Analytical Scripting Process | P41 - Mark Murphy Director Q&A
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They seem disjointed. And so it was so much more attention paid to the characters. The subplots, the hate, the word motivation. But, you know, each scene had to end with a question to keep the audience engaged. And then start of the next one had to have a purpose, that is, to address a previous question. If you've got a scene that doesn't either answer something or ask something, it's a redundant scene. So it was more analytical going through the scripting and just y so much focus on. On the minutiae, because at the end of the day, you know, the tiniest little hole will just make the whole thing fall apart.
Finally understanding that every scene serves to answer or ask something in a story made me appreciate storytelling so much more. What a revelation!
They seem disjointed. And so it was so much more attention paid to the characters. The subplots, the hate, the word motivation. But, you know, each scene had to end with a question to keep the audience engaged. And then start of the next one had to have a purpose, that is, to address a previous question. If you've got a scene that doesn't either answer something or ask something, it's a redundant scene. So it was more analytical going through the scripting and just y so much focus on. On the minutiae, because at the end of the day, you know, the tiniest little hole will just make the whole thing fall apart.
Finally understanding that every scene serves to answer or ask something in a story made me appreciate storytelling so much more. What a revelation!
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00:00They seem disjointed.
00:01And so it was so much more attention paid to the
00:07characters, the subplots, the
00:10the word motivation.
00:11But, you know, each scene had to end with a question
00:15to keep the audience engaged and then start of the next one
00:18had to have a purpose, i.e. to address a previous question.
00:22If you've got a scene that doesn't either answer something or ask something,
00:26it's a redundant scene.
00:28So it was more analytical going through the scripting and just,
00:35yes, so much focus on on the minutiae, because at the end of the day,
00:41you know, the tiniest little hole will just make the whole thing fall apart.