Writing, whether for fun or profit, can be a lonely business. That's why it's nice to have other writers to hang out with, share what we're working on and, basically, keep us company while we write. I often find it hard to stick with a writing assignment at home, and have often thought "Wouldn't it be great to have a writing buddy to work alongside, each on our own project?" That's what I hope Writing with Friends can be for us all. A way to set aside time to either meet and share, write just fo …

Brooklyn Young Filmmakers is starting this meet-up group to help make more people aware of our great three class MAKE A FILM Classes Series.   We are allowing people to audit ($7) a session of the 1st class, INTRO TO SCRIPTWRITING, which runs for five Saturdays, April 2 - 30.  Auditors are observers and do not get handouts -- but they get to experience three hours jam packed with information and great discussions (and you can take notes!). There will be a period at the end of each class for audi …

Filmmakers!  From Concept to treatment to script to production to distribution deal. Let's get together and discuss it all! This meetup is for filmmakers to meet and discuss the creative side AND the business side of filmmaking. WRITERS with a script, meet filmmakers who may want to develop your film. FILMMAKERS, let's brainstorm and compare notes about distribution. DP's and DSLR shooters, let's talk about casting, directing, about web series, and about self-distribution. In every session, we w …

This Group is for Single Writers and aspiring ones. I have an outline for a Broadway Musical concept, a love story, and I have written Lyrics to the Songs. The Group will meet to write a play around these Songs and minimal outline and will consist of only Singles, preferably an even amount of Gender/Sexuality Preference  matches, and we will write the Play together.  The music and dance featured  will be rock, hip hop and R and B, and the play will cover Cross Racial and Generational issues. Sin …

A group of serious writers from Queens who want to workshop their writing once a month.  All types of writing are welcome, but membership in the group is dependent on submitting a sample of your writing and having it approved.  There is a $5 membership fee once you are accepted in order to cover the Meetup costs. Meetups will be scheduled at various venues around Queens so that the whole borough inspires us!  There will be a limit of 5 people at each meetup.  Workshops will be run so that everyo …

This group was created to help writers advance their skills and help writers network with other writers, filmmakers and producers. This groups focus is for screenwriters and playwrights but all writers are welcome to join!

The National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981) is the only labor union representing writers in every genre. With 16 chapters nationally, the NWU works to advance economic and working conditions of writers -- lobbying for legislation, initiating lawsuits, educating writers on their rights, networking, organizing picket lines, publicizing viable alternatives to unfair practices by both the traditional and Internet publishers, and by mobilizing members to fight for their collective self-interest. Why …

Workshops and meetups on Learning how to be an assistant director music Videos and Film lead by Dwayne B Perryman

Two valuable industry-level seminars now GREATLY REDUCED!  The venue for the two seminars has changed to a much less expensive space which makes the two seminars on Apr 29 and May 6 now being offered at a MUCH MORE affordable rate: only $99 each.   The two seminars are:   SCREENWRITING: HOW TO WRITE A PROFESSIONAL SCREENPLAY AND SELL IT TO HOLLYWOOD! and   FILM ACTING FOR DIRECTORS: HOW TO WORK WITH ACTORS IN FILM & TV TO GET THE PROFESSIONAL-LEVEL PERFORMANCES YOU WANT AND NEED FROM THEM!   Bot …

Armed with whatever equipment we can get our hands on, we will aim to write, shoot, edit and premiere our own short films, music videos, documentaries etc. This meetup is open to anyone with an interest in Films/Music. So whether you're a great writer, kick ass camera operator or actor; this ones for you!

The goal of this meetup group is to become better filmmakers and actors. As we work toward this goal together, we are afforded the opportunity to practice and improve in our screenwriting, cinematography, and collaboration in order to get our films made. You can only learn so much about filmmaking from reading a book (which is helpful in its own right), but if you want to get better as a filmmaker and actor, you need to get involved in the whole process numerous times (Director Robert Rodriguez …

Greetings, and thank you for your interest in Playsmiths. Playsmiths is a group of theatre professionals meeting weekly to develop new plays.  Playwrights bring in pages, actors are cast and cold read the material aloud.  Constructive, respectful feedback is shared.  Our goal is to present first a staged reading, and ultimately a full production of every full length script we develop. Playsmiths is a sponsored 501(c)(3) non-profit. In order to defray rental and production costs, we charge dues. …

The National Association of Black Actors & Supporters (NABAS) was founded by Antoinette M. Dailey in 1989. NABAS’ mission is to reflect more diversity and to promote and preserve awareness of Black American Culture, Heritage and Influence on Film, Television and Stage. NABAS was developed to foster and encourage the outstanding stories, talents and relevance of the Black Experience. NABAS's mission is to ensure the public trust in the talents African American artist in the areas of film, televis …

The aim of this Manhattan-based group is to serve as a social outlet for creativity, and to produce fun-to-watch short films of acceptable quality for the film festival circuit. No experience necessary! We may not produce as impressive a product as we want, but we’ll make movies, learn a lot, and we’ll have fun. Films will be written and directed by its members, and we’ll decide collectively which will be the next project. Any collective, and certainly this one, will require frequent compromise …

We explore the differences among the languages of the world. Areas of exploration include writing systems (lettering, script, consonantal alphabets, characters, Braille), directions of writing, tools for writing, ways of typing in different languages, tonal systems, grammatical systems, medium and sense (voice and speech with ears, or fingers, hands, arms, the body (American Sign Language) with eyes), morphology (isolated, inflected or agglutinated). However, we take one language at an event and …