When you’re watching a movie, the music can either draw you in or completely take you out of it. When that movie deals with 1936…
Back in October 2020, at the height of the pandemic, Ryan Dickie and I co-directed the feature film Blow Up My Life, a comedy-thriller about…
There are two different kinds of conflict in storytelling: internal and external. Now, we go into lots of detail in our definitive guide to conflict,…
There are two different kinds of conflict in storytelling: internal and external. Now, we go into lots of detail in our definitive guide to conflict,…
The basics of screenplay format are important for anyone breaking into the film industry. Not only do you need to know how to read a…
If you’ve spent any time studying film and television, you’re probably a little sick of hearing about how a movie called Star Wars changed everything.…
Hardcore punk rock is probably not the first thing that pops into your head when you think of Roadside Attractions’ new crime comedy Riff Raff.…
In screenwriting, there are a ton of character archetypes you can use to build out the people you want in your story. If you’re trying…
No Good Deed, the newest Liz Feldman show, is a dark comedy series that, over eight half-hour episodes, follows three very different families as they…
When I was a kid, I remember rainy afternoons, going to the Exton library with my family, and disappearing into the stacks. There, amongst the…
