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Story & Structure :: Character Breakdown :: Bad TV Teaches Lessons :: What is ‘Voice’? :: Creating Memorable Characters :: Don’t Leave Your Ending to the End :: How to Write an Omniscient Narrator Script Perfection :: Embrace Your Inner Weirdo :: Writers Diet Test. Is Your Sentence Construction Flabby or Fit? :: 7 Essential … Read more
Will you ever come up with a truly original movie concept? Look at it like this: how many unique ideas does one have in a day? Truly original ideas, such that you’re the first human being to conceive it? For most of us, the answer is: none. We may never have a truly unique idea in … Read more
When talking about story structure, many people talk about where exactly in the story the structural element needs to happen. Often this is expressed in terms of a page number, or even a percentage of the film’s total duration. I would prefer to leave such quantification aside for a moment and rather look into what … Read more
Most government film agencies have funds to spend on promising new screenwriters. Often the requirements are less stringent in terms of the formal perfection of the works; the attention goes to the writer’s voice, the type of material and the mastery of a visual language. Still you will need to get through the hurdle of … Read more
A 17th Century tale of adventure on the Caribbean Sea where the roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow joins forces with a young blacksmith in a gallant attempt to rescue the Governor of England’s daughter and reclaim his ship. (2/5: no inner journey, no antagonist) Toula’s family has exactly three traditional values – “Marry a … Read more