Turn, Turn, Turn

Structure is the ribcage, character is the muscle, but CGI is just a nice looking T-shirt. Use the T-shirt to show off your natural assets - people only really care about what’s underneath.

NOTES: 8 7/15/10, 12:32pm SHORT URL: http://tmblr.co/ZPK-FymaWnD FILED UNDER: #Structure #plot #character #body #metaphor #cgi #effects #computers #special effects

You can hit certain beats twice - the big reveal to the audience and the big reveal to a character. It’s a good way to build tension in the gap between the two.

7/13/10, 11:47am SHORT URL: http://tmblr.co/ZPK-Fym2umf FILED UNDER: #Tension #reveals #events #beats #character #structure #plot

The Dark Knight - it’s a film that ends with Joker hanging upside down, then the first act of the next film, with ‘Batman runs away from cops’ as the act one turn.

7/8/10, 11:03pm SHORT URL: http://tmblr.co/ZPK-FykvDko FILED UNDER: #batman #dark knight #structure #acts #long films

The first turning point. The moment you're in.

Honey Bunny:
I love you, Pumpkin.
Pumpkin:
I love you, Honey Bunny.
Pumpkin:
(Stands, pulls a gun) All right, everybody be cool, this is a robbery!
Honey Bunny:
Any of you fucking pricks move and I'll execute every motherfucking last one of ya!

6/28/10, 11:26pm SHORT URL: http://tmblr.co/ZPK-FyiY8W9 FILED UNDER: #turning point #pulp fiction #dialogue #structure #hook

In ‘The Prestige’, the 3-act structure of a magic trick is completely made up. If you say it with authority, an audience will buy into anything.

6/27/10, 5:56pm SHORT URL: http://tmblr.co/ZPK-FyiGCvo FILED UNDER: #research #structure #prestige

Overplanning often leads to an excellent second half with fantastic payoffs, but nobody gets there because the first half is shit.

6/26/10, 12:15pm SHORT URL: http://tmblr.co/ZPK-Fyh-MSw FILED UNDER: #planning #development #structure #first ten #beginnings #first act