One of the most moving scenes from Marriage Story takes place in the third Act of the film. Previously, after an excruciating, heartbreaking fight, Charlie (Adam Driver) and Sandra (Scarlett Johansson) managed to find an…
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“I don’t know what to say really”. The legendary Any Given Sunday speech, the ultra-famous pep talk given by coach Tony D’Amato to his team before a crucial match, begins in a way you wouldn’t…
When we think of movie speeches, we usually think of inspirational speeches: for example, the one by coach D’Amato (Al Pacino) in Any Given Sunday, or the one by William Wallace in Braveheart. We tend…
The Worst Point is the structural step in a screenplay where the main character experiences failure. Act II ends there. Screenwriting gurus have thought up many ways to describe this critical moment. It’s when all…
Read the PostThe Worst Point seen through the character’s eyes
What a character says should ring true considering the kind of person he is. Concurrently, his lines should reveal who he is. A longshoreman and a psychotherapist don’t speak the same way. Characterization through dialogue…