Filmcourage

Filmcourage

Est. in 2009 - YouTube channel on writing/film/acting Check out our 2 new books! STORY QUESTIONS and 17 Steps To Writing A Great Main Character https://payhip.com/StoryQuestions https://linktr.ee/filmcourage #filmmaking #indiefilm #filmmakers #screenwriters #writers #authors #writing #acting #creatives #movies SUPPORT FILM COURAGE: Please subscribe to our Youtube channel. You can show additional support via our Youtube sponsor tab by going here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8o1mdWAfefJkdBg632_tg/join or through Patreon here - http://www.patreon.com/filmcourage. Thank you for listening! We hope you've enjoyed this content.

Episodes

Every Character Must Answer These 3 Questions For Every Scene - Paola Baldion

October 30, 2025 • 83 mins
Watch the video version of this podcast here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OyRBa9lcUk Our two new books... STORY QUESTIONS is currently 10% off! - https://payhip.com/b/ZTvq9 and 17 Steps To Writing A Great Main Character - https://payhip.com/b/kCZGd 0:00 - Story Of A Real Life Puppeteer 9:41 - 7 Lessons Learned From Making A 17 Million View Video 20:47 - How A Short Viral Video Became A Full Length Documentary 36...
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First Rule Of Comedy That Every Filmmaker Should Know - David Zucker

October 23, 2025 • 88 mins
Watch the video version of this podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myvXGFZLi2o Our two new books... STORY QUESTIONS: How To Unlock Your Story One Question At A Time - https://payhip.com/b/ZTvq9 and 17 Steps To Writing A Great Main Character - https://payhip.com/b/kCZGd 0:00 - David Zucker (Naked Gun, Airplane!) On How He Broke Into The Comedy Business 12:42 - Why 99% Of Comedy Movies Today Aren't Funny 25:37 - Bigge...
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If You Want To Write A Great Story This Is What Matters - John Vorhaus

October 14, 2025 • 189 mins
Our two new books... STORY QUESTIONS: How To Unlock Your Story One Question At A Time - https://payhip.com/b/ZTvq9 and 17 Steps To Writing A Great Main Character - https://payhip.com/b/kCZGd Watch the video version of this podcast on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohBFnHNf33Q 0:00 - Wise People Realize There Is No Such Thing As One True Passion 12:19 - Why It Can Be A Struggle To Find Your Purpose 25:00 - How T...
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9 Truths About The Movie Business - Craig Caton-Largent of New York Film Academy

October 6, 2025 • 119 mins
Our two new books... STORY QUESTIONS: How To Unlock Your Story One Question At A Time - https://payhip.com/b/ZTvq9 and 17 Steps To Writing A Great Main Character - https://payhip.com/b/kCZGd Want to watch the video version of this podcast? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrmKkDlprnI 0:00 - The Truth About Finding Work In The Movie Business 13:29 - How The Dinosaurs In Jurassic Park Were Created 24:29 - How Telling The Truth......
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I've Made Movies For 20 Years... Here's What I Learned - Anthony DiBlasi

September 29, 2025 • 126 mins
Watch the video version of this podcast here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y31Q8xZWL58 Our two new books... STORY QUESTIONS is currently 10% off! - https://payhip.com/b/ZTvq9 and 17 Steps To Writing A Great Main Character - https://payhip.com/b/kCZGd 0:00 - Last Shift Vs Malum: Director Sets The Record Straight 13:36 - I Finished My Movie... And A Few Days Later The Worst Possible Thing Happened 22:42 - It's A Mi...
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100 First Lines From Great Books (From The Last 100 Years)

September 21, 2025 • 25 mins
Our two new books are helping writers with their stories... STORY QUESTIONS is currently 10% off! - https://payhip.com/b/ZTvq9 and 17 Steps To Writing A Great Main Character - https://payhip.com/b/kCZGd Watch the video version of this podcast here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/eb_8emTGpKU?si=-L8yXkrMSoLZduvQ 0:00 - 1920s 2:58 - 1930s 5:49 - 1940s 7:21 - 1950s 9:14 - 1960s 12:07 - 1970s 15:17 - 1980s 17:10 - 1990s 20:27 - 2000s 2...
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If You Have A Story To Tell You Can't Let Anything Stop You - Jadon Cal

