action film – The Story Department https://www.thestorydepartment.com Story. Screenplay. Sale. Wed, 10 Sep 2014 02:13:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.thestorydepartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-fav-32x32.png action film – The Story Department https://www.thestorydepartment.com 32 32 2808072 [Video]: Doing Exposition with Explosives https://www.thestorydepartment.com/video-exposition-explosives/ https://www.thestorydepartment.com/video-exposition-explosives/#respond Wed, 10 Sep 2014 02:12:24 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=32212 Read more]]> Have you found yourself faced with the dilemma of choosing between brutally dull exposition or confusing your audience by throwing them into the story in medias res (that is, without any context)?

Take a trip back through the annals of time and film to The Road Warrior, and watch a detailed breakdown of the storytelling hidden within an action-packed opening sequence.

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If you liked this, check out more videos about screenwriting or filmmaking. And if you know of a great video on Screenwriting, let us know in the comments. Thanks!

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With thanks to Cameron Pattison.

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With thanks to Sol.

Enjoy!

Karel

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