HOW TO MAKE YOUR SCREENPLAY
STAND OUT
Five Questions to Improve Your Screenplay’s
Character and Theme Storylines
So You Can Attract Producing Partners with Confidence
In this video, I will show you how to track each storyline separately to assure overall cohesion, using as an example a film with a powerful theme-based story.
Your action story is about an external accomplishment, such as the triumph over an enemy, the solving of a problem, or the unravelling of a mystery.
Your character story is about the inner transformation of your main character.
Your theme story shows your viewer a new understanding of the world.
I’m Jennine Lanouette and I have taught screenwriting and
script analysis in the classroom for over 20 years at
colleges, adult education programs and production
companies such as Pixar and Lucasfilm. I am now
converting my script analysis lectures into online courses
for greater availability to all.
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