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W24 Directing - 1

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اساسيات كتابة السيناريو - ١

W24 Screenwriting Intro - 1 


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        <p>We are very excited about our short film contest, and we hope you are too!</p>
        <p>Here are some tips to help you more easily create a great screenplay for this (and any other) short film contest.</p>
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        <p>First, be sure to check out our <a style="color: #22988d;" href="https://www.openscreenplay.com/tutorials/short-film-contest" target="_new">Guidelines.</a></p>
        <p>Know what the requirements are and what we’re looking for so that you can create a screenplay that has the best chance of winning one of the awards.</p>
        <p>Keep it short. Like, really short.</p>
        <p>Most short films can be cut down more than the creator(s) think they can. If your script ends up at eight pages, see if you can get it down to 6 ½ or seven. If your script ends up at five pages, see if you can get it to four. If you don’t agree with this statement, get online and watch a bunch of short films – you will see that most of them are longer than they need to be and can be cut down. Our limit is 10 minutes (10 pages) but that doesn’t mean you have to use them all.</p>
        <p>Get into the idea quickly and get out of the idea quickly.</p>
        <p>In a short film, the intention is to make a big impact in a short amount time. Don’t let scenes or moments or plot development become too complicated or long. Jump into the idea quickly, hit it hard, then quickly resolve the story. In other words, it’s better to keep it simple than to add too much.</p>
        <p>When in doubt, pay off the genre.</p>
        <p>If you’re not sure if moments or scenes or plot points or lines of dialogue are relevant to your short film, ask if they are fulfilling the genre that you have chosen for the screenplay. If your short film is a comedy, ask if that moment will make people laugh. If it’s a horror, ask if it will scare them. Always give the audience the genre that you’re selling them!</p>
        <p>Remember that you don’t have to choose a subgenre.</p>
        <p>Subgenres are often great and help make a screenplay more specific, but don’t forget, you’re not required to include one. Sometimes if you add a subgenre that doesn’t quite fit the idea (logline), it will confuse other people who are trying to contribute to the screenplay. Adding too many unnecessary subgenres can also cause confusion, so use your judgment about whether or not the subgenre really applies to your idea.</p>
        <p>Make sure there is a visual component.</p>
        <p>Screenwriting is a visual medium which means creating images. The audience should be able to get entertainment or impact out of the things they are seeing on screen. So be wary of ideas that don’t have much going visually. For example, two people sitting on a couch talking probably doesn’t have much to offer visually unless you specifically work to incorporate something to see as well.</p>
        <p>For public screenplays: check back in fairly often.</p>
        <p>This will help you see new contributions and you’ll be able to vote on the best ones to help the development of the public screenplay progress more quickly and also in the best direction possible.</p>
        <p>For private screenplays: choose a method to work – alone or together.</p>
        <p>If you are the starter of a private screenplay, decide if you want to work alone or if you would like others to work with you. If you want others to work with you, then keep checking for requests from other users to join the screenplay and give their ideas sincere consideration. Remember that the starter of a private screenplay can accept or reject any contribution, so the story can go in whichever direction you prefer. But also remember that other people will have great ideas too, so give them a shot!</p>
        <p>You can enter as many short film screenplays as you would like.</p>
        <p>The more you participate, the better your chances are of earning prizes. Just remember that you can only have two (2) private and two (2) public screenplays going at one time, so be sure to finish one if you’d like to start something new. But the more you finish, the more you can start and enter! But that said…</p>
        <p>Don’t spread yourself too thin while working on the platform.</p>
        <p>If you have a ton of screenplays you’re working on at once, you might find yourself unfocused and it might become difficult to contribute substantial elements to each screenplay. This can be especially true if you have started the maximum number of screenplays plus you are working ones that other users have created – the ones you started might not get done. When you begin working in the contest, try to choose only a few screenplays to concentrate on. If you find you have more time to participate, then jump on in to other screenplays.</p>
        <p>Be sure to follow our guidelines.</p>
        <p>Again, the closer you stick to our guidelines, the better the chances your screenplay will have of winning prizes. We want you to be creative and express yourselves and have fun, but there are reasons why we have our guidelines in place. So though you might have a genre or idea that merits heavy swearing or nudity, unfortunately that won’t work for our contest. That said, there is still a lot of creativity that can happen within the guidelines.</p>
        <p>But the most important tip is… have fun!</p>
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Helpful Tips for the Short Film Contest

Blaise Junker

I like the type about cutting your screenplay down. One of the things that drew me to screenwriting vs prose is the brevity aspect. Now to put that advice to the test.

Fantastic!  That's a great takeaway, Blaise.  Happy writing!

Abdallah Shehadeh

thank you very much, i think it will be very helpfully with writing our screenplays. 

Regards 

Abdallah Shehadeh 
Palestine

You're welcome, Abdallah, happy to help.  Cheers!

تُعد أفلام " الواقع المرير"  بمثابة تحذيرات بصرية صارخة من أسوأ الأخطار التي تواجه البشرية. من الكوارث البيئية التي تؤدي إلى المرض أو الجفاف أو المجاعة ، إلى المجتمعات القمعية التي تديرها الشركات القوية ، أو الاستبداد التكنولوجي ، لم نمل أبدًا من هذه الأفلام التي تصور مستقبلًا ينذر بالخطر. إذا كنت من محبي أفلام مثل Blade Runner أو The Road أو The Handmaid’s Tale ، فهذه المسابقة تناسبك. ندعوك لكتابة سيناريو فيلم قصير تدور أحداثه في مستقبل بائس ، حيث يتنقل أبطالنا في مجتمع يتعامل مع تهديدات مثل تغير المناخ أو الحرب النووية أو الزيادة السكانية أو الاستبداد. تأكد من مراجعة إرشادات المسابقة !.

