If you are looking for your second act, check the first act exposition. Annerocious
Read moreSTORY FALLACIES: PART ONE
Fallacy: Being difficult to attain makes a thing worth having. Fix: The action must prove why the unattainable thing is necessary for the protagonist’s well-being. Example: A protagonist’s goal is to be a size 0 for the reunion. The assumptions: A dress size of 0 will provoke the desired reaction from former classmates, which is…
Read moreIn screenplays, as in life, what people do is more important than what they say.
Read morebunitv: These are some Filmmakers of African descent we loved in 2013! 1. Steve McQueen for his behemoth 12 Years A Slave. So many things we love about him, but our favorite is his side eye. 2. Ava Duvernay, award winning filmmaker extraordinaire. From publicists, to black film activator, distributor and director. She even broke…
Read moreMore on Dan Harmon’s “Story Circle” and my theory it is a cosine wave
More on Dan Harmon’s “Story Circle” and my theory it is a cosine wave chrisdwoo: I’ve discussed before how Dan Harmon (creator of Community, co-writer for Monster House) has distilled the Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth into a very basic tool for describing the arcs of a story. Harmon prefers to see his story structure as a…
Read more14 Movies Directed, Written By, Or Starring Women In 2014
14 Movies Directed, Written By, Or Starring Women In 2014 strong-female-characters: Women are responsible for 50% of box office, but only had 15% of starring roles in major films in 2013. Behind the camera there are 5 men for every female crew member . Here are some films that hel… Some movies worth supporting this…
Read moreUPDATE YOUR ISSUES: MASCULINITY & FEMININITY
New stories with new angles grab attention. What if you wrote a story about a grizzled ex-marine whose head will explode if he resorts to violence? Or a woman who causes a natural disaster every time she gives in to her overbearing family? When you deliberately cut yourself off from slipping into cliche characters and…
Read moreA Pertinent Question
I’ve been wondering but where do you come up with all your info that you post? Do you teach this or have you studied it or something? — minutemencommander Thank you for asking! I was educated by the UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting, by Paul Chitlik (author of Rewrite) at Michelangelo Screenwriting, head the NYC…
Read moreMATRIX YOUR WAY THROUGH YOUR DRAFT
There are two kinds of scripts, Matrix scripts and Battery scripts (spoiler alert). Battery scripts convey information with words. Matrix scripts tell stories with images. The quickest way to make the jump is to start thinking about WITHHOLDING information. Using The Matrix as an example, because it’s a really good example, the story starts with…
Read moreBASIC PHYSICS AND YOUR SCREENPLAY: PART THREE
Average Speed=Distance/Time The farther you want to get, the faster you have to go, because you only have a given amount of time.
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