America and the Movies

More on story.  So, I haven't posted in a long time.... in my defense, no one came pounding on my door demanding I write another post. And this summer has been super busy, between short weekend vacations, working a couple informal jobs, and babysitting my own siblings, I am quite exhausted, and besides that haven't had time to post. OK, I did but I was too tired-ish ok? No guilt tripping. Anyway, this post will be going deeper into the story part of a film because obviously that's the whole point. Beats We kinda covered this in my other story post, but I'll elaborate a bit. Beats are the important, or not, things that happen to characters in movies. So yeah i covered this, but I mostly called it story spine, so I'll differentiate the two now. They're basically the same thing. The spine is what holds the whole story together, and if you have too many small story lines and plots aside of the main ones, IT COLLAPSES. An example of this, sorry Harry Pot

       Story The most important piece of any movie is the story. There are many steps to creating a story, and I'll explain some of them here. Story Spine The part of the human body that is connected to everything and impacts everything else when changed or damaged is the spine. The same is true for story spine. It holds all of the story together and links one part to another in a way that makes sense. Traditional story spines look like this: 1. Once upon a time... 2. Everyday... 3. Until one day... 4. Because of that... 5. Because of that... 6. Because of that... 7. Until finally... 8. And ever since then... And the moral of the story is... To explain how this works I will fit a film into the story spine.  Wonder 1. Once upon a time, there lived a little boy named Auggie with facial deformities. 2. Everyday, he lived at home while his mom home schooled him. 3. Until one day, his parents decided it was time for him to go to a real school, so he was s

As people, stories are a large part of who we are. Everyday we tell stories, most times without noticing that we are doing it. When we tell stories, we wish to engage people, to get reactions. We want them to know something, about ourselves, someone else, or the world around us. When people started making movies, they brought the same concepts to film. But what makes a good movie? Obviously a beginning, middle and end are vital. And having strong characters helps too. But what other things make a good movie? On this blog, I'll explain what elements make  realistic and relatable characters and a strong story line come to life. What do we want out of a movie? When we go to the movies, some of us, maybe most of us, want to simply be entertained. Others want to be inspired. And some of us just want to see that good looking cast member. But deeper then that, we want to go somewhere. Whether that be Middle Earth, Panem, Hogwarts, or a galaxy far, far away. We get tired o