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Audiences don’t buy cinema tickets simply to discover what happens next, they come to experience change. 

In this article, breaks down the difference between plot and story, and how knowing the difference can help elevate your screenplay and leave your audiences wanting more. Read the full article at the link in bio.

Still: The Odyssey (2026)
Director: Christopher Nolan

Audiences don’t buy cinema tickets simply to discover what happens next, they come to experience change.

In this article, Elliot Grove breaks down the difference between plot and story, and how knowing the difference can help elevate your screenplay and leave your audiences wanting more. Read the full article: https://elliotgrove.substack.com/p/the-difference-between-plot-and-story

Still: The Odyssey (2026)
Director: Christopher Nolan

If you want to work in the film industry as a writer, director, producer or crew, your chances of success are greater if you have a plan of attack for breaking into the film industry.

Learn how to identify your particular areas of interest, and figure out how to approach the people who can help and hire you.

Tues, 4 August, 19:00-21:00 BST, Live Online via Zoom

*30% off for Raindance Members

Find out more:

Breaking into the Film Industry Breaking into the Film Industry class at Raindance London - learn how to identify areas of interest and approach people who can hire you.

some light summer reading ☀️📚

Stills:
Pauline à La Plage (1983)
Call Me By Your Name (2017)
Saltburn (2023)
Les Amours d’Anaïs (2021)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
A Tale of Springtime (1990)
Notting Hill (1999)

Every few years the entertainment industry falls in love.

Not with a film. Not with a filmmaker. With a technology.

Today the conversation has moved on to AI-generated films, YouTube creators and microdramas. The names change, the headlines become ever more breathless, but the pattern rarely does.

Read more:

Every Revolution Looks Different. Human Nature Doesn’t. Why we keep falling in love with technology

That’s the new Black Panther 🖤

David Jonsson is set to star as the son of T’Challa in Black Panther 3.

📸: Roger Alarcon

Are we seeing the next generation of cinema? Films like “Obsession” and “Backrooms” prove that audiences no longer want films that feel manufactured. Audiences want films that feel discovered, that understand the psychological atmosphere we are all living inside, even if nobody quite knows how to describe it yet.

Read the full article from at the link in bio.

Still: Obsession(2026)
Directors: Curry Barker
Screenplay: Curry Barker

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Before Sunset was released in the UK 22 years ago today.

Still: Before Sunset (2004)
Director: Richard Linklater
Screenplay: Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan

Today Elliot Grove received the British Citizen Award Medal of Honour for Services to the Arts, on behalf of himself and Suzanne Ballantyne 🏆

For more than thirty years, Elliot and Suzanne have helped thousands of independent filmmakers find their voice. This award is recognition that independent filmmaking matters.

Through the Independent Film Trust (IFT), we’re creating opportunities for filmmakers who might never otherwise have access to training, mentorship or the industry connections they need to begin. If you’ve ever believed that great stories can change lives, please consider making a donation to the IFT.

🩷 Together, we can ensure the next generation of filmmakers gets the chance that so many of us were lucky enough to receive.

https://uk.givergy.com/IFT-/?controller=home

For independent filmmakers, especially first-timers, constraints are not a weakness. They are the engine. Contained horror has launched more careers than any other genre, because fear scales down, not up.

Here are the seven horror tropes that consistently work on low budgets, with examples you can reference, pitch, and actually shoot.

Read more:

The Raindance Seven: Horror Tropes That Actually Work on Low Budgets How horror can look cheap on minimal budgets