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Every good story is really about emotional change. Forget about all the special effects and action. Without an underlying...

In a bad movie, things seem to happen for no apparent reason. When the reason behind the plot doesn’t...

There are two zombie movies that make fun of a potential zombie apocalypse: “Shaun of the Dead” and “Anna...

Musicals tell a story through song, but the songs they sing are no different than ordinary dialogue in a...

The reason people watch movies like “Star Wars” or “Titanic” over and over again isn’t because they want to...

Right from the start, you have to define what your hero wants. Then in the end, you have to...

Every movie follows a specific genre. In most cases, a movie actually follows two genres where one genre defines...

Musicals tells story through song. In good musicals, just by listening to each song, you can understand what the...

Every scene in a screenplay must have a purpose. To make a scene interesting, it must advance the story...

“Mary Poppins Returns” is nowhere near the classic that the original “Mary Poppins” was, but it strives mightily anyway....

In Act I, which represents the first 30 minutes of a typical 120-minute screenplay, the hero is stuck in...