story
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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…
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Structure: Michael Clayton
A structural overview of Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy, 2007) in 8 Sequences. When I watched the film during its theatrical…
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Inciting Incident in Backstory?
Question: Is it possible for the Inciting Incident to happen in backstory? Answer: Technically, 'backstory' is not in the movie.…
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Conscious vs. Unconscious Desire
Question: When McKee talks about the conscious desire being a contradiction of the unconscious desire, would you relate this to…
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Michael Hauge Interview – Part 1
MICHAEL HAUGE is a story consultant, author and lecturer who works with writers and filmmakers. He has coached or consulted…
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Structure: Assault on Precinct 13
This is the first in a series of structural overviews of popular films. Identifying the main story turns in a…