You couldn’t find three films more different from each other than  “The Wizard of Oz,” “The Princess Bride,” and “The Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” Yet all these classics—and plenty more— share a proven narrative structure: the story-within-a-story. Joining the illustrious group is “97 Seconds,” Ren Thackham’s science fiction short which won the Best Screenplay Award at the the…

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One secret to producing a modestly budgeted movie is to stage all the action in a single location. Doing so not only saves resources but can add to a drama’s intensity.

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