From early cinema classics such as "The Great Train Robbery" to modern day blockbusters like "The Matrix" we saw how using these 8 Golden rules can transform your film ideas into winning stories!
Here they are again. For an Easter challenge, how about trying to spot how many of these 8 story elements you can find in the films you watch over the holidays? Then (maybe with a friend) see how many of these you can put into your own film ideas. Good luck!1. GHOST event in main characters lives
2. CONTEXT time/setting/time/place/world of story
3. PROBLEM or NEED Character overcomes/ problems/changes
4. DESIRE Drive
5. OPPONENT Conflict with enemy/opposition
6. PLAN How the character attains what they want
7. BATTLE Main character + opposition clash
8. EMOTION AUDIENCE IS LEFT WITH
PS If you want to see some of Peter's latest work and get more top story tips then go behind the scenes of The Last Coiner, a tale set in Yorkshire in the late 1700's. And yes, that is me! I'm John the Informant.
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