Takeshi Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 The 22 rules of storytelling, according to Pixar #1: You admire a character for trying more than for their successes.#2: You gotta keep in mind what's interesting to you as an audience, not what's fun to do as a writer. They can be v. different.#3: Trying for theme is important, but you won't see what the story is actually about til you're at the end of it. Now rewrite.#4: Once upon a time there was ___. Every day, ___. One day ___. Because of that, ___. Because of that, ___. Until finally ___.#5: Simplify. Focus. Combine characters. Hop over detours. You'll feel like you're losing valuable stuff but it sets you free.#6: What is your character good at, comfortable with? Throw the polar opposite at them. Challenge them. How do they deal?#7: Come up with your ending before you figure out your middle. Seriously. Endings are hard, get yours working up front.#8: Finish your story, let go even if it's not perfect. In an ideal world you have both, but move on. Do better next time.#9: When you're stuck, make a list of what WOULDN'T happen next. Lots of times the material to get you unstuck will show up.#10: Pull apart the stories you like. What you like in them is a part of you; you've got to recognize it before you can use it.#11: Putting it on paper lets you start fixing it. If it stays in your head, a perfect idea, you'll never share it with anyone.#12: Discount the 1st thing that comes to mind. And the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th – get the obvious out of the way. Surprise yourself.#13: Give your characters opinions. Passive/malleable might seem likable to you as you write, but it's poison to the audience.#14: Why must you tell THIS story? What's the belief burning within you that your story feeds off of? That's the heart of it.#15: If you were your character, in this situation, how would you feel? Honesty lends credibility to unbelievable situations.#16: What are the stakes? Give us reason to root for the character. What happens if they don't succeed? Stack the odds against.#17: No work is ever wasted. If it's not working, let go and move on - it'll come back around to be useful later.#18: You have to know yourself: the difference between doing your best & fussing. Story is testing, not refining.#19: Coincidences to get characters into trouble are great; coincidences to get them out of it are cheating.#20: Exercise: take the building blocks of a movie you dislike. How d'you rearrange them into what you DO like?#21: You gotta identify with your situation/characters, can't just write ‘cool'. What would make YOU act that way?#22: What's the essence of your story? Most economical telling of it? If you know that, you can build out from there. Link to comment
Hippie Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 jaoooo, ja ne znam de chu ovo :wub:Ryan Gosling kad je imao 10 :wub: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJQvXCoNDzM Link to comment
Sludge Factory Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Dzek Nikolson s pocetka karijere! Link to comment
dunja Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 gosling - kakav talenat, jbt :lol:fala hipi za vidio! Link to comment
Indy Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Specijalno za Aleksiju :P Steve Buscemi’s Top 10 Link to comment
Aleksija Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 :Dnisam gledala podosta filmova sa liste, pa mi samim tim deluje pretenciozno btw, indi, presao si preko buscemija, a ranije i preko seinfelda, ti si jedan izuzetno tolerantan covek.a tek sinoc sam pogledala i melancholiu i svideo mi se - zatvorice me vlasti u neki odeljak za leprozne, jos samo ne znam da li na filmu ili na serijama. Link to comment
Sludge Factory Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZswrVALi2Mhttp://cinephilearchive.tumblr.com/post/26906417461/john-milius-master-of-flash-the-weekly-news-los Link to comment
Sludge Factory Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Once upon a Time in CannesBy Martin ScorseseWhen Sergio Leone made Once upon a Time in America, it was an event. Here was the man who had invented the spaghetti Western, coming to New York to make a Jewish gangster epic. Everybody, including my friends Bob De Niro and Joe Pesci, was in it; everybody in New York was working on it. We all knew it would be unlike anything we’d ever seen.The version released in the summer of 1984 pleased no one, Leone least of all. The much longer cut that came out later that year restored his extraordinary Proustian structure, but it was missing 40 minutes that Leone felt to be crucial to his grand, 20th-century canvas.Recently, with the help of the Leone family, 25 minutes of material was found, including an extended excerpt from Antony and Cleopatra, featuring Elizabeth McGovern, and a long-rumored exchange between De Niro and Louise Fletcher. These scenes and others have now been re-inserted into the picture, and the restoration—a collaboration involving the Cineteca di Bologna, L’Immagine Ritrovata, and the Film Foundation, with funding from Gucci—is nearly complete.A great film just became that much greater. Link to comment
scab Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 'Grand Budapest Hotel': Johnny Depp Officially Up For Next Wes Anderson FilmWhat was rumored seven days ago is now fact: Deadline.com has confirmed that Johnny Depp will star in Wes Anderson's next film. The news was first reported by the film website Twitch.Called "The Grand Budapest Hotel," Anderson's next will go into production soon. Link to comment
ToniAdams Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxPDbBv5PGA&feature=player_embedded Link to comment
Indy Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn7UNU9r51I Link to comment
Sludge Factory Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z2eImAA2MYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdzBcpr1A4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfguA5i_ehs Link to comment
Sludge Factory Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U00AEDLLzu4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAUx4cCmuKshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wg-WVSpINg Link to comment
Jolly Roger Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVvIUMUDtjAMeditacija. Master of the Skies and Stars: Tom Lowe and his new film TIMESCAPESTom Lowe, Astronomy Photographer of the Year Link to comment
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