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In this Film Courage video interview Script Doctor, Writing Coach, and Author Daniel Calvisi emphasizes the importance of a compelling narrative with a beginning, middle, and end. He affirms that storytelling remains paramount, as highlighted by filmmaker Steven Soderbergh’s insistence on the need for a story to elicit a hell yeah response. Dan also addresses common cliches in different genres, urging writers to infuse originality into familiar tropes. He advises against over-explaining in screenplays, emphasizing the show, don’t tell principle, and cautions against excessive length and reliance on voice-over narration to cover storytelling deficiencies…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
About:
DANIEL P. CALVISI is a Script Doctor, Writing Coach and the author of Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay and Story Maps: TV DRAMA: The Structure of the One-Hour Television Pilot. He is a former Story Analyst for major studios like Twentieth Century Fox, Miramax Films and New Line Cinema. He coaches writers, teaches webinars on writing for film and television and speaks at writing conferences. Many of his clients have worked with the top networks and studios in the industry, such as Netflix, HBO, Warner Brothers, Disney, Sony, ABC, Showtime, Apple TV+ and more. He holds a degree in Film and Television from New York University. He lives in Los Angeles.
MORE VIDEOS WITH DANIEL CALVISI
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