The 15 Minute Movie Method

April 2017

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Don’t Forget the Backstory

April 28, 2017
Backstory is what happened to your main characters before your story even begins. Since backstory is rarely shown, it’s often ignored. Unfortunately if you ignore...
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In the Beginning

April 25, 2017
In the beginning of every story, the audience must know what the hero wants. Typically in the first fifteen minutes we learn what the hero...
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Go For the Emotional Impact

April 22, 2017
What makes a film like “Titanic” or “La La Land” so popular? It’s the emotional impact each story leaves yo with at the end. When...
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Change Your Hero in Each Act

April 19, 2017
The best part about any story is when the hero changes into a better person. To highlight that change, make sure the hero changes in...
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Twist Expectations in Two Parts

April 16, 2017
In nearly every story that contains a single, dominant villain, there’s a twist in the story. In the first half of the tory, the audience...
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How Every Scene Should End

April 13, 2017
Think of a row of dominoes set up on a table. Tip one over and the rest fall over one after another. That’s exactly how...
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Set the Tone Early

April 10, 2017
The opening scene should summarize the story in a nutshell, although initially we may not understand what’s going on. The opening scene in “Rocky” shows...
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Learning From Bad Movies like “Ghost in the Shell”

April 7, 2017
When you watch a great movie, it can inspire you or make you feel inferior because you might think you could never do anything so...
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Defining the Mentor

April 4, 2017
Three of the most important characters in any story are the hero, the villain, and the mentor. Fortunately, once you know one of these characters,...
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How to End a Scene

April 1, 2017
What makes a dull story? When things are predictable. What makes an exciting story? When things are not only unpredictable, but logical as well. The...
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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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