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Question:
Does a story always have to show a change in the main character even if that main character is the antagonist rather than the protagonist? In other words if the story is about the antagonist’s journey and it is a journey we want them to fail at, can the story end with the antagonist still having their same strong views which led to the entire story? Can the change be something that happens to the antagonist to change their life and make it worse rather than their internal change as needs to happen with the protagonist?
Answer:
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Question:
When McKee talks about the conscious desire being a contradiction of the unconscious desire, would you relate this to the mid act 2 reversal / change in approach? Or would this be true from the very start of the story, script or life of the protagonist?
Answer:
Let’s start with quoting exactly what it is that McKee says: “The PROTAGONIST may also have a [...]
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Question:
Is it possible for the Inciting Incident to happen in backstory?
Answer:
Technically, ‘backstory’ is not in the movie. It is the history of your characters before the time the story starts. Because we need to [...]
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Question:
Can you abbreviate “Mister” into “Mr.” in a film script?
Answer:
Abbreviations are allowed in character headings (names) and Action, but not [...]
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