فيلم قصير في أسلوب " الواقع المرير"

من أفضل الأوقات التي يمكنك أن تقضيها في السينما هي متابعة بطل في مغامرة كبرى ، حيث يستكشف مواقع غريبة ، ويحل الألغاز المعقدة ، ويتغلب على العقبات. وتعد أفلام مثلPirates of the Carribean و National Treasure من أفضل أمثلة هذا التصنيف السينمائي وقد قدمت بعضًا من أبطالنا الأكثر تميزًا على الشاشة. ندعوك لأخذنا في رحلة ممتعة من خلال كتابة سيناريو لفيلم مغامرات قصير. أرسل بطلك في مهمة محفوفة بالمخاطر والتحديات المستعصية. لا تتردد في دمج الأساطير التاريخية والأماكن المثيرة للاهتمام. فقط تأكد من قراءة واتباع إرشادات المسابقة الخاصة بنا. كتابة سعيدة!

فيلم مغامرات قصير

تطورت أفلام الأكشن كثيرًا من قصص رجال الشرطة واللصوص ، أو أفلام التسعينيات التي تدور حول بطل واحد مثل أرنولد شوارزينيجر وسيلفستر ستالون. تحتوي أفلام الأكشن الحديثة الآن على تسلسلات حركة معقدة, مطاردات سيارات مستحيلة ,انفجارات كبيرة وميزانيات أكبر. فلأفلام الأكشن غرض واحد فقط: ترفيه وإثارة الجماهير. لذلك إذا كنت من محبي هذا التصنيف للأفلام ، فهذه المسابقة تناسبك. نريدك أن تكتب سيناريو فيلم قصير مليء بالحركة يجعلنا نشجع البطل ونتعجب من قدراته التي تتحدى الموت. فقط تأكد من قراءة إرشادات المسابقة. نتمنى لك كتابة سعيدة!

فيلم اكشن قصير

Jason Bash is an Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning writer, director, and producer. At age 12 his play was in The Young Playwrights Festival in New York, was produced at the Public Theater, and then made into a primetime movie which subsequently won his awards. Jason worked for companies such as The Dramatists Guild, VH1, and MTV. He taught screenwriting for 14 years and instructed hundreds of writers on the craft of screenwriting. He also is a script doctor and consultant.

Jason Bash

Emmy & Peabody Award Winning Screenwriter & Instructor

Group #1 (Jason Bash)

Laura Sweeney is an award-winning screenwriter, director and actress with an impressive list films that found success across the international film festival circuit. Laura has taught screenwriting for Writers Boot Camp and is a highly demanded script consultant. A graduate of Georgetown University and studied acting with the Moscow Art Theatre.

Laura Sweeney

Accomplished Filmmaker and Screenwriting Instructor

Group #2 (Laura Sweeney)

Group #3 (Jason Bash)

Group #4 (Jason Bash)

Group #5 (Jason Bash)

Essential Screenwriting Course

The Road of Trials: A Character’s Pathway to the Discovery of the Self (Part 1)

Myth & Dream: Wisdom from our Oldest Stories (Part 2)

Myth &amp; Dream: Wisdom from our Oldest Stories (Part 1)

Why Film Genre is Important and 6 Ways to Help You Find Yours

What is a Protagonist and 29 Steps and Questions for Creating One

16 Screenwriting “Red Flags” and How To Avoid Them

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Watch Award-Winning KIN

The Arrears  (May 01, 2019)

  المتأخرات/The Arrears  (1 مايو 2019) 

Watch Award-Winning THE POEM

The Poem

THE POEM

القصيدة/The Poem

TIME HOPPERS - Coming Soon!

Time Hoppers opens up a new world of science and culture for children. A role-playing, time-travelling, adventure game which immerses children a high-tech future along the historic Silk Road. Children experience the cultures of Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Join a group of elite children and travel across the centuries to save some of the world’s greatest scientists from the evil alchemist Dr. Fasid. Help save the father of modern medicine and the world’s first cryptographers and code breakers. Visit Timbukti to meet the richest man that ever lived or meet the woman who established the world’s first university.

تفتح لعبة أصدقاء عبر الزمن/Time Hoppers عالماً جديداً من العلوم والثقافة للأطفال، فهي لعبة مغامرة يتقمص فيها الأطفال الأدوار ويسافرون عبر الزمن في جو ينقلهم إلى مستقبل تكنولوجي على طول طريق الحرير التاريخي. يتعرف الأطفال على ثقافات آسيا والشرق الأوسط وأوروبا وأفريقيا. انضم الآن إلى مجموعة من نخبة الأطفال وسافر عبر القرون لإنقاذ بعض أعظم علماء العالم من الكيميائي الشرير الدكتور فاسد، وساعد في إنقاذ أب الطب الحديث وأول خبراء التشفير ومحللي الشفرات في العالم. قم بزيارة تمبوكتو لمقابلة أغنى رجل عاش على الإطلاق أو قابل المرأة التي أسست أول جامعة في العالم.

Time Hoppers

Time Hoppers: Pilot (August 01, 2021)

أصدقاء عبر الزمن/Time Hoppers

LEMONS - Coming Soon!

Lemons

Lemons (Final draft)

ليمون (النص النهائي)

EXCEPTION - Coming Soon!

Exception

Exception (Rewrite)

استثناء/Exception

BLACK METAL - Coming Soon!

