Filmmaking

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Screenwriting

A good story told well is absolutely and fundamentally the most important aspect of almost every movie. Nothing can save the most beautiful movie from terrible storytelling.

The Story Circle - You, Need, Go, Search for something, Find it, Take it, Return, Changed.

" The so-called Story Circle [aka The Embryo] is my attempt to remove all of the hard and repeated work from the task of breaking a story. We do an eight-step story process here. I call it an embryo. 1) You've got a character that you can identify with 2) that has some kind of need/wish/incompletion. 3) [It] causes them to go across a threshold where the story changes direction. 4) They go down a road of trials, searching for something. 5) They find it, whether they like it or not. 6) It kind of kicks their ass, 7) and they come back to the world they started in, 8) having changed. - You, Need, Go, Search for something, Find it, Take it, Return, Changed. " ~ Dan Harmon, co-creator of Rick and MortyTemplate:Citation Needed

Screenwriting books

The three best screenwriting books: The Anatomy of Story, Save The Cat!, Story.

The three best books covering the fundamentals of screenwriting and storytelling for filmmakingTemplate:Citation Needed:

The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller ~ John Truby

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Save The Cat: The Last Book On Screenwriting That You'll Ever Need! ~ Blake Snyder

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Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting ~ Robert McKee

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See also

• Decentralized alternatives‏‎, includes lists of crowdsourcing alternatives and YouTube alternatives
• FilmCourage channel on filmmaking, on YouTube
• Joseph Campbell
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  • on Wikipedia: Joseph Campbell
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• Open Curricula Projects

  ► Open Curricula Projects Media

  ► Open Curricula Projects Filmmaking

  ► Open Curricula Projects Animation

  ► Open Curricula Projects Classical Animation

  ► Open Curricula Projects Computer Animation

• Riggi Media International Inc. - recording, video, & colour grading studio
  • RiggiMediaInternational.com
  • Riggi entertainment Plugnplay Podcast (41:37) ~ Plugnplay Production, June 11, 2022, on YouTube.
• Television series pitches
• Video distribution
• Video production
  • Video production terminology
• Windsor Media Center

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Online resources

Top searches for "filmmaking" on DuckDuckGo yield (as of 2023-02-23):

1. Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, casting, pre-production, shooting, sound recording, post-production, and screening the finished product before an audience that may result in a film release and an exhibition. Filmmaking occurs in a variety of economic, social, and political contexts around the world. It uses a variety of technologies and cinematic techniques. Although filmmaking originally involved the use of film, most film productions are now digital. Today, filmmaking refers to the process of crafting an audio-visual story commercially for distribution or broadcast.

   Wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmmaking

2. The Filmmaking Process for Beginners | NYFA - Student Resources

   NYFA.edu/student-resources/the-beginners-guide-to-the-filmmaking-process

3. The ultimate filmmaking guide - Adobe

   Adobe.com/creativecloud/video/discover/filmmaking

4. Filmmaking 101: What You Need to Know About Indie Film Production

   Academy.Wedio.com/filmmaking

5. Understanding Filmmaking: The 5 Stages of Film Production

   MasterClass.com/articles/understanding-the-stages-of-film-production

6. The Filmmaking Process Step by Step - Learn About Film

   LearnAboutFilm.com/making-a-film/organising-filmmaking-process

7. 15 Essential Filmmaking Techniques Every Filmmaker Should Know | ActionVFX

   ActionVFX.com/blog/15-essential-filmmaking-techniques-every-filmmaker-should-know

8. Filmmaking - Filmmaking Stuff

   https://www.FilmmakingStuff.com/filmmaking

9. Online filmmaking courses

   JoinFilms.academy/s/pages/online-filmmaking-courses

10. Filmmaking 101 A Beginners Guide (13:10) ~ Brandon Washington, 2018-01-26

    YouTube.com/watch?v=e5KwoaL8wAk