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Villains, bad guys, monsters, criminals, tyrants, psychopaths, greedy businessmen… I know, by instinct you would conclude: “Ok, I got it: antagonists”. And yet, you would be wrong: in contemporary storytelling, evil is no more an…
Read the PostThe importance of the “dark side” for good drama
“To punch up a screenplay” primarily means to add humor and jokes to it. It’s an aspect of the re-writing process that in Hollywood is often asked to a different writer from the author of…
Read the PostPunching up ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’
You have seen Vertigo. A few hours later you are in front of your fridge to get a snack when, suddenly, a question comes to your mind: how could Madeleine leave the hotel room without…
Negotiation is good material for screenwriters and it has inspired beautiful scenes (just think of the opening scene in The Godfather, where Bonasera begs Don Vito to revenge his daughter’s honor for him). Why are…
“Why doesn’t the main character just call the police?” The audience will always pose this question when following a story where the hero is facing danger on his own, or is manaced by outlaws. In…