What's the Best Way to Make a Scene Work?

Stuart Cornfeld, a movie producer who worked with Ben Stiller and Mel Brooks, passed away. He said that every scene had to do two things: be entertaining in its own right and move the story forward. "If you have a scene that is really funny, wouldn't it be cool if it was funny and it changed the essential direction of the story?" he asked.

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