September 18, 2025 • 96 mins
Our two new books... STORY QUESTIONS is currently 10% off! - https://payhip.com/b/ZTvq9 and 17 Steps To Writing A Great Main Character - https://payhip.com/b/kCZGd Watch the video version of this podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdzoTdQb84o Jadon Cal began his storytelling journey at a young age under veteran actor parents in Los Angeles, California. From training in a multitude of acting workshops and appearing i...
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9 Things Every Writer Should Know Before Publishing A Book - Desireé Duffy

September 14, 2025 • 109 mins
Our two new books... STORY QUESTIONS is currently 10% off! - https://payhip.com/b/ZTvq9 and 17 Steps To Writing A Great Main Character - https://payhip.com/b/kCZGd Watch the video version of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/R7XCqBCVrjo?feature=shared 0:00 - 3 Ways To Publish A Book... What New Writers Should Know 12:28 - The Most Powerful Marketing Tool For Authors 25:29 - 5 Stages Of Editing A Book 39:19 - Finding The Magi...
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Truth About Building A Film Career - DAWN DUSK Filmmakers Blue Gerber and Jason Gerber

September 8, 2025 • 82 mins
Our two new books... STORY QUESTIONS: How To Unlock Your Story One Question At A Time - https://payhip.com/b/ZTvq9 and 17 Steps To Writing A Great Main Character - https://payhip.com/b/kCZGd In this Film Courage podcast, we speak with husband and wife duo, Jason Gerber and Blue Gerber, a co-directing team working in films and commercials together and individually. Their first feature documentary is DAWN DUSK, available on multi...
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Easiest Way To Avoid Writer's Block - Billy Van Zandt

August 26, 2025 • 106 mins
Our two new books... STORY QUESTIONS is currently 10% off! - https://payhip.com/b/ZTvq9 and 17 Steps To Writing A Great Main Character - https://payhip.com/b/kCZGd Billy Van Zandt and his writing partner, the late Jane Milmore, are two of the most often produced playwrights in the world. Billy and Jane met at a high school acting competition in their home state of New Jersey. Together for 46 years, they wrote and starred in 25 ...
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Pro Cinematographer Reveals 6 Truths About Cinematography - Suki Medenčević of New York Film Academy

August 14, 2025 • 59 mins
BUY THE BOOKS - STORY QUESTIONS and 17 Steps To Writing A Great Main Character https://payhip.com/StoryQuestions Watch the video version of this podcast here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMIFINOXhto 0:00 - What Beginning Cinematographers Should Know As They Get Started 10:09 - Pro Cinematographer Reveals The Truth About Cinematography 21:05 - Biggest Difference Between Bad Cinematography and Great Cinematography ...
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Why I Made A Tubi Movie Instead Of A Short Film - Jason Park

July 22, 2025 • 79 mins
Our two new books... STORY QUESTIONS is currently 10% off! - https://payhip.com/b/ZTvq9 and 17 Steps To Writing A Great Main Character - https://payhip.com/b/kCZGd 0:00 - If Movies Last Forever Why Is Hollywood Dying? 14:00 - Real Advice For Anyone Who Wants To Make A Movie 24:55 - Why I Made A Tubi Movie 37:02 - Why I Can't Make Short Films 48:03 - If You Are Feeling No Progress With Your Art, This Is What Worked For Me 58:09 ...
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Top 7 Lessons For Anyone Thinking About Publishing A Comic Book - Stephen L Stern

July 17, 2025 • 119 mins
BUY THE BOOKS - STORY QUESTIONS and 17 Steps To Writing A Great Main Character https://payhip.com/StoryQuestions Watch the video version of this podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-ysdEuX2FU Stephen L. Stern is the president of Storyboard Graphic Novels. Steve is best known as the creator/writer of the indie comic-book Zen Intergalactic Ninja that has sold over three million comics and graphic novels and been license...
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I've Sold A Dozen Screenplays... Here's What I've Learned - Jason-Shane Scott

