--- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Very well -- and wittily -- written up in this review by > Peter Suderman. > > http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2013/07/hollywood_and_blake_snyder_s_screenwriting_book_save_the_cat.2.html > > The wit comes from a link to a second version of the > article that many people will miss and not click on, > to their detriment. It's the same article they've just > been reading, but now with its beat-by-beat formula > -- the same one discussed in the article and in the > book -- inserted, to show you that he followed the > formula when writing the article. > > http://www.slate.com/content/slate/sidebars/2013/07/now_playing_at_your_local_multiplex_save_the_movie.html >
I actually met one of the people mentioned in this article, Robert McKee. Salty old curmudgeon. McKee was portrayed in the 2002 movie 'Adaptation' pretty well on spot, by actor Brian Cox. McKee does really interesting analyses of movie structure. The most successful movies, financially, are those that follow the archplot structure: http://markhaacrit.tumblr.com/post/4284987224/story-robert-mckee-part-5-archplot-miniplot Other types of plot are possible, but if you want to make money in producing the movies, you typically must do certain things in the story. The creativity is filling in the form and bending the shape of the form without losing the audience. McKee's favorite film seems to be 'Casablanca', as far as structure and perfection of negative and positive beats as the story progresses.
