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Film Courage: What is the All Is Lost moment?
Steve Harper, Screenwriter/Writing Coach/Podcaster/Youtuber: The All Is Lost Moment is the moment when we think there’s no good outcome for the character, where the character is not going to get what he or she or they want. It’s just going to be a disaster scenario. There’s only one way and it’s going to be horrible. There’s usually almost always an opportunity to turn that around, to kind of discover something new or to think of it a new way or to renegotiate what’s wanted.
I think a really good All Is Lost Moment for me when I witness it in a movie or a TV show. It usually brings tears to my eyes because I feel that human, I feel the mortality of that character, like that person’s not going to make it out and then usually they do.
It’s like:
How do you do that?
How do you engineer that?
I think it’s beautiful if you can do it really well. It’s a beautiful addition to a script.
Film Courage: Does the main character always have to reach that rock bottom moment? …(Watch the video interview on Youtube here)
About:
STEVE HARPER’s TV writing includes Co-Executive Producer duties on Tracker and D.C.’s Stargirl and wrote episodes of God Friended Me, Tell Me Your Secrets, American Crime and Covert Affairs. His web series SEND ME earned a 2016 Emmy Nomination for series lead Tracie Thoms. Through his company Your Creative Life he coaches writers, posts advice on YouTube and co-hosts The Secret Writer Podcast – heard in 21 countries. He graduated from Yale, the A.R.T. Institute at Harvard and the Juilliard playwriting program.
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