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Section A · Author: <span>Karel FG Segers</span> 425 entries 26 August 2026

Author: <span>Karel FG Segers</span>

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  1. Structure: Ghost World

    A cult comic, two charismatic teen actresses, an inspired director and a sparse score. Six pages of a comic book were…

    6 min
  2. Inciting Incident: Planting the Bomb

    Keeping the audience interested throughout the 'setup' is a major challenge as professional readers won't last until the Inciting Incident…

    4 min
  3. Structure: Michael Clayton

    A structural overview of Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy, 2007) in 8 Sequences. When I watched the film during its theatrical…

    4 min
  4. Question: Abbreviations

    Question: Can you abbreviate "Mister" into "Mr." in a film script? Answer: Abbreviations are allowed in character headings (names) and…

    1 min
  5. Inciting Incident in Backstory?

    Question: Is it possible for the Inciting Incident to happen in backstory? Answer: Technically, 'backstory' is not in the movie.…

    2 min
  6. Conscious vs. Unconscious Desire

    Question: When McKee talks about the conscious desire being a contradiction of the unconscious desire, would you relate this to…

    2 min