Published in Film Courage·PinnedMember-onlyHow To Write Complex Characters: Overview Of The Enneagram — Jeff KitchenFilm Courage: Jeff, what is an enneagram and how does it help a writer create complex characters? Jeff Kitchen, Dramatist / Author / Founder / Consultant: The enneagram is a really valuable tool. It’s a personality profiling system that is a mix of ancient wisdom about human nature and…Enneagram3 min readEnneagram3 min read
Published in Film Courage·PinnedMember-onlyPlease Hollywood Realize That It’s Not Going To Work — Chris GoreChris Gore, Founder/Owner of FilmThreat/Author/Filmmaker: Please, if you’re a studio executive and you are watching this, everything is so corporate. What did Francis Ford Coppola say? Factory filmmaking. Just take the drivers from Fast and the Furious and put them in the Transformers cars. I miss loving Star Wars…Film3 min readFilm3 min read
Published in Film Courage·PinnedMember-onlyWhy 99 Percent Of Movies Today Are Garbage — Chris GoreFilm Courage: Would you say that 99 percent of all movies today are garbage? Chris Gore, Founder/Owner of FilmThreat/Author/Filmmaker: In an age where most movies are referred to as content, I would say that 99 percent of those movies are pretty…bad. I always try…when I say 99 percent I…Film13 min readFilm13 min read
Published in Film Courage·PinnedArtists Don’t Have To Believe In Themselves To Have Success — Brad RushingFilm Courage: How do you keep faith in yourself and in your craft during turbulent times? Brad Rushing, Cinematographer: Boy is that a good question! Talk about dirty laundry. I have this terrific career coach. Her name is Erica Wernick and she’s really fabulous. You should interview her. She’s…Artist2 min readArtist2 min read
Published in Film Courage·PinnedMember-onlyIf You Can’t Answer These 6 Questions You Don’t Have A Story — Glenn GersFilm Courage: How do you define story? How do you teach it to clients and students? Glenn Gers, Screenwriter: I think the basic idea of a story is that you’re going to be following a character or characters. It’s entirely possible to tell the story of multiple characters. You…Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Published in Film Courage·20 hours agoMember-onlyHow A Bad Day Making A Movie Got Worse — Ramfis MyrthilRamfis Myrthil, Film Producer, Film Consultant and Speaker: Sometimes you work on a production and after you’re done you just don’t want to produce anymore. That’s how I felt after this… Film Courage: Let’s say you’re on day four or five of production, long hours, maybe there’s been issues…Film4 min readFilm4 min read
Published in Film Courage·1 day agoMember-only7 Lessons On Selling A Book — Anna DavidAnna David, Publisher, Author, Speaker, Podcast Host, and Television Personality: The tragedy I see is people work really hard on their books and then they pay attention to it for a week and then they move on to the next. …Books2 min readBooks2 min read
Published in Film Courage·2 days agoMember-onlyWrong Ways To Introduce A Character — Troy DeVolldFilm Courage: What are the right ways and wrong ways to introduce a main character? Troy DeVolld, Producer/Author: I said earlier that backstory isn’t always story. If you are slavishly devoted to spelling out everything that’s happened to a person up to the point that you meet them for…Writing3 min readWriting3 min read
Published in Film Courage·3 days agoMember-onlyIf You Want To Be A Filmmaker You Better Learn This — P.M. LipscombP.M. Lipscomb, Filmmaker: One thing I love in cinema that Christopher Nolan does is he’ll take these opening images that have one meaning and then when you watch the film a second time, they have a second meaning. Film Courage: Patrick, you’ve been a filmmaker for 15 years. P.M…Film3 min readFilm3 min read
Published in Film Courage·4 days agoMember-onlyWhat Beginning Filmmakers Should Know About Short Films — Kim AdelmanKim Adelman, Author/Filmmaker/Instructor: Often in film festivals they’ll tell you The ticket to buy at the film festival is the short compilations because that’s where the really most exciting filmmaking is happening. Film Courage: What is a short film? Kim: What is the short film is a really good…Film3 min readFilm3 min read