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Structure Breakdowns: Whiplash

WHIPLASH, the Academy Award winning movie written and directed by Damien Chazelle is one of my favorites. A tense game of psychological…

4 min readSep 1, 2020

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Structure Breakdowns: Whiplash

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Structure Breakdown: La La Land

After Moonlight, the only movie we could look at next could be La La Land. When Director Damien Chazelle first pitched this idea around…

5 min readSep 29, 2020

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Structure Breakdown: La La Land

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Structure Breakdown: Moonlight

We’ve spent a lot of time talking about movies, dissecting movies and analyzing film structure to understand what makes a story work so…

6 min readSep 19, 2020

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Structure Breakdown: Captain Fantastic

Another independent gem from a few years ago is Captain Fantastic, which places absolute and unquestioned faith in its free-wheeling…

5 min readSep 17, 2020

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Structure Breakdown: Captain Fantastic

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Structure Breakdown: Manchester by the Sea

Kenneth Lonergan’s first writing/directing outing since 2011, Manchester by the Sea is a universal tale grief in which being your…

5 min readOct 1, 2020

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Structure Breakdown: Manchester by the Sea

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The Basic Three-Act Structure

In previous posts I’ve written about how I am in favor of the four act structure. However in the interest of presenting all the knowledge I…

3 min readMar 27, 2023

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The Basic Three-Act Structure

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Cause and Effect

Tell Your Story in the Right Order

5 min readMar 10, 2023

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Cause and Effect

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Processing Feedback

A.k.a. Don’t Lose Your Cool

8 min readMar 9, 2023

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Processing Feedback

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Pitching (Revisited)

Words to say to sell your script

4 min readMar 8, 2023

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Pitching (Revisited)

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Read Screenplays!

If you’re not reading screenplays, you’re not a screenwriter!

6 min readMar 7, 2023

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Read Screenplays!

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Script Genius

Film critic turned film schooler turned screenwriter turned free advice giver. Presenting thoughts on Screenwriting, Hollywood, and sometimes Social Marketing.

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