12 Westerns in 12 Months with Travis Mills
Making one or two movies per year is huge effort. In 2020, the year of COVID, indie filmmaker,...
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Author: Todd Shaffer
Make Me Want to Turn the Page with Richard Walter part 2
Richard was professor of the UCLA Screenwriting program, which is the most successful screenwriting program in the world. It’s harder to get into this program than it is to get accepted to Harvard Law School, and for good...
Read MoreDon’t Be Boring | A Conversation with UCLA Screenwriting Professor Richard Walter
My guest today is the legendary screenwriting instructor at the UCLA Screenwriting Program, Richard Walter. I’ve been reading books on screenwriting since my days in film school. I have more than any screenwriter could possibly...
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Evangelical Nollywood with Dr. Elizabeth Olayiwola
The Nigerian film industry is the second most prolific film industry in the world, and their...
Read MoreFaith Film Micro-budget Powerhouse with Jason Campbell
Jason Campbell is with us today to talk about microbudget Christian filmmaking. His company is scheduled to release 20 films this year alone and will launch their own streaming platform. I have become very interested in the...
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Nollywood as a Filmmaking Model with Jamie Meltzer
What is this country that has this titan film industry? If you haven’t guessed, I’ll give you...
Read MoreStory Well Told with Dr. Karen Swallow Prior
Literature professor, Dr. Karen Swallow Prior joins me to talk about novels, story, and Christian film. I have a weak spot for books and articles written by Christians that address the value of good fiction and the role good...
Read MoreAttack of the Tenacious Filmmaker with Nathanael Sims
Thirteen years in the making, and I don’t mean 11 years shopping the script around and 2 years of production. This no-budget film was 13 years in production. Writer and director Nathaniel Sims is with us to talk about his...
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