Structure: Toy Story 2
The second movie in the Toy Story trilogy resonates with me the most. Toy Story 3 builds on it thematically, far more than on the first installment. Like all Pixar pics, Toy Story 2 is not just a kids movie. It digs deeply into the fears of its characters. After seeing Inception this week, for me … Read more
Sex in Screenwriting (1)
Let’s skip the introductions and go straight to the sex, shall we? Because I have a few questions for all you virgin screenwriters out there. How should we view sex in our specs? Can sex be crucial to a story? It seems to me that in films, as in life, sex complicates things. People get … Read more
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A Screenwriting Trilemma
To complete the journey, the Hero often overcomes a dilemma. I’ll show you – the screenwriter – a dilemma you may have never been aware of… Don’t fret: I’ll also show the way out, straight into a wondrous third act finale. The end of bad writing. For a moment there, you really believed it was going … Read more