Deadline Dec 6th midnight GMT // 1,000 Words or fewer ‘Twisted 50: The Ghosts of Christmas’ is a collection of winter spine tinglers, fifty stories of the paranormal, fifty writers… fifty slices of terror. This special volume will be published on December 16th, just in time for that extra special gift this season… Can you […]
I just found out that Richie Brown, one of our writers from Create50, has sadly died. Richie was a prolific writer for Create50 and a huge supporter, both publically, and behind the scenes. A handful of writers really committed to elevating the whole Twisted50 experience for everyone, and Richie was one of them. During the […]
There are so many facets to direction, but Chris McQuarrie is bang on here… Lens, Light and Location. It’s just part of this killer interview he did with Chris Lockhart whcih is worth the watch. But this part REALLY resonated with so many lessons I have learend the hard way. Lens, Light and Location. Of […]
SUBMISSIONS NOW CLOSED This Christmas I am inviting you to write a bedtime story for children. Are you in? We want to create some magic for families around the world and get all of us… imagining, dreaming, creating, writing, rewriting, peer reviewing… and all on a short timescale and low word count. We will select […]
Maureen Hascoet de Cuestas is an extraordinary woman. I have known her for fifteen years now, we have worked together on many events. We have continued to support each other whenever things got tough. Often we needed just a safe place to talk and find solutions to what often felt like impossible challenges. Maureen […]
I just head that my old friend and filmmaker Johnny Kevorkian has died. I met Johnny when he worked on our first film, The Runner, in the spring of 1990. The production was crazy wild, we had so little idea what the hell we were doing! Johnny was around 16 and became the grip, in […]
By Sebastian Solberg The question I get asked most by aspiring filmmakers is ‘What camera should I buy?”. I hear this constantly. and the amount of times that not having the ‘right’ equipment has stopped someone from bringing their film idea to life is crazy! The truth is, to make great films, you don’t have […]
Next Saturday I am hosting a special screening of my debut feature film ‘I Am The Prize’ along with in depth discussion on how I did it and how you can to. So… Making a micro-budget comedy feature film in 21 days is nothing if not educational. Here are my top 7 learnings: 1. Lack […]
