The 15 Minute Movie Method

May 2014

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Why Movies Drag

May 31, 2014
Sometimes you can watch a three hour movie and by the time it ends, you don’t even realize how much time has passed. Other times...
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Phrasing Your Theme as a Question

May 24, 2014
Movies without a theme tend to be directionless and short-sighted where every scene tries to do something, but without the unifying goal of a theme,...
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Studying the Seriousness Behind Comedies

May 22, 2014
Comedies are often dismissed as less than serious stories, but if you look beyond the laughs, comedies typically contain serious stories. In “The 40-Year Old...
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The Deadlines in “Gravity”

May 20, 2014
“Gravity” is a visually stunning picture but from a story perspective, it focuses mostly on external threats. By studying “Gravity,” you can see how external...
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Something Happens

May 17, 2014
Stories are never direct. In a romantic comedy, boy meets girl, but it never ends that way. Instead the basic formula is boy meets girl,...
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The Three I’s of Comedy

May 16, 2014
The book “Writing the Comedy Blockbuster” lists three I’s that are important in a comedy. The first I is Inappropriate Goals. When your hero starts...
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The Seriousness of Comedy

May 10, 2014
Even the Academy Awards dismiss comedies as frivolous entertainment, yet the best comedies often have an important point to make. In “American Pie,” the story...
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Every Scene is Conflict

May 9, 2014
What makes any story interesting is conflict. Put a bunch of characters in a room and have them agree makes for a boring story. If...
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Lessons From Soap Operas

May 6, 2014
If you’ve ever gotten hooked on a soap opera, you know how they can hold your attention for weeks, months, or even years. There are...
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Analyzing “Argo”

May 2, 2014
“Argo” is a fictionalized version of real events that took place when the Canadian embassy helped six Americans escape during the Iranian revolution. The actual events...
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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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