Screen writing - Beginning, middle and end

- Plot is what happens
- Story is significance of what happens
- Don't have 'and then' between plot points. Use 'but', 'therefore' etc. Include big 'buts'
- Characters should have twists eg undercover agent who refers gang over officers, bald man with a comb in his pocket
- Ending is the target of your story
- Character should be built up enough so that the audience can try and predict their actions
- Good openings throw up difficult choices and powerful conflicts
- 'Psycho' starts as a heist film, but dramatically twists the film into a horror film. Changes genre
- 'Tin Men' middle changes the significance of the story
- Endings are the biggest 'but' in the film
- Audiences love moments, and tend not to notice character and plot

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