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BIG NIGHT, TEMPLE OF DOOM, THE GODFATHER - November 23, 2022

EATING/DRINKING SCENES

One common tool in the screenwriting shed is the eating/drinking scene: the characters meet up for coffee in a café; they go out for a beer; they sit down for a family dinner; they make reservations at a swanky restaurant. But these scenes can present a challenge. At core, they are inherently uncinematic. We have a scene in which two (or more) characters sit at a table. We get medium close shots of their talking heads. We do a shot/reverse-shot as they go back and forth, talk-talk-talking. Simply put, it’s a flat thing to watch. And eating/drinking scenes off the...

The Saga

My wife and I recently went back and watched the Lord of The Rings movies, and on my own I went back and watched The Hobbit(s) once we had finished the original trilogy (remember Hobbit was made after LOTR). It made me hyper aware of the epic scope that all Saga’s embody, and how powerful the world-building in those stories are. Other examples include: The Matrix, The Hunger Games, Game of Thrones, Star Wars, The Godfather, Harry Potter, Narnia, Indiana Jones, and Pirates of the Caribbean… In this article, I want to breakdown what those movies have in common, what...

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