The 15 Minute Movie Method

November 2016

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The Flashback Opening Scene

November 30, 2016
One way to open a movie is to start with an intriguing scene where the hero is in desperate trouble. Then the rest of the...
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Why Do DC Comics Movies Suck (and Marvel Movies Do So Well?)

November 27, 2016
Most movies made from DC Comics characters get low ratings by critics while most movies made from Marvel Comics characters get high ratings by critics....
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How Not to Make an Action Film

November 24, 2016
Sometimes watching good movies can depress you because you wonder how you can achieve such a level of excellence. That’s why bad movies are important...
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The 15-Minute Structure

November 21, 2016
Every 15 minutes, notice that a movie subtly shifts goals while maintaining the overall goal. It’s easy to spot this 15 minute mini-story structure in...
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It’s Never the Plot

November 17, 2016
Many people try to come up with a great story. While a high-concept idea can attract attention, a great screenplay is more than a plot....
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Two Stories in One

November 14, 2016
Your story is never about one plot but two or more. One story creates a dull, one-dimensional movie. Two or more stories create a fully...
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Making a Scene Interesting

November 11, 2016
There’s a tendency for novice screenwriters to write lots of dull, filler scenes that simply move the plot forward and do nothing else. This is...
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Structure in “Spotlight”

November 8, 2016
Study “Spotlight,” which won Best Picture in 2015. This film is a perfect example of a well-structured screenplay where every character changes somehow in the...
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Two Halves of a Story

November 5, 2016
Study any movie and you’ll find that it easily divides itself into two halves. In the first half, roughly 60 minutes in a two hour...
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Final Draft 10

November 2, 2016
If you want to write a screenplay, you don’t want to waste your time customizing an ordinary word processor like Microsoft Word or Pages. While...
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About Wallace Wang

First place winner in Scriptapalooza’s 2023 screenwriting competition for the supernatural horror screenplay titled “Nightmares From a Past Life”. Author of “The 15 Minute Movie Method”, “Story Starter”, and “Writing Scenes for Screenplays” in addition to over 50 computer books. Writer of “Three of a Kind”, a situation comedy produced by San Diego State University’s film class that won a student Emmy award. Designer of the board game “Orbit War”, published by Steve Jackson Games, that simulates satellite warfare in the near future.

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