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October 13, 2016 Published by: Paolo Braga Posted in: Meet cute

How to structure a meet cute. An example from ‘Rush’

The more beats in a sequence, the greater its arch, the better: change produces engagement. That is what happens in Rush (written by Peter Morgan), in the meet cute between Niki Lauda and his future…

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November 4, 2015 Published by: Paolo Braga Posted in: Meet cute

THE MEET CUTE IN ‘AMERICAN SNIPER’

How do you improve a scene? Here is an example from American Sniper. The meet cute between navy SEAL Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) and his future wife Taya (Sienna Miller) in the bar where soldiers…

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