Story & Structure
The craft of telling a story starts with structure skills.
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Consciousness and Capability [Syd Field]
I was recently privileged to hear story guru Syd Field lecturing to a crowd of fellow filmmakers during his first…
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Video: Chris Vogler and The Matrix
The Hero's Journey is the missing link between storytelling and the human condition. It explains why main characters in movies…
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(No Need To) Know Thyself
Some teachers make screenwriters feel like they need psycho-analysis before they can write anything worthwhile. I used to agree. Now…
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Breaking Into TV, Via The Web
I spoke with writer/director Nicholas Carlton (OzGirl) about telling stories for the web, working with social media, webisodical story structure and…
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No Passive Protagonist!
Jack Brislee shatters some of the screenwriting principles the gurus so passionately advocate. First he introduces us to the rule,…
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Video: JJ Abrams About Myth Making
In this short video, JJ Abrams talks about how to tap into an audience, mixing genres and (without calling it…