Black Metal

Black Metal 05122022

الميتال الأسود/Black Metal

Submit your best 10-12-minute short film screenplay, genre & topic of your choosing,
and show us why you belong in our lab. While this is an opportunity for Women of Color, the scripts should not be, necessarily, about Women of Color. This is a blank canvas for you to showcase your creativity and unique voice. So we encourage you to explore freely, and not be
hindered by any sense of expectation. Six (6) talented women of color will be selected to participate in the week-long lab, and one winner will be selected to have her short film produced.

M Film Lab Spring 2024 Program

Whether in the theater or streamed at home, horror continues to be one of the most popular film genres. They routinely top the box office and many of their characters have become part of the cultural zeitgeist, from Norman Bates in Psycho to Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street to Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. We invite you to dip your pen into this classic and enduringly favored genre for our Horror Short film Contest. Give us your most twisted, demonic, frightfest for a chance to win cash prizes and have your screenplay produced. Just be sure to adhere to the contest guidelines. Happy writing!

Horror Short

We invite you to help us tell more stories that put the spotlight on authentic Indigenous characters, that speak of their complexity and humanity, their challenges and triumphs, their joys and sorrows. We want you to write an original 15-minute short film screenplay, in any genre of your choosing.

M Film Lab Fall 2023 Program

اساسيات كتابة السيناريو - ٢

W24 Screenwriting Intro - 2 

Khaled Sabawi

Sami Alsabawi

Matt Handy was born on February 12, 1972. Matt is a producer and director, known for Out of Time (2021), Bosco's Guitar (2011) and Stopped (2008).

وُلد مات هاندي في 12 فبراير 1972. مات هو منتج ومخرج اشتهر بفيلم نفاد الوقت/Out of Time (2021)، وجيتار بوسكو/Boscos Guitar (2011) ومتوقف/Stopped (2008).

Matt Handy

Drama

Writing was a hobby for me but now I see it as a craft. I used to criticize movies all the time, then I decided to make my own and my journey started.

الكتابة كانت هواية بالنسبة لي، لكنني الآن أراها كحرفة. كنت أنتقد الأفلام طوال الوقت، ثم قررت أن أصنع أفلامي الخاصة ومن هنا بدأت رحلتي.

Murat Vargelci

بابل

Horror

Mystery

مدام ديلمان

Tragedy

المفتاح (يناير ١، ٢٠٢٣)

Mohannad Malas

Michael Hyon Johnson is a half black, half South Korean writer and director who has produced award winning narrative short films, music videos, and branded content. Born in Camp Pendleton, San Diego; Michael comes from a family of veterans and enlisted into the Air Force following the September 11th attacks. Michael's work is heavily influenced by his experiences growing up rebelling in a small conservative city in Colorado and his disillusionment from his time in the military.​

مايكل هيون جونسون هو كاتب ومخرج نصف أسود ونصف كوري جنوبي. أنتج مايكل أفلاماً روائية قصيرة ومقاطع فيديو موسيقية ومحتوى لعلامات تجارية وقد حازت أعماله على العديد من الجوائز. ولد مايكل في في كامب بندلتون - سان دييغو، وينحدر من عائلة من قدامى المحاربين وكان قد جُنّد في سلاح الجو بعد هجمات 11 سبتمبر. تأثر عمل مايكل بشدة بتجاربه ونشأته في بيئة متمردة في مدينة صغيرة محافظة في كولورادو وشعوره بخيبة الأمل والإحباط من تلك الفترة التي قضاها في الجيش.

Michael Hyon Johnson

Written & Directed by

I am a Palestinian-American independent filmmaker and composer. I have made several short films of several genres over the past few years, and written several unproduced pilots and feature films. I am also a composer and musician of ten years. I have lived in multiple countries throughout my life and credit my experience as an immigrant for who I am today. I will combine my love for entertainment and my diverse background to aid me in my craft as I explore all genres of film and music.

أنا صانع أفلام وملحن فلسطيني أمريكي مستقل، لقد أنتجت عدة أفلام قصيرة من تصنيفات درامية مختلفة خلال السنوات القليلة الماضية، وكتبت العديد من الحلقات التجريبية والأفلام الروائية التي لم تنتج بعد، كما أنني ملحن وموسيقي منذ عشر سنوات. لقد تنقلت وعشت في بلدان متنوعة خلال حياتي وأعزو الفضل لتجربتي كمهاجر إلى ما أنا عليه اليوم، سأجمع بين حبي للأعمال الترفيهية وخلفيتي المتنوعة لمساعدتي في مهنتي بينما أستكشف جميع أنواع الأفلام والموسيقى.

Nader Yousef

Khaled Sabawi is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and executive producer. While he began screenwriting and directing at age 16, Khaled ventured into entrepreneurship where he founded successful for-profit social enterprises in renewable energy, real estate, tech, and media. Khaled received the Young Alumni Achievement Medal from the University of Waterloo and was featured on the cover of Forbes Middle East for his entrepreneurial work. Khaled has produced two award-winning short films.

خالد سبعاوي هو رائد أعمال متسلسل ومنتج تنفيذي حائز على العديد من الجوائز. في حين أنه بدأ بكتابة السيناريو والإخراج في سن السادسة عشر، غامر خالد أيضاً في الدخول إلى عالم ريادة الأعمال حيث أسس مشاريع اجتماعية ربحية ناجحة في مجالات الطاقة المتجددة والعقارات والتكنولوجيا والإعلام. حصل خالد على  وسام الإنجاز للخريجين الشباب من جامعة واترلو وظهر على غلاف مجلة فوربس الشرق الأوسط لأعماله الريادية المتميزة. أنتج خالد فيلمين قصيرين حازا على عدة جوائز.

