Watched Toy Story 3 last night. WOW! Just shows you what happens when you nail the story BEFORE production. This, to me, is the secret of Pixar’s success. Because they make animations, they absolutely, positively
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Story Structure and Formula One
So, Mark Webber won the British Grand Prix the other day – despite having to give up part of his car to teammate Sebastian Vettel. The drama of the F1 circuit. Wait a minute! Drama.
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I just checked my email and saw this competition announced on the Raindance newsletter. Looks pretty cool, and it doesn’t require a complete script, just a synopsis of your story. If you’ve got an idea
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What does a story lose if the Debate beat is not handled properly, or if it is absent completely? To answer that question I will firstly describe what the Debate beat is, for those who
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My beautiful wife just bought me Save the Cat! Strikes Back, the last of Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat! trilogy, and it got me to thinking about the whole structure ‘argument’ again. Surely it can’t be that
Continue ReadingBEAT SHEET: Robin Hood (2010)
Spoiler Alert: The following is an analysis of the movie Robin Hood and deals with most of the events of the movie. Consider the whole article a spoiler. Robin Hood (2010) Directed by Ridley ScottWritten
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