ngoveronica: I feel like grabbing you by your ears right now and screaming, “I’m not fucking interested!”. Instead, I’m going to drive home and do some accounting. Nightcrawler (2014) dir. Dan Gilroy Writer friends, file under: how to structure, how to character, how to stakes, how to arc, how to escalate. Also written by Dan…
Read morelibraryoftheancients: squirrelstone: gideonseymours: miscommunication as a plot device makes me angry if you just talked to each other but no on the one hand i agree with this but on the other hand one of my coworkers rented an alpaca from a petting zoo and brought it to work because my boss said she wanted…
Read moreDon’t Take That Tone With Me
What is tone and what are the rules? Succinctly, don’t mess tone up because your script will have the weird vertigo feeling that comes from moral dissonance. Tone is a simple emotional language you’re already familiar with, unless you’re a psychopath. Or a replicant. To keep a consistent tone, think “How will this action be…
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