The audience is fickle.
Grab ‘em by the throat and never let ‘em go.
Develop a clean line of action for your leading character.
Know where you’re going.
The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points, the better you are as a writer.
If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is in the first act.
A tip from Lubitsch: Let the audience add up two plus two. They’ll love you forever.
In doing voice-overs, be careful not to describe what the audience already sees. Add to what they’re seeing.
The event that occurs at the second act curtain triggers the end of the movie.
The third act must build, build, build in tempo and action until the last event, and then -
- that’s it. Don’t hang around.
the audience is fickle, fuck em.
grab em by their privates and never let go
figure what your main fucker is gonna do
know where you're going
hide the plot points
if the ending sucks the beginning sucks
don't tell people what's going on
Voice Overs should tell people things they don't see
end of the second act triggers end of third
third has to build to a climax
end it quick.
