The Art of Plotting

TOPICS

• The definition of plot
• The emotional pattern of plot
• The role of conflict
• The principles of action
• Plot tools
• Action tools
• Character tools
• Exposition tools
• The art of plotting
• Transforming plot points into plotted points
• Plotting for suspense
• Deepening your characterizations, and your audience's connection to your work
• Plotting for real emotion, not sentimentality
• How to recognize and overcome the most common plotting problems
• Analytical tools

FILM LIST

This films listed here are possible examples that may be used in the book or during the seminar.

• About Schmidt
• American Beauty
• Annie Hall
• As Good As It Gets
• Casablanca
• Chinatown
• Citizen Kane
• Dangerous Liasons
• Diner
• Dumb and Dumber
• Erin Brockovich
• The Good Girl
• Groundhog's Day
• Jerry Maguire
• Last of the Mohicans
• North by Northwest
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• The Piano
• Reservoir Dogs
• Risky Business
• Se7en
• Shakespeare in Love
• Star Wars
• Tootsie
• Witness

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