Take Two: Writing a Screenplay Based on a True Story
Adapting a true story requires research, honesty, and sometimes, a little bending of the truth. Jeanne Veillette Bowerman shares tips on writing a screenplay based on a true story and the importance of finding the balance between fact and fiction.
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Feb 19, 2021
voila! You have a fascinating story. Not so fast, Grasshopper.
“Write what you know” may be the number one piece of advice writers receive when launching into their first project, but when I did just that, I quickly realized I didn’t know squat. Turns out, “what I know” wasn’t cinematic at all; it was self-indulgent.
Shadow Play Sheds a Beautiful Light on Iran and its Long, Rich Culture
Coming across something truly unique is a near impossibility, but Hamid Rahmanian has delivered. He is a 2014 Guggenheim fellowship-winning filmmaker, and Feathers of Fire is the project.
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Jan 27, 2021
Hamid Rahmanian is an Iranian-born artist who was educated in graphic design and had his own business out of college. Success not standing still, he emigrated in 1994 and earned a master’s of fine arts in computer animation from the Pratt Institute. A job with Disney followed, and Rahmanian provided animation on films such as
Tarzan, The Emperor s New Groove, and