For storytellers
Hello Creative Seekers! Our ongoing search for meaning, beauty, and revelation seems to intersect in powerful ways with the creative process. Whether you’re writing a screenplay or digging into a character for a performance, somehow, suddenly, a realization surfaces, not only about the material, but about you or the world around you. How do we get more of those experiences to enrich our work…and our lives?
We are launching a new series on our Fatelink YouTube channel about the creative process in January 2024 titled Into the Good Dark. We also feature an archive of videos on screenwriting and filmmaking for members of our Patreon page. Once a month, Fatelink founder Hunter Lee Hughes participates in a deep dive discussion of a classic film for our Patreon members. This month, on February 13th at 11 a.m. PST, we tackle Edward Yang’s 2000 modern classic Yi Yi.
Until then, enjoy this profile piece that explains why Hunter inherited a love of poetry.
Finding Your Ideal Audience – Free Exercise Here
In terms of audience development and the age old debate of demographics vs psychographics, we come down on the side of the latter and have created an exercise to help you better connect with your ideal audience.
400 Classic Films – List for You
We’ve created a list of 400 classic films so you can keep track of your cinema education. Also, there’s a way for you to make a quick note to ensure that each film gets emblazoned into your memory.
How to Maximize Movie Research: A Filmmaker’s Template
To get the most out of researching a movie, directors should treat films as the equivalent of revelatory dreams.
Dear Filmmakers, Beware the Illusion of a Personal Badass
It’s tempting to latch onto the concept of a Personal Badass who will solve your logistical problems so that you may focus on existing in pure creativity. Reject that temptation, grow up, and make better art because of it.
To Indie Film Investors: A Brief Tutorial on The Waterfall.
Three takeaways on the film finance concept of “The Waterfall.” Whether or not you’re seeking film loans, indie film investors, or development funds from companies, you’ll need to understand how funds are distributed once a film is complete.
Download Sample Character Mindmap
Download a sample character mindmap to use as a template or inspire the development of your own approach to character mindmapping.
What is the Water of Life?
Carl Jung's favorite classic myth called THE WATER OF LIFE inspires an indie filmmaker to change his approach to Hollywood...and life. In our latest video, Hunter re-tells the myth and also explains how it applies to our journey of making an independent feature film. ...
Script Tagging, Part Two: Sample Tag using Final Draft Tagger 2
Today, we dive into a case study of how to use Final Draft Tagger 2 to tag a script.
Script Tagging, Part One: The First Step from Development to Pre-Production
Once you’ve completed a screenplay, you’ll need to tag the script to begin to get an idea of how to translate the words on the page into a battle plan for production.
Creating an Archetype Pinterest Board: The Dandy
Creating a pinterest board that matches the archetypal character you’ve developing for a film can be very helpful. Check out our sample with our Dandy character for the upcoming film.
Is Nights of Cabiria sexist? Team Reaction to Classic Film
What happens when one of the films most inspiring to Hunter is interpreted as being sexist by someone on the creative team? Jason to the rescue…
Screenwriting: Character Mindmapping Case Study
Hunter uses one of the characters in his upcoming feature film as an illustrative sample of how to develop characters through mindmapping.