2008 March | The Story Department

Structure: Michael Clayton

A structural overview of Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy, 2007) in 8 Sequences. When I watched the film during its...

posted on: Mar 25, 2008 | author: Karel Segers

Question: Can you abbreviate “Mister” into “Mr.” in a film script? Answer: Abbreviations are...

posted on: Mar 24, 2008 | author: Karel Segers

Question: Is it possible for the Inciting Incident to happen in backstory? Answer: Technically,...

posted on: Mar 24, 2008 | author: Karel Segers

Question: When McKee talks about the conscious desire being a contradiction of the unconscious desire, would you...

posted on: Mar 24, 2008 | author: Karel Segers

RATATOUILLE has 1 (one) deleted scene. It is a long, uninterrupted travel from a wide establishing shot of the Paris...

posted on: Mar 20, 2008 | author: Karel Segers

MICHAEL HAUGE is a story consultant, author and lecturer who works with writers and filmmakers on their screenplays,...

posted on: Mar 20, 2008 | author: Karel Segers

This is the first in a series of structural overviews of popular films. Identifying the main story turns in a film is...

posted on: Mar 11, 2008 | author: Karel Segers

“A strong inciting incident is an event that happens to the protagonist, never an action by the...

posted on: Mar 7, 2008 | author: Karel Segers