Here are three key take-aways from a workshop in Norway about common issues that make a film project less effective and less emotionally compelling.
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#ThinkpieceThursday – The Hunger Games has great characters and a Power of Truth story structure- an unbeatable combination.
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How to Evaluate Stories is a great little guide to finding story problems and fixing them fast!
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April 2012 Master Class in Bergen Norway
Continue readingExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Some books just don’t make good movies, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a prime example.
Continue readingThe Descendants
I found the film predictable, lacking in character development, with a script that continually tells us rather than shows us.
Continue readingThe Artist
Writer-director Michael Hazanavicius is one of the rare filmmaker-artists whose pictures are worth a thousand words.
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Characters that exist to advance a plot tell us nothing about the human condition.
Continue readingAverage Is Over
#WritingAdviceWednesday – I’ve distilled everything I know about story analysis into a short eBook.
Continue readingPlot vs. Character
I believe that if you want your stories to endure, then plot must come from character and not the other way around. I have often said that storytellers are the most powerful people on earth– because they have the power to move the human heart. There is no greater power on earth. You cannot move hearts by relying on plot mechanics.
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