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What Isn’t Seen

April 17, 2012

What you see in a movie isn’t what was written. In fact, movies often cut out scenes that were written and filmed, but later deemed...

The Classic Three Act Structure

April 11, 2012

Every movie tells a story and every story follows a basic structure known as the three Act structure. By understanding this basic structure, you can...

Telling vs. Showing

April 3, 2012

A movie tells a story visually. Where many movies fail is when they forget this basic idea and rely too much on telling rather than...

Everything Must be Interesting

March 30, 2012

What makes a movie suck? Look back at the movies you disliked and at some point the movie lost your interest. Here are some of...

Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen

March 26, 2012

‘There’s an old saying that too many ccooks in the kitchen spoil the broth. Essentially this means if too many people try to create soemthing,...

Nowhere to Go But Up

March 21, 2012

Every story begins with the hero in less than ideal circumstances. Think of fairy tales where Hansel and Gretel are in a home where the...

What Happens Next?

March 17, 2012

To keep your audience on the edge of their seats, give them a cliff-hanger — literally. Early movies were called cliff hangers because each segment...

Learn From the Worst

March 15, 2012

Everyone says that you should watch good movies to see how it’s done. I say you should also watch crappy movies to see what to...

Stories Are All About Solving Problems

March 9, 2012

What makes a bad movie? How about the lack of problems for the hero to solve? When most people think about their favorite movies, they...

The Hero Must Be a Leader

March 3, 2012

Everybody follows a leader. Nobody follows a couch potato. If you want an audience to follow your story, make your hero into a leader, not...

The 15 Minute Movie Method