The 15 Minute Movie Method

September 2013

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The Pacing of Older Movies

September 26, 2013
The other day I watched the second James Bond movie, “From Russia with Love.” The story isn’t bad but the pacing is much slower than...
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The Lesson From “Toy Story”

September 25, 2013
I heard an interesting interview with the original writers of “Toy Story.” The writers knew at the end that they wanted Woody, the hero, to...
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Anticipation and Uncertainty

September 23, 2013
How do you keep a story from slowing down and dragging? Watch a bad movie like “Grandmaster” and you’ll likely fall asleep. Watch a long...
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Comparing Flawed Movies to Good Ones

September 21, 2013
When you see a good movie, it can inspire you to achieve the same goal, but it can also intimidate you as a novice screenwriter....
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Books and Movies

September 20, 2013
Watch a movie based on a book and you can see the different changes the movie had to make to tell the same story as...
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Conflict and Mystery

September 19, 2013
How do you grab an audience’s attention and hold it? Show them conflict and mystery. Conflict implies a battle between two people while a mystery...
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Keep Raising the Stakes

September 16, 2013
What makes a movie drag is that nothing important seems to be going on, there’s no reason for anyone to do anything, and nothing seems...
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The Three Big Questions

September 14, 2013
As soon as possible in Act I, but definitely before Act I ends, you must pose three Big Questions: What is the villain trying to...
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Keep the Mystery Going

September 13, 2013
The beginning of your story should create a Big Question in the minds of your audience as they try to figure out what’s happening. Then...
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Remakes and Sequels

September 11, 2013
Hollywood’s obsessed with endless remakes and sequels because they want a “sure-thing” with a movie that makes a profit. Unfortunately even with remakes and sequels,...
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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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