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The best way to learn how the limits of short film can be pushed and experimented with is simply by watching the best of the best. These guys are up-and-coming talents on the top
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Want to captivate the audience by the guts and keep them hooked into your story like helpless fish? Just execute the hidden gems in this homework and you’ll be flying high.
Be a weaver –
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Film theory like this is often overlooked, and stories suffer for it. Fish for nuggets of truth like these in everything you watch. This kind of understanding will make you a screenwriting supergenius!
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This particular assignment might just be one of the most useful craft exercises you can do. If you keep practising this style of writing long after you’re done with this course, every single script
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Time to start piecing together your villains. Gollum, Loki, Hans Gruber, Hannibal Lecter, and Norman Bates all paved the way for sympathetic villains you just love to hate. Add yours to that list!
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The homework for this lesson requires you to notice characters’ decision-making. Watch and learn how the screenwriting maestros make you empathize and latch onto their carefully crafted characters – whether you want to or
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If you’ve paid any attention to this lesson, you know the importance of characters’ richness and depth. Clear some space in your day, ‘cause the homework for this lesson is . . . shall
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We’ve warned you of the potential dangers of monologue writing – but you’ve been so inspired by monologues that you just have to write one. “We can never take . . . your freedom!”
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Want to write dialogue to make Aaron Sorkin blush? Want to write dialogue to make Tarantino’s weird backward cap blow off? (Seriously, what is that thing?) Just follow the exercises below.
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You wanna be
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You’re about to embark on the fun part – the part when you turn all those scrappy notes, your research folder, and whatever else you have into actual scenes. That wall in your room