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15 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit
I still have Inception on the brain, no surprise. It's never too long between viewings or the mental revisit. Such a well made film. (image source) You could do a 60 hour discussion on just this movie, but one specifically well done technique that is...
12 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit
These are my own personal, current story structure theories. I do not claim them as the intentions of the filmmakers. Cheers :-) Close Encounters is a classic.Written and directed by Steven Spielberg. There were four uncredited writers: Hal Barwood,...
11 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit
Cheers to Raiders on so many levels. So clean in story, in shot choice, in character, tone, and dramatic tension. Spielberg (director), Lawrence Kasdan (script), George Lucas (story), and Philip Kaufman (story) all crush here. Raiders of the Lost Ark...
11 Nov 2020 3 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit
Jaws is awesome. No one really needs to say that again. I've analyzed this film before in ways: the end of Act 2, the overall structure there, etcetera. This week I wanted to look deeper, or maybe just allow myself to soak it in a little more calmly...
10 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit
To me, No Country for Old Men is one of the most impressive films ever made. I remember sitting in the theater when it ended. You could hear the audience clearly express love and hate. It was fascinating. Just let this film be what it is. A statemen...
9 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit
Inception is top notch entertainment. Great imagery, energy, mystery, excitement. Chris Nolan is a modern master, in my opinion. Inception Trailer:https://youtube.com/watch?v=YoHD9XEInc0 Inception IMDb:https://imdb.com/title/tt1375666/ There is much...
8 Nov 2020 1 minute read 4 comments Lion Suit
What kicks off the story?What lights the fuse? The Inciting Incident is the event that moves our story from normal life into setting up our core conflict, our core dramatic tension, our core story question. Toy Story -- The core question revolves ar...
31 Oct 2020 4 minute read 2 comments J.ArthurBoyd
As an indie film maker one of the most difficult and heartbreaking things I have to do is to give up on a project. On one hand it feels like a huge personal loss, but on the other hand it's more than just that. An idea turns into a plan, which is tak...
31 Oct 2020 2 minute read 0 comments J.ArthurBoyd
I consider myself a creative person... yet I often find myself completely unable to be creative. This is the existential problem with the human mind - it's so full of contradictions that it's sometimes hard to even make sense of ourselves. But then a...
21 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Hephaistos
One evening, I wanted to watch a movie to relieve my boredom and I came across this movie. When I heard the words virus and quarantine at the beginning of the movie, I said myself, what a movie I chose that fits with the meaning of the year. SourceI...
