The character is in jeopardy/things are turned around… the antagonist almost wins/the antagonist loses the occasion because the protagonist is too smart… put the character in a corner/make them do a somersault. This is the…
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Sometimes one beat makes all the difference. There are scenes in which the smallest unit of action or dialogue changes everything. Take out the particular brushstroke and the picture is no longer the same. This…
Drive, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Dark Night, The Matrix, Jurassic Park, Toy Story 4: What do these movies have in common? Right! They all start with a prologue. Simply put, a prologue is,…
“Hitchcockian,” “thematically rich,” “they don’t just make films like this anymore” – The Gift (2015), written and directed by Joel Edgerton, received very positive reviews. And justly, for it is a great thriller. To me,…
Since change (in the character, in the storyworld) produces emotion, screenwriters strive to create in their scenes transitions between opposites, or passages from one dimension of experience to an alternate one: the more the situation…
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