To say I love movies is a gross understatement. I think in movies, I speak in movie quotes, and I know an embarrassing amount of movie trivia!

أن أقول بأنني أحب الأفلام هو أقل ما يمكن أن يقال هنا. أفكر في الأفلام، وأتحدث باستخدام اقتباسات الأفلام، وأعرف بعضاً من المعلومات العامة والشائعة حول الأفلام!

Hello, love to write but don't do it often. That's my permanent character flaw.

مرحباً، أحب الكتابة ولكن لا أمارسها كثيراً. هذا هو عيب شخصيتي الدائم.

Rayan Jalal

I'm a veteran stand-up comedian & a junior screenwriter. Most of my screenplays are comedies & dramedies. One of my screenplays (a TV sitcom pilot) was a finalist in a writing contest and a semi-finalist in another. Last year I won Open Screenplay's Time Hoppers animated TV show pilot contest and it led to a writing opportunity for the series.

أنا ممثل كوميدي مخضرم وكاتب سيناريو مبتدئ. معظم سيناريوهاتي عبارة عن أعمال كوميدية ودرامية. لقد وصلت إحدى سيناريوهاتي (حلقة تجريبية من مسلسل كوميدي) إلى المرحلة النهائية في مسابقة للكتابة، كما وصلت إلى المرحلة نصف النهائية في مسابقة أخرى. في العام الماضي، فاز السيناريو الخاص بي في مسابقة Time Hoppers لكتابة حلقة تجريبية لبرنامج تلفزيوني للرسوم المتحركة كانت قد نظمتها Open Screenplay، مما أتاح لي فرصة كتابة المسلسل.

Shahryar Rizvi

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Time Hoppers - RPG - Golden Age of islam 04:11

Annnika Dawson

Lily Darragh Harty

Richard Kletter

Sarah Gross is a director and producer based out of New York and Los Angeles with an M.F.A. in directing from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. Sarah began her journey working in the camera department on independent features, and later transitioned into working in the assistant director’s department on network television shows, including Gotham, The Blacklist, and Person of Interest. Since then, Sarah has directed, written, and produced music videos, commercials, and short films for clients, including Pepsi, UGG, Fashion Rocks, and Jaunt VR, among others.

سارة جروس هي مخرجة ومنتجة تعمل في نيويورك ولوس أنجلوس، حاصلة على ماجستير في الفنون الجميلة (MFA) في الإخراج من كلية الفنون السينمائية التابعة لجامعة جنوب كاليفورنيا. بدأت سارة رحلتها في العمل في قسم تصوير الأفلام الروائية المستقلة، ثم انتقلت فيما بعد إلى العمل في قسم مساعدي المخرج في برامج وعروض تلفزيونية منها مسلسل جوثام/Gotham ومسلسل القائمة السوداء/The Blacklist ومسلسل بيرسون أوف إنترست/Person of Interest. منذ ذلك الحين، قامت سارة بإخراج وكتابة وإنتاج فيديوهات موسيقية وإعلانات تجارية وأفلام قصيرة للكثير من العملاء، منهم بيبسي و UGG وFashion Rocks وJaunt VR وغيرهم.

Sarah Gross

Maddison is a Canadian filmmaker, published author, and screenwriter who strives to discover and tell unique stories. Her work has been shown across Canada. In her final year of law school, Maddison is excited to continue writing horror films while working towards starting her entertainment law practice.

ماديسون هي منتجة/مخرجة سينمائية كندية، وهي أحد مؤسسي Domino Masquerade Studios، وهو استوديو مستقل للإنتاج السينمائي يقع في كولومبيا البريطانية بكندا. وبالشراكة مع ابن عمها إيفي ألين، تسعى ماديسون جاهدة للبحث عن قصص فريدة لإحيائها. حاز فيلمها الروائي الأول  The Darlings على العديد من الجوائز في جميع أنحاء العالم من المملكة المتحدة إلى الولايات المتحدة، كما حصلت أفلامها القصيرة على جوائز في جميع أنحاء كندا.

Maddison Tebbutt

Bill (William Garrett) Clark

I am of the opinion my screenplay,"Rosewood The Early Years" could challenge "Gone With The Wind" for more than ten Academy Awards. I specifically joined Open Screenplay to get some pointers on writing a screenplay not slog through a dozen sections of information. My screenplay does not fall within the normal parameters of a regulation screenplay, yet it has all the elements described in Mr. Wolk's Webinar last Sunday. I learn quick but I also have very little patience with people who continue to think inside the box. My screenplay is different in that it has No nudity, No sex, No vampirism, No guts and gore. Can any other movie today match that claim? I have a little patience but dealing with people who think inside a box drains it quick. At that point, I move on to greener pastures.

Hi Bill, thanks for your comment. That’s great to hear you’re excited about your screenplay. I hope the platform and this blog post have been helpful to you so far.

Mr. Bash, this being my first rodeo, ( screenplay), I should be entitled to a few mistakes in the learning process. I read the "Red Flag" post and yes, my screenplay does have a few. I am a retired aerospace engineer and have a few books, novels, novellas and poetry anthologies in my portfolio. In my screenplay, I do tend to add lengthy descriptions along with good dialogue. Reason being, I do not want any mistake made or assumed in the moment of the mood. True, the director is in charge but I am like a damn good number two guy. As I mentioned earlier, my screenplay has no nudity, no sex, no guts and gone or vampirism. What it does have however, is a chance for the actors to act, using my screenplay they will definitely earn their pay. There is no real acting involved in jumping into bed every five minutes, chopping off heads every second and being reborn every century or so until someone sticks a wooden peg into your heart. Working for Honeywell for all those years, I learned to have a healthy disrespect for people who can't think outside the box. Same principle involved here. I love movies and I'll wager, after watching the first five or ten minutes of virtually any movie, I can tell you how it is going to end. That is how "programmed" today's movies are .If you can guess the ending, what fun is there to continue to watch? So how do we get past this one hurdle? The ball is in your court.

