23. Jim Mercurio - Author of "The Craft of Scene Writing"
Scriptcake
00:00
What's the Difference Between a Throwaway Scene and a Subtle Story?
There's so much more information going on when you're writing screen plays, says Ant. And whether you know it or not, subconsciously, you're digesting that and processing that. One of the movies that i use a lot is mister and missus smith, written by simon kingburg. They get in the basement, they turn the gas off, they escape, and their house up. In most movies, it would just be a house blowing up, right? But if you look at the subtext and that movie, and specifically resulting in that scene, you know, they're in a marriage, and they're lying to each other,. That's what i love
Transcript
Play full episode
