The 15 Minute Movie Method

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Create a Relationship Triangle

November 2, 2017
What really creates added tension and suspense isn’t more violence, sex, or special effects, but relationship triangles. This occurs when two people want something from...
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Structuring a Scene for Maximum Interest

October 28, 2017
Pick out every important scene in a good movie and there’s always an initial anticipation by one of the characters of what’s supposed to happen....
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The Main Character as the Mentor

October 25, 2017
In most stories, the main character is the hero who changes. However, in rare cases, the main character is actually the mentor who doesn’t change...
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Conflict Stems From the Hero’s Reluctance

October 22, 2017
In every good movie, the hero changes emotionally. That means the hero starts out in a dead end life and winds up in a better...
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The What and How of the Villain

October 19, 2017
The hero must battle a villain. Sometimes that villain can be a force of nature but in most cases, it’s best to have a human...
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Creating an Emotional Change

October 16, 2017
The best stories show the hero’s emotional change from a dead end life to a happier, more promising life because the hero changed. To create...
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Up the Stakes Halfway Through the Story

October 13, 2017
The way stories sometimes run out of steam is when nothing new happens once a problem appears. For example, in “Spiderman: Homecoming,” the problem isn’t...
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The Big Story (and the Main Story)

October 9, 2017
Every movie is about a big story and the main story. The big story is what you expect. In “Die Hard,” the big story is...
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Too Many Characters Dilute a Story

October 4, 2017
“The LEGO Movie” was a surprise hit and “The LEGO Batman Movie” was also a pleasant surprise. The latest LEGO themed movie is “The LEGO...
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Pornography vs. Romance

October 1, 2017
Watch a pornographic movie and you’ll see that the whole emphasis is on the physical act of sex, shot from multiple angles and engaging in...
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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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