive, then following it with another compliment. First of all, the metaphor doesn’t even make sense. In a true compliment sandwich, the compliment...
ON THE RECEIVING END: 5 Indispensable Tips for Receiving Notes on Your Script

ON THE RECEIVING END: 5 Indispensable Tips for Receiving Notes on Your Script

Oct 2, 2017 | Five For Filming

Perhaps the most important element of the development process is the give and take between a writer and the creative producers tasked with shepherding a project into production. This experience can be very rewarding, but also very frustrating. After a particularly...
FINISH YOUR SCRIPT!: The most important advice a first-time screenwriter can get

FINISH YOUR SCRIPT!: The most important advice a first-time screenwriter can get

Sep 12, 2017 | Essay, Greatest Hits

Ok. So you’ve skimmed Save the Cat!, logged on to Writer Duet, and bought a tiny fedora. Congratulations! You’re ready to write your first screenplay! But if you’re looking for an edge over all those other MacBook-pecking-future-scribes at your local coffee shop, here...
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