Today I’m going all out with the mother of all breaking down story structure‘s with film-school favorite, Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino, a non-linear, darkly comic, noire masterpiece that officially made QT a household name and a legend. This breakdown is going to be tricky, as the normal structure is there, it’s just in a different order. It’s three…
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Story Structure Breakdown: Se7en
Another breaking down structure today with a top ten all time favorite, Se7en, directed by David Fincher, a dark, visceral masterpiece that blew everyone away in 1995. Only his second film, after the much maligned debut Alien 3 (which I actually liked), Fincher proved he was a force to be reckoned with, and has gone on to have an envietable…
Screenplay Structure Breakdown: Iron Man
Yes! I’m gonna start doing more of these ’cause they’re fun and I love breaking down structure. I figured after my first one was about the most current film in the MCU, I’d do one on the now classic Iron Man, the one that started it all, and eventually made Robert Downey Jr. one of the highest paid actors ever.…
Screenplay Structure: The Official Article
This article is a LOOOOONG time coming. I’m finally writing about screenwriting structure. After just writing a behemoth article about the structure of Avengers Endgame, I realized I don’t have any articles (period) about structure itself, and it’s a topic I love talking about which is why I’m hoping to write a crap load more about it. And after enjoying…