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21 Ways To Structure A Screenplay [WRITING MASTERCLASS]

Shannan E. Johnson: Even if you don’t understand story structure you feel it. 

Michael Hauge: This is the foundation of how you create that emotional experience for the audience or for the readers. 

Alan Watt: Your protagonist goes through a series of experiences that lead to a transformation.

Eric Edson: Everything in the story must keep changing. 

Jill Chamberlain: Point of no return is the one moment that’s external to the character.

Adam Skelter: Which is a very specific thing that happens once in the screenplay. 

Daniel Stamm: The clock isn’t ticking quite as fast yet. 

Paul Gulino: It has four 15-minute scripts that each one builds on the last. 

Naomi Beaty: That’s one of the things that confuses people when they’re trying to learn about the 15 beats. 

Gary Goldstein: You’re writing a 120-page script or it’s…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).

 

1) 0:00 – Intro 

2) 1:44 – 3 Act Story Structure 

3) 3:07 – 4 Act Story Structure 

4) 7:16 – 4 Archetypes 

5) 10:28 – B.M.O.C. 

6) 16:26 – Michael Hauge’s Six-Stage Plot Structure 

7) 21:28 – 7 Act Story Structure 

8) 29:14 – 7 Step Story Process 

9) 36:45 – Jill Chamberlain’s The Nutshell Technique 

10) 45:45 – 8 Sequence Approach 

11) 53:47 – Jule Selbo’s 11 Step Structure 

12) 57:08 – 12 Sequences 

13) 1:01:11 – 12 Beats 

14) 1:05:35 – Story Maps 

15) 1:09:51 – Save The Cat 

16) 1:23:41 – The Hero’s Journey 

17) 1:27:29 – Daniel Stamm’s Overview Of Classic Story Structure 

18) 1:34:20 – Eric Edson’s Story Solution – 23 Actions All Great Heroes Must Take 

19) 1:40:25 – Sequence Proposition Plot 

20) 1:50:38 – Story Structure In 3 Words 

21) 1:55:04 – Television Structure 

22) 2:09:41 – Short Film Structure

 


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