INTRODUCTION In our last two series about Making Great Film, we focused on the fundamentals of visual storytelling from how to use...

In Part I of this series, we explored how to write a story that connects with audiences (using Pixar's Wall-E as a model) and then in...

INTRODUCTION So in the last Blog series, we talked about suspense. This is the key emotion you need to get your audience hooked. But you...

Part of the Series: "ACTION!: How to Make Great Films and Actually Have Fun While Doing It" INTRODUCTION So in this post, we’re going to...

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I've seen Michael Showalter's The Big Sick twice and it was almost better the second time around. Why is that? It's rare that a film...

So watching the first 10 minutes of Baby Driver, I had this sinking feeling. Not because it was bad, but quite the opposite. Let me...

"Spider Man: Homecoming": Do We Really Need Another Spider Man? (Four out to five stars) So the answer to this question is... Maybe so....

"Character Objectives from Casablanca to Wonder Woman to Moonlight" (Part of "Best Tips for Script Writing" series) So in the last posts...

Using Character Relationships from Wizard of Oz to Star Wars (Part of the "Best tips for Script Writing" series) So when we think of...