0:00 - How Writing A Screenplay Is Like Trying To Solve A Rubik's Cube 7:57 - I Didn't Know Anything About Screenwriting Or Filmmaking When I Started 22:51 - How One Person Can Start A Production Company 38:28 - Building The Culture Of A Production Company 53:57 - Every Artist Needs To Learn Empathy 1:07:21 - How Daydreaming Makes You A Better Writer 1:26:51 - Reaction To Anyone Who Thinks Today's Movies Are Crap 1:32:46 - A Different Writing Process For Every Story 1:42:44 - How Much Of The Ending Should A Screenwriter Know Before They Start Writing? 1:48:36 - Write Because You Love It Not Because You Need Validation 1:57:03 - First Screenplay Took Years To Write, Now It Takes 4 Months 2:05:17 - Only Motivation A Writer Needs 2:13:10 - Does A Writer Begin With An Original Idea Or An Audience? 2:20:52 - How To Develop A Movie Idea In 10 Minutes 2:34:15 - The Difference Between Professional And Amateur Screenplays 2:41:16 - How A Director Builds Strong Relationships With Actors 2:47:51 - How I Financed My First Feature Film 2:54:34 - Shopping A Screenplay In Hollywood Until Someone Buys It 3:11:14 - How To Find A Distributor For Your First Feature Film Writer/Director/Photographer Van Ditthavong is the founding partner and executive producer of goPOP FILMS – a creative content studio and production company. He has taught at the New York Film Academy (Los Angeles) and UCLA Extension – where he received the 2015 Outstanding Instructor of the Year honor for the Visual Arts Department. His latest project is his feature directing debut, ALL ROADS TO PEARLA (starring Alex MacNicoll, Addison Timlin, Nick Chinlund, and Dash Mihok) and produced by Red Entertainment and goPOP FILMS. WATCH ‘ALL ROADS TO PEARLA’ TRAILER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5zE1IEulnk MORE VIDEOS WITH VAN DITTHAVONG https://bit.ly/3jGyo0D CONNECT WITH VAN DITTHAVONG http://www.vanditthavong.com/ http://gopopfilms.com/ http://www.allroadstopearla.com/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2509775 https://www.instagram.com/runvanrun https://twitter.com/vanditthavong https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCncbyt_Hw-ZOpCGiHIzsxrQ RELATED VIDEOS Reality Of Building A Filmmaking Career - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UqyEzqPPBQ The Business And Craft Of Filmmaking - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTifH6_52-s It Took 15 Years To Make A Feature Film, Here's What I Learned - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTn8irsywyY How To Shoot A Movie In 4 Days - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyPuzyyySUs (Affiliates) ►WE USE THIS CAMERA (B&H) – https://buff.ly/3rWqrra ►WE USE THIS EDITING PROGRAM (ADOBE) – https://goo.gl/56LnpM ►WE USE THIS SOUND RECORDER (AMAZON) – http://amzn.to/2tbFlM9 ►WRITERS, TRY FINAL DRAFT FREE FOR 30-DAYS! (FINAL DRAFT) - SUPPORT FILM COURAGE BY BECOMING A MEMBER null CONNECT WITH FILM COURAGE http://www.FilmCourage.com/ http://twitter.com/#!/FilmCourage https://www.facebook.com/filmcourage https://www.instagram.com/filmcourage http://filmcourage.tumblr.com/ http://pinterest.com/filmcourage SUBSCRIBE TO THE FILM COURAGE YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://bit.ly/18DPN37 LISTEN TO THE FILM COURAGE PODCAST https://soundcloud.com/filmcourage-com Stuff we use: LENS - Most people ask us what camera we use, no one ever asks about the lens which filmmakers always tell us is more important. This lens was a big investment for us and one we wish we could have made sooner. Started using this lens at the end of 2013 - http://amzn.to/2tbtmOq AUDIO Rode VideoMic Pro - The Rode mic helps us capture our backup audio. It also helps us sync up our audio in post http://amzn.to/2t1n2hx Audio Recorder - If we had to do it all over again, this is probably the first item we would have bought - http://amzn.to/2tbFlM9 LIGHTS - Although we like to use as much natural light as we can, we often enhance the lighting with this small portable light. We have two of them and they have saved us a number of times - http://amzn.to/2u5UnHv COMPUTER - Our favorite computer, we each have one and have used various models since 2010 - http://amzn.to/2t1M67Z EDITING - We upgraded our editing suite this year and we’re glad we did! This has improved our workflow and the quality of our work. Having new software also helps when we have a problem, it’s easy to search and find a solution - https://goo.gl/56LnpM *These are affiliate links, by using them you can help support this channel. #film #writing #screenwriting