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Don’t Forget the Secondary Characters

April 19, 2020

There’s a New Zealand animated film called “Mosely,” which is about beasts of burden that are strong like horses but intelligent and able to talk...

Studying “The Hunt”

April 3, 2020

“The Hunt” is a horror satire where liberal elitists hunt and kill conservatives for sport. It was originally scheduled for autumn of last year but...

The Weakness of “Onward,” Pixar’s Latest Film

March 22, 2020

Pixar generally produces great movies such as “WALL-E,” “Up,” “Inside Out,” “The Incredibles,” and all the “Toy Story” movies. However, Pixar often produces flawed stories...

“Parasite” A South Korean Film

November 7, 2019

As a screenwriter, don’t limit yourself to watching only movies from your own country. For many Americans, that means only watching American movies but movies...

“The Kid Who Would Be King”

April 7, 2019

Watch great movies and you can learn how to craft compelling stories. Likewise, watch bad or mediocre movies and study why they don’t work. One...

Learning From Bad Movies

October 23, 2018

If you watch a great movie, you can be intimidated into thinking you can’t write something that good (you can). So to boost your confidence,...

“Mary Poppins” vs. “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”

February 6, 2018

Listen to the soundtracks to “Mary Poppins” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and you’ll notice something interesting. Although both soundtracks contain music written by the...

“Downsizing” – Bold Idea, Big Disappointment

January 16, 2018

“Downsizing” has one of the most original ideas for a story. The basic idea is that to avoid problems of overpopulation, a Norwegian scientist has...

What Went Wrong with “Blade Runner 2049”?

January 10, 2018

If you read the reviews of “Blade Runner 2049,” it should have been a great movie. The huge problem with this movie is that while...

Endless Exposition

November 21, 2017

DC Comics movies seem to have the same problem. Watch “Suicide Squad” or “Justice League” and you’ll notice that the movie starts off slowly and...

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.