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All Stories Are About Emotional Change

May 15, 2016

Watch a bad movie and one glaring problem is that most of the main characters don’t change emotionally. They often don’t have an emotional goal...

Studying Genres

May 12, 2016

There’s a reason why most stories fall into specific types of genres. That’s because they emphasize a certain emotion that people want to experience such...

Everything Changes

May 9, 2016

The basis for any story is change. At the very least, the hero must change and become someone better (or worse as in tragedies) than...

One Clear Goal

May 6, 2016

In every story, either the hero or the villain needs a clear goal to pursue from beginning to end. Without a clear goal, a story...

Make the Ending Spectacular

May 3, 2016

The last thing anyone remembers from most movies is the ending. That’s why the ending is always the most spectacular battle possible. The ending needs...

Give Every Character Conflict and a Goal

April 30, 2016

It’s easy to see the problems of a bad movie like “Gods of Egypt.” Just look at the motivation of the main characters. If only...

Make the Motivation Emotional

April 27, 2016

What makes a bad movie is when characters behave in ways that don’t make sense. A meek character suddenly becomes good with a gun, a...

One Goal, One Problem

April 24, 2016

It’s easy to make a bad movie. All you need to do is bombard the audience with multiple stories. conversely, the best way to make...

Setups Are Critical

April 21, 2016

One huge difference between a good movie and a bad one is that a good movie properly sets up story elements while bad movies do...

Making the Story Clear

April 18, 2016

There’s nothing more confusing and boring than a story that seems to have no purpose or point. When you don’t know what’s going on, you...

The 15 Minute Movie Method