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With a price tag approaching $100,000 or more for many of the nation’s top film programs, deciding which ones are worth the money can be a daunting task. ScriptBully Magazine Editor Michael Rogan wants to help. In his YouTube video Best Film Schools in the U.S.: What Are the Top 5 Best Film Schools?, he shares his top five list.

While working as a temp for a Hollywood producer, ScriptBully Magazine editor Michael Rogan quickly learned why dialogue is the key to making a movie script stand out. He shares the insider secrets he learned plus a lot more in his audiobook How to Write a Script with Dialogue That Doesn’t Suck.

Most of us have heard about mediums who say they can receive messages from people who have passed away. Mark Stein is a very curious person, definitely leaning towards the skeptical, but he has also seen things and heard about experiences he just can't explain. He is expecting to receive adequate support for this project to create a film that digs deeper and digs as objectively as possible.

“The Epidemic,” a zombie film that will feature the goriest and most action-packed scenes of any movie of its kind to date, is pleased to announce the launch of a fundraising campaign on Indiegogo.com to help source crowdfunding for horror film enthusiasts who would like to become involved with the production of the movie.

Legendary horror writer John Russo is best known for his authorship of Night of the Living Dead and twenty other terror-suspense novels, including Midnight, The Awakening and The Majorettes, all of which were made into movies. Russo’s latest novel, Dealey Plaza, is as real and frightening as today’s headlines, exploring -- and deploring -- America’s catastrophic addiction to guns and violence.

With 1.34 billion tickets sold last year and nearly 11B$ in revenue, the film industry is doing very well and is expected to beat those numbers again this year. On march 3rd, the Oscars drew 43 million viewers, one of the best audience for the world famous movie awards show. The fans have never been so supportive of their beloved industry and of their favorite movie stars. But even though they are the ones making or breaking a film with their attendance, they still never had a word to say during the award season… until today. “We aim to rejuvenate the entertainment movie awards industry by creating a fully open platform which lets movie fans throughout the world vote for any movie released each year. We are also extending the awards category list to allow deserving entertainment people to get more exposure.

Fuzzy Logic Entertainment, the makers behind the multiple award winning redneck/time-traveling/sci-fi comedy movie, ‘The Importance of Being Russell’, are ready to roll with the shooting of their latest movie, Old Nick. The highlight of this upcoming comedy-fantasy movie is the debut of Alexis Grace, a former American Idol finalist. The makers are looking to collect $9000 in fund before May 7, 2014, through pledgers who would like to donate via the movie’s Kickstarter page.

Director and screenwriter of ‘Trapped in a Flash’ Ashley Jacoby lives with severe anxiety disorder.  She decided that she needed to help make a change in how mental illnesses are viewed when she noticed herself contributing to the stigma of mental health.  Ashley is now creating a website for mental health awareness using short films to portray people with a mental illness in their average day lives.  The short films will help teach high school students and teachers what it is like to live with a mental illness.

FishFlix.com is an online store specializing exclusively in Christian family entertainment movies, and offering them at affordable prices. One can get the best collection of Christian movies and other DVDs for their family for everyone’s entertainment. If one is planning for family fun, these DVDs are a great choice.

‘Ocala’ is a feature film that portrays the desperate condition two men find themselves in after suppressing secrets from their past as survivors of childhood sexual abuse, and the threat that it has to not only destroy their lives, but the lives of those they love.

Internationally acclaimed escape artist Curtis Lovell II will be a featured expert on the April 27 episode of "The Art Of Magic," which will air on the Ovation Network. Ovation Network's television program “The Art Of” explores creative fields that fall outside the traditional definition of “art.” Each week, a new artistic medium is explored through profiles of boundary-pushing artists.

Benjamin Goalabré and Yoann Santonastaso are two French filmmakers based in California and sharing the same passion for soccer. They intend to live this passion by following the French and Brazilian teams as well as their fans during the next FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

A crowdfunding project on Kickstarter has been launched to support the second feature film by writer, producer and director Mya B. Named by Trace Magazine as “a filmmaker to watch” Mya B hopes to raise $15,000 for her documentary entitled, “Afraid of Dark”. The feature-length documentary explores the damaging black male stereotypes that hinder the success of Afro-Americans worldwide. Mya B said of the motivation behind the highly intentional documentary, “America has been taught to fear the black man hence the title, ‘Afraid of Dark’. As a black woman, mother, lover and friend this concerns me.

