The 15 Minute Movie Method

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Exposition Through Discovery

April 15, 2016
There’s an interesting movie called “Hardcore Henry,” where the camera only shows you the viewpoint of the hero. While this gimmick is interesting for an...
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What’s Wrong with “The 5th Wave”

April 12, 2016
You can learn anything by watching something done right and studying the exact same thing done wrong. So besides watching good movies to inspire you,...
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Presenting Exposition in an Interesting Manner

April 9, 2016
Exposition is necessary to set up a story. In mediocre movies like “Batman vs. Superman,” they simply skip most exposition and assume you know the...
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Blaming All the Wrong Problems

April 6, 2016
Business Insider has an article about why the latest “Batman vs. Superman” movie faltered. Beyond getting negative critical reviews, the movie has also lost much...
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Make Character Introductions Interesting

April 2, 2016
There’s a saying that you never get a second chance to make a first impression. With that in mind, what kind of impression do your...
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Batman vs. Superman

March 30, 2016
If you’ve been following the reviews of the “Batman vs. Superman” movie, you’ll know that it hasn’t been well received by the critics. If you...
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Peel Back the Mystery

March 26, 2016
To keep your story interesting, create a mystery and then gradually reveal that mystery. In Act I, you introduce that mystery. In Act IIa you...
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Keep Trying to Succeed

March 23, 2016
This blog post title (Keep Trying to Succeed) can apply both to your own dreams of writing and selling a screenplay as well as the...
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Verbal Jousting

March 20, 2016
In the old days, knights would compete by jousting. That would involve charging at each other on horseback with a lance with the intent of...
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Keep Your Story’s Promise Four Times

March 17, 2016
Every movie consists of four Acts. In a 120-minute movie, each Act is 30 minutes. Within each Act, you absolutely must keep your story’s promise...
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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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