MOONDANCE INSIDER TIPS FOR DIRECTING ACTORS IN FILM!
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MOONDANCE INSIDER TIPS FOR WRITERS & FILMMAKERS
“Many, perhaps, from so simple a flower,
This little lesson may borrow,
Patient today, through its gloomiest hour,
We come out into the brighter tomorrow.”
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MOONDANCE FILM FESTIVAL NEWS!
For those of you who celebrate it,
Happy Thanksgiving!
Moondance is grateful to all Moondancers for your ongoing support,
your participation in the annual competitions & attendance at the film festivals! […]
MOONDANCE NOVEMBER BLOG & INSIDER TIP FOR WRITERS!
Colorado aspen trees, Photo by vitya_maly
The shimmering leaves of the quaking aspen, the quintessential Colorado tree, turn to glowing shades of yellow and gold this time of year, here in the Rocky Mountains. The Native American myth told about the reason the leaves shake as they do in the wind is that the god Manito asked all trees to bow down before him, to show respect, but the aspen tree refused to do so, saying it was more beautiful than any of the other trees, and so Manito declared that whenever he blew through the forest on the slightest breeze, the aspen would forever quake in fear. […]
DON’T WALK! ACTION TIP FOR WRITERS
DON’T WALK! ACTION TIP FOR WRITERS:
By Elizabeth English
Writers should always try to avoid using the simple verb, “walk”, whenever possible! Why have your character just walk into a room, or across the road? It tells the reader almost nothing about the character’s current mood, personality, intent, feelings, or how he or she presents him- or herself, or how anyone might perceive or react to seeing the character. Here’s a chance to show the reader & the ultimate film-viewer more about the character, and to set up a sense of who this person is, and what to expect!
A character opens the door and walks in a room. Boring! Common! What if that character crawled in the window, instead? Or boogied in, maybe even stark naked? Or slinked in dressed in a bad-clown costume? A person in cowboy boots walks differently from a person in ballet slippers, or spike heels, or flip-flops, or is barefoot. Children, teenagers, men & women and seniors all move differently, too! Use everything you’ve got to tell the whole story!
A super-confident person may saunter or swagger or stroll across a room; a person with a lack of purpose may amble, mosey, shuffle or shamble in; a shy person may hesitantly tip-toe in; an angry person may march or clomp across the room; a person with ill-intent may sneak, stalk or stomp along the street, a sad or discouraged character may shuffle past, an older or wounded person may hobble, totter, limp or stumble, and so on. Use your options, and get out that Thesaurus to help characterize the actions and reactions in your story!
| • Amble • Clomp • Hike • Hobble • Limp • Lurch • March • Mosey • Pace • Parade • Plod • Prance • Promenade • Pussyfoot | • Ramble • Sashay • Saunter • Schlep • Scoot • Shamble • Shuffle • Sidle • Sneak • Stagger • Stalk • Step • Stomp • Straggle | • Stroll • Strut • Stumble • Swagger • Tip-toe • Traipse • Tramp • Travel • Trek • Tromp • Trot • Trudge • Wander • Wend |
MOONDANCE 2014 PHOTO ALBUM IS HERE!
Photo by Clark Little
2014 MOONDANCERS MADE A BIG SPLASH!
>>>>>>>>> MOONDANCE 2014 PHOTOS ARE HERE: <<<<<<<<<
Photos by Jessica Rose Studnick & Arden Tuncer
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2014 Moondance Winners Announced!
Congratulations, 2014 Moondance Winners!
All of the exceptionally talented & creative 2014 Moondance winners are to be congratulated on their wonderful projects submitted to the film festival. Bravo & brava! Applause & big hugs all around! You will find that doors will open for you as a Moondance winner. Please let us know of your successes!
• TO SEE THE WINNERS LIST, GO HERE.
• TO SEE WHAT EACH OF THE AWARD CATEGORIES MEAN, GO HERE.
• TO SEE THE LIST OF AUDIENCE FAVORITE FILMS, GO HERE.
• If you were unable to attend the gala event, networking with people from the US & around the world, and want to receive your Moondance star award & official certificate, please GO HERE FOR THE ORDER FORM.The award & certificate are free, only the postage to mail it to you is needed. This offer expires on November 30, 2014.
• THE 2014 MOONDANCE LAURELS for finalists, winners, selected films & audience favorite films are HERE. […]