Hi, thanks for your comment.  Yes, you can find more of my posts here on the blog site.

Charlotte Hunter, PhD

Arrogance is unattractive under any circumstance but in a screenwriter, it almost always results in a shelved product. Yeah, and I worked in the space industry, too. It didn't make me a jackass.

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 <p>Why should you care about myths and dreams? Well, you shouldn&rsquo;t. In fact, you shouldn&rsquo;t do anything, besides be yourself. And if you find that in being yourself you&rsquo;re drawn to the illustration above and this blog post, then I would say just continue being yourself. In other words, follow your interests. After all, the only interesting people are interested people.</p>
 <p>I want to say that my interest in storytelling, screenwriting, mythology, psychology, philosophy, the unconscious (our dreams) and consciousness (our deeper dream), began about four or five years ago, but the more I think about it, the more I realize that it began far earlier. Perhaps during my childhood; perhaps before. Perhaps it was a part of me all along, unfolding gradually in time. Conversely, in a fascinating way, this has been a journey backward in time as to learn about mythology is to learn about the evolution of the human psyche.</p>
 <p>So, if you do choose to follow your interest and read on, then you will embark on a journey to the outer edges of our collective imagination and find yourself at the center of your individual existence.</p>
 <h2>Myth Goes Beyond Philosophy &amp; Language</h2>
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 <p>In our culture today, the word &ldquo;myth&rdquo; has a negative connotation, essentially meaning falsehood or untrue. Ironically, this in itself, is a statement about falsehoods in our current way of thinking and the shortermness of our collective memories. For those of us who dare to read with an open mind, Plato tells us that all knowledge is remembering. In fact, he expressed the importance of myth in allowing for the exploration of ideas beyond philosophy and language. You see, the ancient Greeks distinguished between two ways of thinking, speaking, and acquiring knowledge: &ldquo;mythos&rdquo; and &ldquo;logos&rdquo;. From mythos came intuitive narration, from logos logical deliberation. Both were essential; they were not in conflict but complementary. Each had its own sphere of competence and it was considered unwise to mix the two.</p>
 <p>Logos gave rise to mathematics and science. Myth gave rise to the arts. Logos explained how the sun rises, how babies are born, and took humans to the moon. Myth explained why the sun rises, why babies are born and why humans went to the moon. Myth gives purpose, meaning, and validation to existence. Myths can be religious, describing ideas such as heaven and the eternal soul or they can be secular, describing ideas such as sovereignty and human rights. In the final analysis, you either accept myths or you don&rsquo;t.</p>
 <p>If myth is an idea, mythology is the vehicle of that idea: the symbols, stories, and rituals &ndash; languages that are seen, heard, and performed. Together they construct the truths of a culture.</p>
 <p>In our culture today if you reject or hold myth in contempt and proclaim that humans are but a random fluke who merely emerged from a mechanical and meaningless universe, then, ironically, that is your myth. Whatever your myth is, beware, for it will surely affect the dreams that dwell in your unconscious, and more importantly, the deeper dream of your waking consciousness.</p>
 <h2>Myth on the Unknown &amp; the Unconscious</h2>
 <p>The unknown and the unconscious are two concepts that are very much related for both cannot be seen or touched, yet they are fundamental aspects of our reality that surround us both internally and externally. To be unaware of them is to be simply unaware. To think that your unconscious mind and conscious mind are separate is a common mistake resulting from the limitation of words and language. For the unconscious is conscious and aware of everything but itself, like the eyes can see everything but themselves. If in the unconscious mind we dream, then our conscious mind is the deeper dream.</p>
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 <p>The name that appears on the image is that of Michael Jabareen, the very talented Palestinian artist who collaborated with me on these illustrations.</p>
 <p>It is said that a true artist is one you who has the power to see the unknown and interpret it. Our ancestral shamans and storytellers represented the unconscious, which to the conscious mind is unknown, by images of deep blue water. The more you sink into a body of water, the darker the water becomes. And what dwells in dark places? Monsters and demons. If monsters and demons exist in the outside world, it is only because they exist within ourselves.</p>
 <p>The human condition appears to be that we are always terrified of monsters and demons, just as we are terrified of the unknown. But to say that we are terrified of the unknown is another way of saying that we are terrified or uncomfortable with our present. For the present is the unknown coming into being.</p>
 <h2>Mythology &amp; The Pairs of Opposites</h2>
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 <p>There&rsquo;s an old idea that there are two extreme poles of reality which are in constant interplay or contained conflict. Our ancient ancestors represented these two extreme poles in two contrasting images or symbols; essentially &ldquo;pairs of opposites&rdquo; representing concepts such as chaos and order. Modern-day humans may have come across such symbolism in the form of the toaist yin-yang symbol. Such extreme poles of reality appear all around us and in all disciplines. A moral philosopher would express them as moral relativism and moral absolutism. A political example would be totalitarian dictatorships and complete anarchy. More simply, positive and negative or darkness and light. The idea is that the extremes are &ldquo;pairs of opposites&rdquo; like two ends of the same sick. Put your full weight on either end and you&rsquo;ll tip the scale ending the balance. At their extremes, each can be fatal. Too much light is blinding; too darkness is blinding.</p>
 <p>Since 4,000 BCE new urban myths emerged as our ancestors meditated on the endless struggle of opposites such as order and chaos. This is when human beings took a major leap forward when they began to build cities, first in Mesopotamia and Egypt, and later in China, India, and Crete. Humans had entered the &ldquo;historical age&rdquo;. The establishment of walled-communities brought a sense of control over the chaotic environment and brought a sense of order to human lives. The word &ldquo;paradise&rdquo; actually comes from the Persian word &ldquo;pairi-da?za&rdquo; meaning walled-garden for a walled-garden is a safe place where nature exists in an organized manner. The perfect balance between chaos and order. In other words, a &ldquo;contained-conflict&rdquo; or as symbolized in the yin-yang.</p>
 <p>Walled-cities brought enough order to balance the external chaos around us and allowed humans to take the internal journey and confront the chaos within. This paved the way for the next leap in human culture &ndash; &ldquo;The Axial Age&rdquo; (800 &ndash; 200 BCE) &ndash; the most pivotal period in the spiritual development of humanity &ndash; the beginning of religion as we know.</p>
 <h2>Myths Emerge from the Human Psyche</h2>
