Richard Michaels Stefanik
Story Structures in Popular Hollywood Movies
SoCal Independent Film Festival
www.socalfilmfest.com
Oct. 15, 2005
www.socalfilmfest.com
Oct. 15, 2005
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The new 500+ page edition analyzes The Megahit Movies, those films which have generated more than $250 million in North American Box Office receipts. It presents principles of story construction that can be used to develop popular movies by providing an analysis of cinematic techniques. It also offers stimulating ideas that can be helpful in the creative process. The book is designed for writers, directors and producers who want to create commercially successful films. The fundamentals of dramatic structure, the human emotions, and the construction of humorous characters and situations are explained, with examples drawn from some of the most popular motion pictures Hollywood has ever produced. This book discusses the recent megahit-blockbuster movies such as SPIDER-MAN, SHREK, HARRY POTTER, BRUCE ALMIGHTY, MATRIX TRILOGY, FINDING NEMO, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN and THE LORD OF THE RINGS.
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A personal consultation on your original screenplay! Once you purchase this package, you will be permitted to submit a 120 page original screenplay. Between 3 to 5 pages of written comments about the screenplay will be emailed to you within 14 days after the receipt of the script by U.S. Priority Mail. Also included is The Megahit Movies Book 500+ pages of information about the structure of popular films. Once you have read my comments, I will schedule a one-hour chat session to further discuss your script. Start developing your script into a feature screenplay that can be made into a popular Hollywood movie!
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| Nov 7th | THE LEGEND OF ZORRO Richard Michaels Stefanik's Megahit Movie Chat |
| Nov 14th | BROADCAST NEWS Lesley Bracker's Modern Classics Chat |
| Dec 5th | HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE Richard Michaels Stefanik's Megahit Movie Chat |
If you want to learn how to write screenplays, read screenplays. If you want to learn how to write movies, watch movies with an analytical eye. Discussing movie structure and breaking down why the film works, and how it works, is the best way to learn how to write an effective screenplay.
