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Lessons from the Screenplay
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13:08Inglourious Basterds — The Elements of Suspense
2.81M viewsUses Inglourious Basterds' opening and tavern scenes to show how screenwriters build suspense through information and stakes.
8:07American Beauty (Part 1) — The Art of Character
976K viewsHow American Beauty's opening establishes character economically.
11:41Breaking Bad — Crafting a TV Pilot
1.36M viewsBreaks down how the Breaking Bad pilot sets up character, stakes and transformation.
13:23Get Out — A New Perspective in Horror
1.59M viewsHow Get Out's screenplay builds horror from perspective and setup/payoff.
7:07Gone Girl — Don't Underestimate the Screenwriter
3.35M viewsHow Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl script uses structure and unreliable narration.
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9:40Nightcrawler — Empathy for the Antihero
1.43M viewsHow Nightcrawler makes an unsympathetic antihero compelling on the page.
12:19No Country for Old Men — Don't Underestimate the Audience
2.66M viewsShows how No Country for Old Men trusts the audience, withholding information and subverting expectations.
12:51Telling a Story from the Inside Out
757K viewsBuilding story from a character's internal conflict outward.
9:47The Devil Wears Prada — The First 10 Pages
811K viewsHow the first ten pages of The Devil Wears Prada set up character, world and stakes.
10:16The Shining — Quietly Going Insane Together
1.71M viewsHow The Shining's script charts a family's descent through small, quiet changes.
13:24The Social Network — Sorkin, Structure, and Collaboration
1.85M viewsExamines the structure of The Social Network's screenplay and how Sorkin and Fincher collaborated.
9:18When Harry Met Sally — Breaking Genre Conventions
855K viewsHow When Harry Met Sally works within and against rom-com conventions.
16:37Whiplash vs. Black Swan — The Anatomy of the Obsessed Artist
6.67M viewsHow Whiplash and Black Swan construct the obsessed-artist character through parallel story structure.
13:35Arrival — Examining an Adaptation
1.14M viewsCompares Arrival with Ted Chiang's source story to show how adaptation choices are made.
13:43Parasite — The Power of Symbols
1.84M viewsHow Parasite uses recurring symbols and spatial metaphors to carry its themes.
10:45Ex Machina — The Control of Information
1.51M viewsHow Ex Machina's screenplay controls what the audience knows, and when, to shape tension.
12:53Good Will Hunting — The Psychology of Character
986K viewsUses Good Will Hunting to show how character psychology and backstory drive a screenplay.
11:00The Dark Knight — Creating the Ultimate Antagonist
5.78M viewsHow The Dark Knight builds the Joker as an antagonist who tests the protagonist's values.
13:37The Soul of Good Character Design
953K viewsWhat makes a character feel alive on the page: want, need, contradiction and change.
14:40A Few Good Men — Writing a Final Battle
336K viewsA 15-minute video from Lessons from the Screenplay's catalogue; the title names its topic.
12:09A Quiet Place — How to Write Sound into a Screenplay
406K viewsA 12-minute video from Lessons from the Screenplay's catalogue; the title names its topic.
18:50Adaptation.
220K viewsA 19-minute video from Lessons from the Screenplay's catalogue; the title names its topic.
13:06Aliens vs. Terminator 2 — How to Sequel like James Cameron
366K viewsA 13-minute video from Lessons from the Screenplay's catalogue; the title names its topic.
8:35American Beauty (Part 2) — The Missing 27 Pages
632K viewsA 9-minute video from Lessons from the Screenplay's catalogue; the title names its topic.
10:45Annihilation — The Art of Self-Destruction
689K viewsA 11-minute video from Lessons from the Screenplay's catalogue; the title names its topic.
12:44Black Mirror — Now Entering the Twilight Zone
819K viewsA 13-minute video from Lessons from the Screenplay's catalogue; the title names its topic.
9:16Black Panther — Creating an Empathetic Villain
604K viewsA 9-minute video from Lessons from the Screenplay's catalogue; the title names its topic.
10:06Blade Runner — Constructing a Future Noir
602K viewsA 10-minute video from Lessons from the Screenplay's catalogue; the title names its topic.
9:50Casino Royale — How Action Reveals Character
596K viewsA 10-minute video from Lessons from the Screenplay's catalogue; the title names its topic.
15:36Christopher Nolan vs. Interstellar — The Nolan Crosscut
397K viewsA 16-minute video from Lessons from the Screenplay's catalogue; the title names its topic.
11:30Collateral — The Midpoint Collision
670K viewsA 12-minute video from Lessons from the Screenplay's catalogue; the title names its topic.
11:09Game of Thrones — How to Evoke Emotion
1.02M viewsA 11-minute video from Lessons from the Screenplay's catalogue; the title names its topic.
9:47Groundhog Day — An Inescapable Premise
668K viewsA 10-minute video from Lessons from the Screenplay's catalogue; the title names its topic.
12:48Hidden Figures — The Power of Subplots
389K viewsA 13-minute video from Lessons from the Screenplay's catalogue; the title names its topic.
14:59How A Christmas Carol Perfectly Demonstrates Five-Act Structure
100K viewsA 15-minute video from Lessons from the Screenplay's catalogue; the title names its topic.
Books that go with these videos
- Story, Robert McKeeThe classic deep dive on story structure
- Save the Cat!, Blake SnyderThe popular, practical guide to story structure
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