A fresh faced video director sees an opportunity to prove himself in a voice-over recording session for a company brand film. But with a script that reads like corporate nonsense, clients holding the creative process hostage and voice over talent refusing to cooperate, preventing a train wreck is looking rather[…]
In the wake of Google’s AI Go victory, filmmaker Oscar Sharp turned to his technologist collaborator Ross Goodwin to build a machine that could write screenplays. They created “Jetson” and fueled him with hundreds of sci-fi TV and movie scripts. Building a team including Thomas Middleditch, star of HBO’s Silicon[…]
Getting your script into the hands of producers, managers, and agents is a huge stepping-stone for any writer. Shore Scripts is a UK based screenwriting competition that was set up to do just that. Shore Scripts goal is to discover new writing talent from around the world, and with their[…]
A unique & exciting British sci-fi short, with a stellar cast & award winning crew. Fell is a film with both brain & heart. Fell is an exciting British sci-fi short film from award-winning Director Fern Berresford and Co-Director Russell Warren. Created over three years, the film has received support[…]
Just recently we posted an article about how the new Instagram series Shield 5 has been making headlines and how the series can be opening to doors to the TV Series genre. Let’s skip ahead of all the success and focus on how one of our favorite episodes got made.[…]
by Richard Hammond While reviewing the latest scripts and short films sent in to The Talent Bank it got me to thinking about the important role of the script editor on TV and film projects which have the required budget and I decided to delve into this a little deeper.[…]
A shooter goes on a rampage, but is it all real or just in his head? Tom Botchii created this film with a rather unique challenge in mind: How does one tackle a controversial issue while simultaneously closing a chapter on their own life? This film is an example of[…]
Filmmaker uses own suicide note as script for workplace shooting short film. The story: A shooter goes on a rampage, but is it real or just in his head? The challenge: What if instead of using a script – you used something more personal to set the tone and to[…]
Surviving a surprise sex party with your soul intact is tough. Welcome to the Black and White midnight party. You find yourself at a sex party. This is not a fun surprise. What is this place? Why can’t you just go home? After his insightful and social nightmare short film[…]
We get asked and ask ourselves quite often, ‘what defines the length of a short film?’. In reality there is no standard length, and probably our strongest point of reference is basing ourselves on the Academy Awards submission standards, where a film running under 40 minutes falls under the short[…]