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The Tabloid Witch Awards is a NO ENTRY FEE horror film contest & festival, now in its 9th year. Many award categories, but all films must have a HORROR content: shorts, features, animation, music videos, avant-garde. Best actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, music soundtrack...

Prepare a LEGAL Contract Prepare a LEGAL Contract You say you'll all "split the loot" if a screenplay is sold? You'd best establish all the rules in writing. In a legally binding contract. How do you determine which scripts are included? How much work must each writer contribute to each...

voice overs can be good voice overs can be good Conventional wisdom says "avoid voice-overs," but you can always find films with great voice-overs. Lots of indie films use voice-overs. I love the one in CLOCKWATCHERS, one of my favorite films from the 1990s. As a viewer, I have no...

If a script contest mentions the title page, but makes no mention of card covers, should I still include a card cover? Are card covers now the norm, so that not including one is seen as unprofessional? I realize this is probably a trivial question.

yes yes Well, I've done it. I had several short comedy skits (about 4 to 5 pages each). One of them was titled PINK AND BLUE. So I bundled them into a "collection" (similiar to a book of short stories). That way it became one item. I titled my "collection": PINK AND BLUE, AND OTHER...

some copyright answers some copyright answers (1) You own the copyright to your script as soon as you set it down on paper. Registering it for copyright protection merely provides some additional benefits, such as additional proof that the script was yours, and higher damages (money) in a...

Although I've long written scripts and film reviews, I've never shot video. So I finally get a Panasonic DV camcorder. My question: I keep hearing so many good things about Final Cut Pro. But my Panasonic camera already came with some free editing software called: MotionDV Studio 5.6E and...