July 1, 2025 • 96 mins
Our two new books are helping writers with their stories... STORY QUESTIONS is currently 10% off! - https://payhip.com/b/ZTvq9 and 17 Steps To Writing A Great Main Character - https://payhip.com/b/kCZGd 0:00 - 'One Life To Live' Made Me Believe It Was Possible To Have A Career In Hollywood 16:59 - I Was Never Going To Sell A Screenplay If I Didn't Learn This 25:46 - The Cheat Code I Use To Develop Screenplay Ideas 34:51 - Pro Scr...
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Write And Sell Your Screenplay Like A Pro Screenwriter - Mike Thompson

June 13, 2025 • 91 mins
Want to watch the video version of this podcast? Check it out on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkLXkS6rfns Our two new books... STORY QUESTIONS: How To Unlock Your Story One Question At A Time - https://payhip.com/b/ZTvq9 and 17 Steps To Writing A Great Main Character - https://payhip.com/b/kCZGd 0:00 - True Story Behind One Of The Biggest Screenplay Sales In History 15:37 - This Is The Story I Tell New Screen...
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7 Reasons Why Most People Will Never Make A Movie - Bill Mikita

June 3, 2025 • 126 mins
Our two new books... STORY QUESTIONS is currently 10% off! - https://payhip.com/b/ZTvq9 and 17 Steps To Writing A Great Main Character - https://payhip.com/b/kCZGd Bill Mikita was born in Steubenville, Ohio, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Brewer’s Boys, Chasing 3000 (2010) and Medal of Honor: American Heroes. He has been married to Pattie White Mikita since February 25, 1978. They have four children. Watch the vi...
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A Hollywood Insider's Look At Marketing Hits And Flops - Jim Fredrick

May 20, 2025 • 104 mins
Our new book... STORY QUESTIONS: How To Unlock Your Story One Question At A Time https://payhip.com/b/ZTvq9 Watch the video version of this podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLDnAbYRjWQ 0:00 - Hollywood Insider Reveals The Truth About Selling Movies For A Living 14:07 - Why The Greatest Movie Of All Time... Was A Box Office Failure 27:36 - There Was A Time When Studios Wanted To Make The Best Movies Possible 41:11 - ...
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How I Turned My Life Around: Stunt Man To Hollywood Screenwriter - Sammy Horowitz

May 9, 2025 • 76 mins
New Film Courage book... STORY QUESTIONS: How To Unlock Your Story One Question At A Time https://payhip.com/b/ZTvq9 0:00 - I Used To Read A Book A Day 17:10 - How Stunt Work Saved My Life 30:36 - 3 Things That Helped Me Become A Hollywood Screenwriter 41:16 - How Writing A Stage Play Changed My Life 58:59 - Why Beginning Screenwriters Don't Need An Agent 1:07:07 - Why Building A Writing Career Is Much Tougher Than Getting A SAG C...
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How To Write A Movie In 21 Days - Viki King

April 30, 2025 • 155 mins
Our new book STORY QUESTIONS is currently 10% off! - https://payhip.com/b/ZTvq9 Best-selling author and film consultant Viki King is a leading advisor to luminaries in the entertainment industry. Known for her warmth, and humor she appears often on CNN, NBC, ABC, BBC, as well as in hundreds of radio interviews. She has quick, insightful answers for people’s everyday dilemmas. BUY THE BOOK - How To Write A Movie In 21 Days: The In...
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10 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became A Filmmaker - Sarah T Schwab

March 20, 2025 • 116 mins
Our new book... STORY QUESTIONS: How To Unlock Your Story One Question At A Time https://payhip.com/b/ZTvq9 0:00 - If A Story Can't Do This... It Needs More Work 12:57 - Do You Choose The Stories To Write Or Do They Choose You? 19:19 - How Writing Makes Me A Better Person 31:31 - This Is The Question That Helps Me Unlock A Character 40:23 - How I Learned To Write Dialogue (That Was Actually Good) 49:29 - What I Wish I Knew Before...
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