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Lessons from the Screenplay

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The Anatomy of Genres — A Conversation with John Truby | @BeyondTheScreenplay

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Why Mass Effect Should Be the Next Game of Thrones

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How Good Filmmaking Brings a Script to Life

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The Soul of Good Character Design

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How A Christmas Carol Perfectly Demonstrates Five-Act Structure

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A Few Good Men — Writing a Final Battle

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I started a second channel! Check out @StoryModeOn

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How Coraline Borrows from Ancient Forms of Storytelling

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How Stranger Things Conveys Tone and Style

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Christopher Nolan vs. Interstellar — The Nolan Crosscut

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The Rules (Guidelines) of Adventure — The Pirates of the Caribbean

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One X-Cellent Scene — Attack on Division X

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Mad Men — Layers of Meaning

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Jaws — Assembling a Top-Tier Team (feat. @TierZoo)

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Iron Man vs. Captain America — The 11-Year Character Arc

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Parasite vs. Sunset Boulevard — The Disillusionment Arc

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Parasite — The Power of Symbols

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Casino Royale — How Action Reveals Character

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The Last of Us (feat. Writer & Creative Director Neil Druckmann) | @StoryModeOn

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Aliens vs. Terminator 2 — How to Sequel like James Cameron

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The Matrix — Exposition in Action

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The Hidden Structure of Before Sunset

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Minority Report — When the Story World Becomes The Villain

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One Marvelous Scene — Spider-Man: Homecoming

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Adaptation.

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The Silence of the Lambs — Dissecting a Scene

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Searching — Reformatting a Thriller

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Groundhog Day — An Inescapable Premise

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Annihilation — The Art of Self-Destruction

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Good Will Hunting — The Psychology of Character

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The Devil Wears Prada — The First 10 Pages

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Shaun of the Dead — Why Comedy Needs Character

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A Quiet Place — How to Write Sound into a Screenplay

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No Country for Old Men — Don't Underestimate the Audience

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Mission: Impossible — Executing the Perfect Heist

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Black Panther — Creating an Empathetic Villain

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Jurassic Park — Using Theme to Craft Character

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The Last Jedi — Forcing Change

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Collateral — The Midpoint Collision

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Black Mirror — Now Entering the Twilight Zone

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Get Out — A New Perspective in Horror

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — Breaking Convention

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The Avengers — Defining an Act

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Hidden Figures — The Power of Subplots

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Logan vs. Children of Men — The End is in the Beginning

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Blade Runner — Constructing a Future Noir

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Memento — Telling a Story In Reverse

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Game of Thrones — How to Evoke Emotion

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Telling a Story from the Inside Out

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True Detective vs. Se7en — Creating Light Amongst The Dark

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Arrival — Examining an Adaptation

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Rogue One vs. The Force Awakens — The Fault in Our Star Wars

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Breaking Bad — Crafting a TV Pilot

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Inglourious Basterds — The Elements of Suspense

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When Harry Met Sally — Breaking Genre Conventions

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The Social Network — Sorkin, Structure, and Collaboration

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Ex Machina — The Control of Information

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Lessons From The Screenplay Live Stream

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Whiplash vs. Black Swan — The Anatomy of the Obsessed Artist

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The Shining — Quietly Going Insane Together

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Moonrise Kingdom — Where Story Meets Style

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Nightcrawler — Empathy for the Antihero

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The Dark Knight — Creating the Ultimate Antagonist

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American Beauty (Part 2) — The Missing 27 Pages

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American Beauty (Part 1) — The Art of Character

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How Ghostbusters Became Ghostbusters

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Independence Day — What Makes it So Great

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Gone Girl — Don't Underestimate the Screenwriter