Genre: Of the ten genres that Blake Snyder outlines in Save the Cat! I have classified this as a Golden Fleece, the same as the first Narnia movie. The three distinguishing characteristics of the genre
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BEAT SHEET: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Genre: Of the ten genres that Blake Snyder outlines in Save the Cat! I have classified Prince Caspian as a Rite of Passage. The three distinguishing characteristics of the Rite of Passage genre are listed below.
Continue ReadingBEAT SHEET: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
In preparation for watching the new Narnia movie, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, I watched the previous two and analysed their structure according to the Save the Cat! beats. Here is the analysis of
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Once again, it’s another month between posts. In this one, I want to look at some classic opening/closing image comparisons. The opening image doesn’t necessarily mean the very first shot of a movie. What it
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So, it’s been a month since my last post – it has been an incredibly busy stretch of time working at school, in the real world, which has left little time for any screenwriting endeavours.
Continue ReadingBEAT SHEET: Inception
It is actually several weeks since I watched Inception, but things have been super busy at school, so I haven’t had a chance to complete the beat sheet until now. Hooray for school holidays!!! This
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I’m just watching The Natural on TV and was fascinated by the way they have created suspense in a number of scenes involving Robert Redford’s character. We, the audience, were witness to a pivotal moment
Continue ReadingAnatomy of Story
I finished John Truby’s Anatomy of Story yesterday. It is quite a different read than Save the Cat! but still a very informative and valuable read. It doesn’t have the same conversational style or Blake’s
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As a reward to myself for submitting my synopsis to the Marza Story Circus Competition, I ordered some screenwriting books off Amazon a couple of weeks ago. Well, they arrived today! I ordered Dr Stan D Williams’
Continue ReadingToy Story 3 and Act Structure
Not only does a closer examination of Toy Story 3 provide good insight into genre conventions, it is also a very good example of the act structure that Blake wrote about in Save the Cat! He
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