The 15 Minute Movie Method

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Animation or Live?

December 18, 2016
Animated films have become popular recently because the cost of animation has gone down with the help of computers. In the old days, cartoons were...
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Dramatizing a Scene

December 15, 2016
At first glance, a scene might appear to do nothing more than move the story forward, yet if that’s all a scene does, it’s likely...
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Adding Drama to Novel Adaptations

December 12, 2016
If you haven’t read or seen “The Martian” or “Inferno,” you might want to stop reading right now to avoid spoiling the ending of the...
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Why Dan Brown Novels Make Mediocre Movies

December 9, 2016
When author Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code” became a best seller and cultural phenomenon, it made sense that a top notice director like Ron...
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Showing the Change in the Hero

December 6, 2016
Every story its about the hero changing to become a better person. The key is making sure the audience sees and understands that change as...
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The Element of Time

December 2, 2016
There are two extremes to time. In the 1995 movie “Nick of Time,” Johnny Depp plays a man who’s told to kill a state governor...
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The Flashback Opening Scene

November 30, 2016
One way to open a movie is to start with an intriguing scene where the hero is in desperate trouble. Then the rest of the...
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Why Do DC Comics Movies Suck (and Marvel Movies Do So Well?)

November 27, 2016
Most movies made from DC Comics characters get low ratings by critics while most movies made from Marvel Comics characters get high ratings by critics....
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How Not to Make an Action Film

November 24, 2016
Sometimes watching good movies can depress you because you wonder how you can achieve such a level of excellence. That’s why bad movies are important...
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The 15-Minute Structure

November 21, 2016
Every 15 minutes, notice that a movie subtly shifts goals while maintaining the overall goal. It’s easy to spot this 15 minute mini-story structure 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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