Tag Archives: drama
Why Care About the Hero?
I originally entitled this post: The Best Fight Scene Ever. Part Deux. But then I realized that this article is just as much about how movies make us actually care about the hero as opposed to just watch them go around and do things without any emotional involvement. Note: There are a few plot spoilers […]
Writing, Directing, & Acting in my 1st short film of 2012: Quite the Juggling Act!!
I forgot to mention producing…..urgggh…it is all enjoyable, but it is work! And somebody has to do it! I found myself running around for the last 24 hours straight before my first short film shoot of the year, making sure everything was in place. And even then Murphy reared his ugly head! Antonio Nunes, son […]
Woo’s A Better Tomorrow, the Action Genre’s Seminal Film
Watched “A Better Tomorrow” — Sam Raimi says John Woo is the master of the action genre just as Hitchcock is the master of suspense.¹ So Woo’s films are a required text for anyone intending to make action films. Here’s what I loved about A Better Tomorrow and what I think separates Woo from the […]
Character vs Plot: The Chicken or the Egg?
I’ve recently been reading Aristotle’s Poetics, which is considered, along with Lajos Egri’s The Art of Dramatic Writing, the foundation of modern screenplay writing (and dramatic writing in general). The interesting thing about these two books is that on the surface they appear to contradict each other. Aristotle insists that Plot is most important, and […]