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 <p>It appears that the human psyche is permanently impacted by the fact that, compared to almost all animals, we remain the longest at the mother&rsquo;s breast. We are born too soon; unfinished, unready to meet the world. Our survival and protection against a universe of dangers is wholly dependent on the mother; we are a dual unit, not only physically but also psychologically. As a result, the mother is the first object of our love. When the first pains of hunger pangs are felt, we are fed by our mother&rsquo;s breast. Thus, to our infantile psyche, which remains with us our whole lives: to be fed is to be loved. If the mother is absent or disciplines her child, the first object of love becomes complicated as the first object of hostility. The unfortunate father is the first intrusion to the infant-mother bond as he competes for the mother&rsquo;s attention. He is experienced as an enemy and to him, the charge of hostility is transferred.</p>
 <p>In reading the creation myths from different cultures in history, I recognized a fascinating common theme. In the Mesopotamian, Hindu, Greek, and Abrahamic creation myths, for example, first the universe was &ldquo;one&rdquo; before it &ldquo;separated&rdquo; (spirit/body, heaven/earth, etc.). I think these creation stories are metaphors about the universal human experience of birth. After all, we were all &ldquo;one&rdquo; while in the womb of our mothers before the catastrophic and simultaneously heroic act of birth when we were separated as individuals and thrust into a &ldquo;world of opposites&rdquo; (see previous post). Every child comes out crying before they are held and recognize the calming sounds of their mother&rsquo;s heartbeat. Freud said the source of all anxiety is the moment of separation at birth.</p>
 <p>The experience of birth and the relationships with our mother and father build the foundation of our psyche which are retained in the unconscious as the basis of all images of bliss, truth, beauty, perfection, hostility, and aggression. These form the foundation of all the images of our emotions and myths.</p>
 <h2>Mythology on Life &amp; Death</h2>
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 <p>A prime example of two extreme poles of reality that are in constant interplay is life and death. Our cultures today see the world as a struggle of life over death. Life must win at all costs. Death is something to be delayed and avoided&hellip; that is until it inevitably comes crashing at our door or the door of a loved one. When it does, many of us are terrified, grief-stricken and unable to cope; for death is the unknown, the black canvass in which we have projected all of our fears. Death is the underworld of monsters and ghouls; death is to be feared. In the world of myth, however, that isn&rsquo;t the case.</p>
 <p>According to many myths, death is not qualified as &ldquo;negative&rdquo; and life as &ldquo;positive&rdquo;. Those are cultural judgments. If you think about it, at any given moment, you are both living and dying. Life and death are not two opposing forces, but two sides of the same force. To myth, death is the unknown from which we came from at birth. Life and death alternate like leaves that grow and fall off trees. Like the crest and trough of a wave, after life comes death, and after death comes life again. To myth, the hero is one who dies and is reborn again.</p>
 <p>In mythology, fear of death is equal to an anxious clinging to life &ndash; a feeble attempt to stop the wheel of life and death from rotating. The irony is that the more you cling to life, the less you actually live, for a life spent clinging is more dead than it is alive. To quote Goeth &ldquo;As long as you do not know how to die and come to life again, you are but a sorry traveler on this dark earth&rdquo;. To quote Jesus &ldquo;Unless a grain of corn falls and dies, it remains alone, but if it dies it brings forth much fruit.&rdquo; If you are able to look the demons and ghouls of death in the eye, then you find that they hold a key to a new life.</p>
 <h2>The Myth of the Hero</h2>
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 <p>In Hindu mythology, the Santa-Kumars (prepubescent children) stand at the gates of heaven but cannot enter. They are close to god out of innocence and ignorance, but they cannot enter heaven, for only those that are worthy can enter.</p>
 <p>We all nostalgically remember the dream-like blissfulness of childhood. Yet in a short time culture, society, religion, obligation and duty strip us of our childhood dreams and churn us into serious and productive adults dedicated to the ultimate goal of economic security. Before we know it, our personalities were never fully realized and the dreams of childhood have faded, lost in distant memories, split from our adult-selves.</p>
 <p>But memories are traces of the past in the present. You carry them with you everywhere you go. If left undiscovered, they will be a heavy burden, for they carry with them deep truths about you.</p>
 <p>The myth of the hero&rsquo;s journey is ultimately about a deep dive into your own unconscious, the terrifying abyss where monsters exist but also where the golden seeds of childhood remain scattered and unfound. If you heed the call to adventure, pass the threshold guardians, and slay your dragon, then you achieve the ultimate boon: the truth about you; and the blissful magic of childhood will be yours again as the adult and child in you are fused into one.</p>
 <h2>Myths &amp; the&nbsp;Supernatural Aids</h2>
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 <p>In most societies, we are encouraged to think &ldquo;rationally&rdquo; and stay within the bounds of culture for they are &ldquo;secure&rdquo; and &ldquo;known&rdquo;. Thus, one of the most challenging acts in life and the first act of a hero is to accept the call to adventure when it arrives for it is an invitation into a zone unknown; a dive into one&rsquo;s own unconscious. The unknown and the unconscious, as we have previously noted, are filled with terrifying forces. If you heed the call to adventure, however, the myths reassure us that you will immediately encounter a protective figure who provides you with the amulets needed against the dragon forces you are about to face. This is personified in the timeless character known as &ldquo;the supernatural aid&rdquo;. This helper appears in the feminine form in such characters as the fairy godmother, the Spider Woman or the Cosmic Mother. In masculine as a wizard, hermit, guide or teacher.</p>
 <p>The appearance of such characters represents the benign protecting power of destiny. It&rsquo;s a reassurance that the first voluntary step taken towards the zone unknown, the unconscious, is correct and necessary if one is to become the hero of their own life. It is, if you will, a peace offering; an olive branch extended by one&rsquo;s own unconscious to one&rsquo;s own conscious. The first step in uniting a divided mind. A promise that the peace first known within the mother&rsquo;s womb is not lost to the distant past, but has always been there to support the present and future. One has only to trust in the unknown, let go, and the wisdom of insecurity in the form of ageless guardians will appear &ndash; all of which occur to the perils of all our rational ends.</p>
 <p>Stay tuned for Myth &amp; Dream Part 2&hellip;</p>
 <p>#mythology #myth #dream #psychology #philosophy #art #illustration #spirituality #science #religion #culture #society #consciousness #unconscious #reality #hero #adventure #bible #quran #history #greeks #plato #ancientgreece #logos #mythos #hindu #shaman</p>
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Marta C Weeks

