I was having a conversation with a collaborator today about a forthcoming project. We realized that whatever we end up with, it will need to have a strong emotional arc.<\/p>\n
People enjoy spectacle. They like seeing talented actors moving about amidst great scenery, evocative lighting, brilliant editing. But none of that is enough.<\/p>\n
A good work of narrative art needs, at its core, to be something you can sum up in a single sentence. We want to go on an emotional journey with a character who starts here<\/i> and ends up there<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Truly great films, plays and novels can all be boiled to a simple essential idea. Sometimes we lose sight of that, but we really shouldn’t.<\/p>\n
Especially not if we want to create good films, plays or novels. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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