WHERE'S THE DRAMA?

A collection of ideas, postings, articles, films, attitudes, strategies and other miscellaneous bits for innovative, dramatic filmmakers and their audiences.

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The online, interactive biography of Billy Marshall Stoneking.

Contact info and networking opportunties for Stoneking

An online selection of Stoneking's poems

Quotable quotes about screenwriting and filmmaking by Australian/American writer and producer, Billy Marshall Stoneking. PLUS other sundry items of interest to those with a passion for creative revolution.

A survey of films, writings, ideas, images and links

Features extensive coverage of Cinerama, CinemaScope, Technirama, Panavision, Vistavision, Superscope, Todd-AO, Technicolor, Cinecolor, Kinemacolor and other motion picture photographic processes, as well as a great deal of historic material on the development of early motion picture sound systems of the variable area and variable density optical soundtracks, plus Vitaphone sound on disc motion picture audio systems.

The best and most authoritative online resource for Australian poets and poetry.

Put yourself on the map and be found. Australian Short Films.com is an independent website dedicated to promoting short film in Australia.

Bright Lights is one of the most widely read, quoted, and respected movie sites on the Web, mixing savvy pop reviews with in-depth analysis of current and classic, edgy and indie, international and experimental cinema - with wit and a political edge.

Photographer/teacher, Amy Renfrey, offers some salients tips for getting the best results from your digital camera. Check it out.

Doctor Larry Buttrose offers a unique service to business clients worldwide, in editing and proofing, and also writing specialist corporate documents.

The place you know and love for free scripts and screenplays.

Forensics demystified for the fiction writer/screenwriter.

Based on Michael Shurtleff's "Audition"

One Month Screenplay offeres non-screenwiters the opportunity to turn their concepts into screenplays in only one month!

Raindance was founded in 1992 by filmmakers, for filmmakers. Raindance is dedicated to fostering and promoting independent film in the UK and around the world. Based in the heart of London, Raindance combines Raindance Film Festival, Training Courses, the prestigious British Independent Film Awards.and Raindance.tv

Thousands of Filmmakers worldwide use ReelClever to manage their projects, promote themselves, their businesses and their films, find work, and increase productivity

Established in 1997 by actor and drama tutor, Jane E. Seymour to provide actors with practical workshops that support ongoing professional development.

One of the best websites for a range of royalty-free music for your films. Wide variety of styles and moods available.

Learn how to get your script into a readable shape.

Thousands of movie scripts -- everything from 1929 to the latest 2010 releases

Writing your story is one thing. Getting your story to the professional--that's the money making--level is another. Story coach, Zara Altair, offers helpful advice from idea through to publication. Here you will find guidelines and tips to make your story submission ready.

Print as many storyboard pages as you need for your next film project.

A critical and practical examination of what it means to write visually.

A site that is operated by the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA). The NFSA is the national audiovisual archive, collecting, preserving and sharing the nation???s moving image and recorded sound heritage.

New writers are invited to make 1st impressions on key decision makers via this website. Writers securely post the beginning of your story, industry insiders anonymously read and decide if they want more. It makes good sense and no other site or service offers this level of exposure, this simple of a process

A weekly INDEPENDENT information guide for creative arts events, workshops, and opportunities across Australia.

A new concept in the marketing of a radically different kind of screen storytelling. ENTER THE DRAMA - SHARE THE VISION - CREATE COMMUNITY!

Looking to make a film but need a little help with the paperwork? We

Keeping up with everything that is happening in the film world in Australia and internationally. Jobs, workshops, cast & crew call-outs, film trailers and more. Post your own announcements.

Some of the language used by industry about screenplays and screen stories

For Australian content creators

- In Hollywood, information is power, and it's all on the GRID

Being an indie filmmaker can be tough sometimes. The tools required to tell your story can be a little bit pricey and sometimes out of reach. Here

Leave your comments, suggestions, observations, opinions about this site, ideas about screenwriting, filmmaking or the like, or simply use this board to advertise your films, or to obtain cast and crew. Whatever you like.

Producer query requests, screenplays wnated, screenwriters wanted, competitions, etc NOTE: PROCEED WITH CAUTION

Sydney-based acting school - the heart of dramatic art. Dean Carey, director.

The Rantological Thought Palace of Richard Wolstencroft

Excerpts from some of Stoneking's published work with information on his books, plays, films and work as a mentor/teacher

Observations on film art...