Thank you for an exciting and informative analogy on myth, wisdom and knowledge.

My pleasure Marta. Thank you so much for your kinds words!

Major Iftikhar

This is a great write up. it touches the heights mythology. the deep down into the brain memories the children are born reciting Holy Book.  The seams i saw at the age four years kept haunting me throughout my life. My father was a paratrooper, who,s para shoot never opened. the deep ting of pain kept pushing me all along. I never stopped dream flying with my hands open an me flying high in the sky and no para-shoot. i became a pilot and yet kept looking high in the sky.. i now own a helicopter company and yet dreaming further to own a wide body airline. . My six years old friend was crushed but a black train engine, it still haunts me at the age of 75 and i run screaming and running out of the house while the engine still running to crush me. In fact the life is dictated by mits and dreams. dreams. well I can write a Theseus on the subject you have chosen but this is not the right platform. Once again, well done. Respects. Major Iftikhar,   &lt;.

Hi Major Iftikhar, thank you so much for your comment and for sharing your personal stories. I can't imagine how traumatic those experiences must have been. As you said, our personal lives are dictated by our dreams. Our collective lives by our myths. I hope you flying and soaring to new heights!

Justice

Excellent insight, and allows one to give into the rebirth of our physical experience..

Incredibly insightful. Tantalizing. Excited for part 2.

Thank you so much Jay! Will release part 2 in a few months! Stay tuned!

John Maudlin

When I was studying at University my tutor relayed the Prometheus myth and I was hooked immediately on myth so much so that my first screenplay was called Myth and based on Native American myth.  They are powerful stories which almost always have a basic element of truth at their heart.

That's so great to hear John. Myth are imbued with truths. I'm learning that truths can be thought of as "organic pattern" - when communicated in story form that can appear in what Carl Jung referred to as "archetypes of the unconscious".

A.Conundrum

Thanks for sharing such an awe inspiring piece of literary work!

