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Writing A Great Movie: Key Tools For Successful Screenwriting - Jeff Kitchen

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The Storytelling Tool - It Can Shake Things Loose

"It's just like getting blown in the air by explosives at certain points in the development process to shake things loose, trigger ideas," he says. Sidney Pollock spent a long time trying to figure out what Tootsie was really about before it dawned on him that becoming a woman made a man out of Michael Dorsey. "I went back and looked at every scene and I said how does this scene work with, clarify, amplify, solidify the idea that becomes a woman makes a man outof Michael Dorsey", director adds. 'That helps me so much as a director'

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