Selected poems and other writing by Courtney Brown

I N D E T E R M I N A C Y

Consummate painter, sculptor, poet and filmmaker, Christina Conrad's films include the groundbreaking and high eccentric black satire, JELLY'S PLACENTA

Christina Conrad chats with poet/artist Gene Tanta In an exclusive Mad Hatters

A wonderful cinematographer. Documentary, television and commercial productions as well as the odd short film.

Josephine Emery spent her earliest years on a coconut plantation on the north coast of the tropical island of New Guinea. Then her parents resettled on an isolated farm on the southeast coast of South Australia. It was here that she first knew, without a doubt, that she was a girl and realised that everyone else thought she was a boy.

A writer and teacher, Suzanne has taught creative writing, screenwriting, film history, and Media & Communication courses at universities in Buenos Aires, New York, California and most recently, in Portland, Oregon. Currently she is completing a novel and developing a tango musical.

This is an experimental website, purportedly presented by a young 13-year-old girl (who has been 13 - or nearly 13 - since I first stumbled across the site in 1999). Still interesting.

Documentary director/writer, film editor / collaborator

Maya Newell's documentary film about "gaybys" - the children of gay and lesbian couples - is running a Crowdfunding campaign over Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras - from the 15th Feb 10th March. If you haven't heard of crowdfunding, it is where we present our ideas to you - our audience - and if you believe in what we are doing, you can help us get this film made by contributing money. If everyone puts in even small amounts, they can get this story told. If you can?t contribute in finances, you can tell your friends what you think of the film and send on a link to the film's Pozible webpage. www.gaybybaby.pozible.com

The official website of Iranian/Australian director and writer, Amin Palangi.

Musings and mutterings from a struggling screenwriter

Blog of writer, editor, Karen Quah

His official website - check out latest news, merchandise, music and more

Blues / Jazz / Jungle / Calypso : Mediumistic singer/songwriter

Where's the Drama? very proudly and enthusiastically presents the poems of Courtney Brown, one of the bright and as-yet unheralded young voices of contemporary American poetry.

Director / Screenwriter / Editor

The long-awaited collection of Richard Zola s phenomenal poems. Highly recommended.

The official website for ArtSpear Entertainment. ArtSpear Entertainment is an independent production company located in Brisbane, Australia. It was formed in early 2010 by Rita Artmann and Joe Bauer. Since then, the company has produced the schlock-comedy/horror feature film ???The Killage???, a variety of short films and a six-episode comedy TV series called ???The Void???, which has just gone into post-production.

Voice of Treason Films is an independent, Queensland-based film and television production company specialising in single camera drama projects.

The online, one-stop site for all things related to screen and screen wtorytelling in Adelaide, Australia

Public domain footage for the creative filmmaker/

An examination of classic dramatic form.

Post your auditions, workshops, production invitations and other notices on Australian Actors Network

The Australian Society of Authors is the professional association for Australia's literary creators.

Genuine, original items from the King of Hokum blues.

Choose from a variety of items, including jackets, jerseys, t-shirts, mugs and cups, bags and diaries and other types of unusual and original accessories. Great for gifts and presents for cast & crew. Custom orders may be placed using your own logo/graphic and/or film/tv project title. Order today!

An extension of the popular DRAMASHOP, which is entered through this website at SHOP (see menu above). At the annex, you will find a greater variety of items and more logos for clothing, gifts and accessories, including t-shirts, bags and posters, etc.

My childhood home from the ages of 4 to 6, inclusive

An annual online multimedia magazine publishing writings that address psychosocial issues, the pollution of minds, hearts, bodies and nature.

A podcast series concerned with contemporary poetry, sponsored by The Poetry Foundation, Kelly's Writers' House and PennSound

Two birds, fast-bound companions, find the same tree for their perch, the one eats sweet berry; the other just looks on, not eating."

An amazing collection of old linen postcard images and photos of roadside diners, restaurants, and other "highway hangouts" from America's 1940s and 1950s. Many or most of these are now long gone, having fallen victim to the big modern Interstate Highway system.

An essay by Pi O (in another nomenclature)

Truthout works to broaden and diversify the political discussion by introducing independent voices and focusing on under-covered issues and unconventional thinking. Harnessing the expanding power of the Internet, we work to spread reliable information, critical thought and progressive ideas.

Poetry, Photography, Music, Art, Reviews

If you are among the growing number of people who have discovered the recordings of Washington Phillips and would like to know more about his mysterious instrument, this is the place to be.

If you can't find it here it's not worth knowing about