May 20
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May 20
4 comments
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Again, so many juicy kernels of inspiration and craft work. I will use all of them but this one landed hard in my heart:
Tactic: Draw from your experiences and observations to create authentic, relatable moments in your story. These genuine touches can help your audience connect more deeply with your narrative. Tell your truth and hope the world feels your honesty.
This makes so much sense in regards to films that won Academy Awards like the Brutalist for example. It didn’t follow conventional standards (three-act arc), definitely the first ten pages didn’t pull me in and as a viewer I don’t understand how it won three awards but I see it as being non-linear and heavily emotional where the viewers who decided it was academy worthy possibly felt that it was different and broke the usual rules of screenwriting.
Thanks for this insight!
Correction – Sound of Music with Maria. Same lady … in a different wig.
I found myself reading paragraphs over and over to imprint it in my mind. Our culture invented jazz and it seems like screenwriting can be an extension of that creative energy. Like how John Coltrane took the Disney song, MY FAVORITE THINGS, from a kid’s movie and made it one of the greatest instrumentals ever made. His energy and emotion is fused into it so strongly, the listener forgets Mary Poppins had anything to do with it. I’ll use these ideas to improve old scripts and outline for future projects. Thanks David