[lit-ideas] Re: Movie Night
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:17:43 -0400
For your amusement:
http://www.writingclasses.com/InformationPages/index.php/PageID/270
Billy Wilder: 10 screenwriting tips
# The audience is fickle.
# Grab ‘em by the throat and never let ‘em go.
# Develop a clean line of action for your leading character.
# Know where you’re going.
# The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points,
the better you are as a writer.
# If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is in
the first act.
# A tip from Lubitsch: Let the audience add up two plus two. They’ll
love you forever.
# In doing voice-overs, be careful not to describe what the audience
already sees. Add to what they’re seeing.
# The event that occurs at the second act curtain triggers the end
of the movie.
# The third act must build, build, build in tempo and action until
the last event, and then—that’s it. Don’t hang around.
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