Thriller 101 How to Know When Your Story Needs More Work: Bennett Pellington Part 1
Bennett Pellington is an award winning filmmaker who is hard at work at Part 2 of his award winning short film. He and I talk about storytelling, the struggles with filmmaking, and how to over come them!
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3 Big Takeaways
- It's important to write the stories that stick with you
- Don't always rush something into publication. It's often worth it for you to wait until it's fully fleshed out.
- Character is vital to telling a great story.
Favorite Quote
"...when I started discovering other movies like dramas that I really really really enjoyed. I started finding the whole character arcs and seeing how filmmakers and writers like develop the plot points and characters when I started falling in love with that more. So, I do love the thriller.
I just think it's such a great genre to help build tension and kind of feel a little claustrophobic and who hasn't ever felt like they just have the world on their shoulders and, yeah, you know what I mean I think that a lot of people can relate, even if it is like wild circumstances."
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