Re: How can screenwriters control pace? Any thoughts on unintentional slowness?
These analogies do work though, we are talking about rules, and learning by watching.... Not being able to do, by watching.
because no I can't go play for the NFL just because I watch a lot of football, and no I can't sing just because I Hear a lot of songs, but by watching I can learn the rules of football, without the NFL playbook, and I can learn the basic structure of songs, without knowing a lick of music reading....
Now if I don't wanna watch all these football games (read all these screenplays) then yeah, I CAN still learn the process by reading that NFL Rule/playbook/Save The Cat ect...
No, you don't need to follow any formula,
McDonald's does not need to make their sandwiches BREAD, CHEESE, MEAT, BREAD... They can make it MEAT BREAD MEAT...
But if you are going to ahead and NOT follow proven methods, then that Sandwich better be some amazing muthafvcking sandwich... It better be better than a regular Sandwich.. Your script better be better than that regular script.
Once I know the basics, then again I can break all these rules, but that Bread cheese meat bread format is there because it works, so if I wanna think outside the bun, I better be inventing something great, like a mvtha****ing TACO.
Originally posted by TheConnorNoden
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because no I can't go play for the NFL just because I watch a lot of football, and no I can't sing just because I Hear a lot of songs, but by watching I can learn the rules of football, without the NFL playbook, and I can learn the basic structure of songs, without knowing a lick of music reading....
Now if I don't wanna watch all these football games (read all these screenplays) then yeah, I CAN still learn the process by reading that NFL Rule/playbook/Save The Cat ect...
No, you don't need to follow any formula,
McDonald's does not need to make their sandwiches BREAD, CHEESE, MEAT, BREAD... They can make it MEAT BREAD MEAT...
But if you are going to ahead and NOT follow proven methods, then that Sandwich better be some amazing muthafvcking sandwich... It better be better than a regular Sandwich.. Your script better be better than that regular script.
Once I know the basics, then again I can break all these rules, but that Bread cheese meat bread format is there because it works, so if I wanna think outside the bun, I better be inventing something great, like a mvtha****ing TACO.
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