ScriptBully Magazine editor Michael Rogan has read his share of books on screenwriting over the years. The common denominator he found among them is how surprisingly light the content is on character development. Rogan aims to fill this void in his audiobook "How to Write a Movie Script with Characters That Don’t Suck."

Stories about alien invasion or even existence have always been a question mark. The world at large has always tried to find answers without result.

Broadcasting Live Sports, the preeminent online destination for those seeking information regarding streamed sporting events, announced that it has expanded its regular coverage to incorporate a number of additional sports. The site now lists streaming solutions for every regularly televised sport in the world, including such relatively obscure ones as indoor cricket and field hockey. In addition, it has focused increased effort on its already industry-leading program listings of major sports streaming services and created new guides designed to help visitors make use of these services.

Sabrina Culver (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0191747/) has been preparing to take St. Tropez by storm with 2 nominations in the St. Tropez International Film Festival. This achievement started when her roles in the movie “Removed”, a powerful short film went viral last month after the film. Here, she showed a very accurate portrayal of the Foster Care System that eventually caught the attention of the viewers of the short film. She made the movie even more interesting and contributed to the overall impact of what the movie is trying to convey.

Richard Sears, a veteran in short filmmaking has created many interesting projects. One of the most interesting projects that he created is “An Evil Town” which was made when he lived in San Francisco. The film won him an award at the Cannes Film Festival 1995. Sears has also directed a variety of commercials for clients like Sony PlayStation, Nike, Toyota, Sprint, ESPN, Bud Light and many others. IndieFlix, one of the most creative platforms for independent filmmakers is now hosting Richard Sears’s short films including the award winning film “An Evil Town” – A short story from Charles Bukowski’s collection “Tales of Ordinary Madness”.

There’s a saying that the dead tell no tales, but that’s not always the case. Investigation Discovery’s all-new special RESTLESS SOULS reveals what happens when a murder victim returns from beyond the grave to expose her killer’s deadly secrets and avenge her untimely death. Premiering Monday, April 14 at 9/8c on Investigation Discovery, RESTLESS SOULS examines the 2004 murder mystery of Ashley Howley and how a complete stranger, psychic medium Kristy Robinett, volunteered her services to help solve the case and bring closure to Howley’s family. Interviews with Robinett, law enforcement, and loved ones including Howley’s cousin and the family spokesperson Kerry Combs, illustrate the three-year police investigation alongside Robinett’s independent search for answers using the victim’s own ghostly clues as her guide.

'Escorted Chronicles' is a short film that will engage audiences who love a dark crime drama filled with action, violence, and everything in between. When out of production, Escorted Chronicles will go to market as a short-film then at a later time, hosted as a episode one for the web series.

Using a crossover of traditional film techniques and cutting-edge contemporary illustration skills, Damien elroy Vignaux’s talents have been sought out by clients including Nike, Adidas, and Yves Saint Laurent. The creative’s desire to experiment has enabled him to produce unique and timeless anecdotes.

Dubbed ‘a new generation of emerging filmmaker and photographer’, Jan Mantanakorn was noticed as the youngest commercial director in Thailand at the age of 25. The artistic virtuoso has collaborated with the likes of well-known companies such as Unilever and Magnum and her work has been presented by various newspapers, magazines, and websites.

Transylvania is the largest historical region of Romania and the best well known, especially when it comes to vampires. If you don't believe that vampires are actually walking on the streets, well, you are right. There are no vampires in Transylvania, but there are still many traditional folktales about warewolves and people believe that some of their neighbours have the ability to shapeshift into wolves when the dark comes.

A comedy/fantasy about a man who believes he alone must SAVE THE WORLD every night. Starring Drew Smith and American Idol Alexis Grace.

‘Blame on Me’ is an amazing and entertaining story about teen pregnancy and how it can affect a modern teenager nowadays. This short film will travel the country for a whole year, meeting different film festivals and reaching several audiences: