Recent content by Billy F

If you aren't using Character's names, or the title or the central idea of the story word for word, then why bother contacting someone to give money away to? If a publisher or controling entity wants to TRY to sue you over a similar IDEA in a short film, tell'em bring it on, because no one owns...

Offhand I can't recommend any books, but in case you didn't know, the long descriptive writing belongs to the novelist, in screenwriting you’ll want to be as economical and direct with your action lines as possible. When you nail this it allows the reader’s eyes to fly down the page (A fast...

I would story it as college students involved in an entrepreneurial scenario (Like house flipping for example), this way you can have the obligatory co-ed hotties, characters with a bit more depth to their back stories AND a setup that suggests the motive of the last character alive standing to...

Hey thanks alot Lazlo, it IS a nice little wealth of 16mm info over Cinmatography.com. :)

I am new to film, but have owned a few Bolex 16’s for awhile and have read about it’s various workings and loading and accessories and shutter/light compensation and film stock, however I’m still very unclear about basic areas of exposure, depth of field and the step by step procedure involved...