<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>We sat down with TV Pilot Open Topic Contest 1st Prize Winner Gary Brennan to discuss</strong><strong>&nbsp;&ldquo;The Convent&rdquo;</strong></h2>
 <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.openscreenplay.com/profile/DancingRock?utm_source=OS+Blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=In+their+own+words%3A+Contest+Winner+Blog&amp;utm_content=TV+Pilot+Open+Topic+Contest+1st+Prize+Winner+Gary+Brennan+-+The+Convent">Gary Brennan</a> is an established actor, screenwriter, and playwright known for working on notable projects such as </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Molly's Game</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Designated Survivor</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Boys</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Gary's Screenplay </span><a href="https://www.openscreenplay.com/screenplay/the-convent?phase=script&amp;utm_source=OS+Blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=In+their+own+words%3A+Contest+Winner+Blog&amp;utm_content=TV+Pilot+Open+Topic+Contest+1st+Prize+Winner+Gary+Brennan+-+The+Convent"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Convent</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> received first prize in Open Screenplay's <a href="https://www.openscreenplay.com/tvpilotopentopiccontestwinners?utm_source=OS+Blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=In+their+own+words%3A+Contest+Winner+Blog&amp;utm_content=TV+Pilot+Open+Topic+Contest+1st+Prize+Winner+Gary+Brennan+-+The+Convent">Open Topic TV Pilot Contest</a>.</span></p>
 <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In his own words, Gary describes </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Convent </span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">as "a one hour limited TV series suspense drama set in 1942 Halifax, Nova Scotia in which Catholic priest Father Jamieson returns from the battlefields of Europe to discover the war has followed him home."</span></p>
 <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Having grown up in the Canadian Maritimes near a seaport where the war stories spread like folklore, Gary has dreamed of this story his whole life. Despite being narrowly missed by 20th Century Fox nearly ten years ago when the script was a feature film, Gary has returned to the misty beauty of Canada&rsquo;s Atlantic coast to share </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Convent</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> once again, this time, with Open Screenplay. When asked what brought him back to this tale time and time again, Gary said:&nbsp;</span></p>
 <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"The time and the place were so life-affecting for people. I mean, it was an anthem... Life changes in a nanosecond, and it was a time and place where life was changing in a nanosecond. From people receiving news about people they'd lost, to people making decisions, to being stuck to the radio hearing about the dramas that were taking place. But it was also a time where people really jumped into life and enjoyed it."&nbsp;</span></p>
 <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gary encourages new writers to take the plunge and submit their work.</span></p>
 <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">"What are you doing here? Right? If you want to write, write. So what's the next step? You gotta get your voice out there. You've got something to share, have the courage of your convictions, and screenplay competitions are a part of that. It's a vetting process if you're lucky enough to have someone to read it, to give you a clear perspective. Then it's about the skill of developing it, and throwing it out there is part of being- from my point of view, anyway- part of the joy and part of the requirement and responsibility of being a writer. And so, I didn't have a good enough reason </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">not</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to throw it into Open Screenplay."</span></p>
 <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open Screenplay is currently promoting The Convent</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for possible production.</span></p>
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 <p>Read more of winner's journey with Open Screenplay:</p>
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<p>Richard Kletter taught screenwriting to grad students at USC&rsquo;s School of Cinematic Arts for a decade.&nbsp; After graduate school in Communications Policy at Stanford and consulting work for major foundations, NGOs and corporations, he turned to Hollywood and has written, directed and/or produced nearly twenty films and TV movies, including &ldquo;Never Cry Wolf,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Odd Girl Out.&rdquo;&nbsp; He&rsquo;s worked for nearly every major studio and network.&nbsp; His work has been nominated for a Golden Globe and his short film, &ldquo;Teach 109,&rdquo; based on an idea by Isaac Asimov, won a Cine Golden Eagle and was chosen to represent the U.S. in festivals and cultural exchanges around the world.&nbsp; He has run web content and mobile software companies and co-holds two mobile software patents.&nbsp; He consults on&nbsp;story&nbsp;and character development both internationally and domestically for game and software companies, and for writers, directors and producers.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Sandy Climan is a Golden Globe and British Academy Award winning producer of Martin Scorsese&rsquo;s The Aviator. He previously served as part of the senior management at CAA for 12 years, representing talent including Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Kevin Costner, Danny DeVito, and director Michael Mann. He also founded CAA&rsquo;s corporate practice, working with global companies including Sony Corporation on its acquisition of Columbia Pictures, Matsushita Electric on its acquisition of MCA/Universal, Credit Lyonnais on its restructuring of MGM, Coca-Cola, NYNEX, Bell Atlantic and other Fortune 500 Companies.</p>
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<p>Mr. Reed co-founded and serves as the publisher of&nbsp;<strong>Brick Moon Fiction</strong>, a media company that produces original science fiction short stories and audio dramas by working with writers from diverse backgrounds to explore the impact of technology and trends on human society.&nbsp; Building on his experiences at The Walt Disney Company and Brick Moon Fiction, Mr. Reed is in the process of launching a new company,&nbsp;<strong>KidPod Theater</strong>, that focuses on bringing high-quality family entertainment to podcasting.</p>
<p>Mr. Reed received degrees in Philosophy and Cinema-Television Production from the University of Southern California and lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children</p>

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<p>Mark V. Vlasic is an Executive Producer on&nbsp;<a href="http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/cbs-blood-and-treasure-1202627098/" target="_blank">a major network action-adventure scripted summer series</a>&nbsp;in pre-production. With experience that spans multiple industries connecting high-level stakeholders around the world, Mark&rsquo;s extensive background speaks for itself: an international lawyer, advisor, professor, prosecutor and diplomat, Mark has worked for the White House, the Pentagon, the World Bank, the United Nations, and a large international law firm.</p>
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<p>Dave Hanley founded Banyan Branch, a leading social media marketing agency, which was acquired by Deloitte Digital. Prior to Banyan Branch, Dave was VP of Marketing at Shelfari, the social network for book readers, which he helped grow to more than 2 million members in 18 months, before it was acquired by Amazon. He also served as Director of Product Management at RealNetworks, where he oversaw the launches of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.rhapsody.com/" target="_blank">Rhapsody.com</a>&nbsp;and Rhapsody&rsquo;s Web services program.</p>
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Dave Hanley

Luis Saffie

<p>Julia Bacha is a Peabody award-winning filmmaker, Guggenheim Fellow, and the Creative Director at Just Vision. She started her filmmaking career in Cairo, where she wrote and edited Control Room (2004), for which she was nominated to the Writer&rsquo;s Guild of America Award. Subsequently she directed Encounter Point (2006), Budrus (2009), My Neighbourhood (2012) and Naila and the Uprising (2017). Her work has been exhibited at the Sundance, Berlin and Tribeca Film Festivals, broadcast on the BBC, HBO and Al Jazeera, and profiled in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Economist.</p>

Director Talk w/ Sarah Gross

Sarah Gross

Khaled Sabawi

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Sarah Gross