How Professional Screenwriters Outline

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A look into how professional filmmakers and screenwriters outline and structure their stories before writing. This is motivation for all aspiring screenwriters.
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Filmmakers featured in order of appearance:
00:30 Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad)
00:50 Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds)
02:48 Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, The Master)
03:16 Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation)
04:22 Coen Brothers (Fargo, No Country for Old Men)
04:43 Rian Johnson (Knives Out)
05:35 Greta Gerwig (Little Women, Lady Bird)
06:03 Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network)
06:36 Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)
07:23 Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3)
09:35 M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Split)
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  • @justinhopper5941
    @justinhopper59414 жыл бұрын

    Every writer seems to have their own style. There isn’t a wrong way to write a script as long as it’s good.

  • @judichristopher4604

    @judichristopher4604

    4 жыл бұрын

    I agree with you!!

  • @mr.loud0079

    @mr.loud0079

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@judichristopher4604 its about the passion

  • @Toxxsicklemons

    @Toxxsicklemons

    4 жыл бұрын

    Agreed

  • @siddhantbhat6048

    @siddhantbhat6048

    3 жыл бұрын

    So true. It's about putting on paper what you think, love, understand and cherish. It's a beautiful thing.

  • @WomerMcKenzie

    @WomerMcKenzie

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think you need to put some rules in it, but it s for you, it s not a generale method, but it seems to make you work in a step by step way of thinking and not see the whole big impossible monument , ypu need to creat your own bullshit method

  • @mattsmith6558
    @mattsmith65584 жыл бұрын

    “It’s the fastest way to kill all my ideas” Man, this hit the nail on the head. As soon as you start trying to rationalise and logic out an exciting idea, you only see the problems and not the potential.

  • @macaulayejodamenjunior9047

    @macaulayejodamenjunior9047

    3 жыл бұрын

    So true ...

  • @josefminer4178

    @josefminer4178

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is the opposite for me. Having a creative idea, then making it logical, and rationalized makes me understand the idea.

  • @bawol-official

    @bawol-official

    2 жыл бұрын

    Forest Gump is a great example of this. All the plot points that Forest goes through is seemingly impossible yet its been expertly crafted in a way that you are more than willing to suspend your disbelief because it honestly doesn’t matter.

  • @BashirBillowKhalid

    @BashirBillowKhalid

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bawol-official True. However I feel supension of disbelief can vary alot depending on which tone or genre the film fits into. Forrest Gump has a “heightened reality” / fabel type tone to it that makes it easier to buy intoabsolutely wild scenarios. You’d have a harder time selling those story beats to an audience in a more a social realist or straight drama/thriller film fex :)

  • @bawol-official

    @bawol-official

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BashirBillowKhalid on point

  • @katr.9902
    @katr.99024 жыл бұрын

    "You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up. It's all there and you just have to find it" - Thomas Harris

  • @judichristopher4604

    @judichristopher4604

    4 жыл бұрын

    I like that!!!

  • @kahea2018

    @kahea2018

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's how my mind work. Like it's being revealed over time.

  • @MrParkerman6

    @MrParkerman6

    3 жыл бұрын

    Said the guy who wrote Hannibal and Red Dragon. Silence of The Lambs is the only good book he wrote.

  • @Z5Z5Z5

    @Z5Z5Z5

    3 жыл бұрын

    beautiful honestly

  • @martinwathen3807
    @martinwathen38074 жыл бұрын

    You did Tarantino dirty with the "foot fetish" part 😂😂😂

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    Haha I'm glad someone noticed. I'm sure that's one of his first ideas for any movie

  • @kevinw712

    @kevinw712

    4 жыл бұрын

    I hadn't realized to what level other industry people were openly teasing Tarantino about his foot fetish before I heard the one Brad Pitt quote "Quentin has separated more women from their shoes than the TSA" lol like anyone who's even a moderate film fan can easily tell it's a major thing to him, but that's different than big names blatantly talking about it in the media either in front of him or where he'll definitely see it, that's cool

  • @andrehall6432

    @andrehall6432

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@BehindtheCurtain The timing was perfect

  • @leochow6477

    @leochow6477

    4 жыл бұрын

    This is great haha

  • @FrenchToast663

    @FrenchToast663

    4 жыл бұрын

    When Tarantino makes a peace sign what he really means is "two feet please"

  • @martinwathen3807
    @martinwathen38074 жыл бұрын

    The important part of these videos is how different every approach is. I beat myself up from time to time that I'm not approaching my writing in the "right" way (especially in terms of outlining), but the important thing to remind yourself is that processes vary and as long as the end product is a finished script then there is no wrong way to make your first step toward that goal.

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    I used to think the advice "find what works for you" was stupid. I thought that there must be 1 right way to rule them all. I'm realizing though that it really is the truth. Whatever gets stories out for you... stick with that! Good luck, man. Thanks for watching.

  • @Mr_Bob_A_Feet

    @Mr_Bob_A_Feet

    4 жыл бұрын

    It’s true that it depends on the personality type of each person. However, there really is something to letting the horse guide the cart and allowing the characters to dictate what will happen. That’s how Tarantino writes. He’s in the audience’s shoes while writing because he himself doesn’t know what will come next. On the other hand, Rian Johnson plans everything out before, but his characters always seem to get drowned out to the plot in my opinion.

  • @Nobody-fb7ni

    @Nobody-fb7ni

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly! Writing KZread is way too binary. A lot of these teachers only promote one way. Structural or spontaneous, it’s always ova.

  • @verysexy92

    @verysexy92

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@BehindtheCurtain And on top of that "find what works for you", it's also that each of these different processes produce slightly different results, each with it's own pro's and con's, and some might work better depending on the type of story or theme you're working on. So you might even decide to try a different process you've never tried before for a new story. Let's say, maybe a stricter outline, like Rian Johnson's or Michael Arndt's workflow, might be better for a "whoddunit" focused on power plays, while you'd like to keep that intuition based, slow discovering when working on a subtle, more realistic more character focused story, with something akin to "The Phantom Thread" or the sorts, when focusing on a certain attitude to life. It's a lot of fuckin fun experimenting in writing and I'm looking forward to it. Thanks for the video, was one of the best crafted summaries on the topic. much appreciated.

  • @jameshickman1641

    @jameshickman1641

    4 жыл бұрын

    yeah, I'm wonky about when I throw in an outline; Greta Gerwig's was a refreshing insight for me especially, another surprised the hell outta me.

  • @mattsurridge9129
    @mattsurridge91294 жыл бұрын

    You know you’ve watched too many film essays and interviews when you’ve heard most of the audio clips before and even know where some of them are from.

  • @mattsurridge9129

    @mattsurridge9129

    4 жыл бұрын

    Crom it’s done. If the pandemic clears up anytime soon and I actually have the summer to shoot it it’ll be a completed no-budget film by the end of this year.

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    Haha, that's hilarious. I try my best to find some deep cuts, but sometimes there are a limited number of interviews available. Good luck on your film!

  • @mattsurridge9129

    @mattsurridge9129

    4 жыл бұрын

    Behind the Curtain Thank you so much! Don’t worry about your selections, I’ve gone way too deep into the back catalogue of interviews and podcasts especially when it comes to Gilligan and Tarantino. Keep up the great content, it’s been a phenomenal resource.

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wow, any recommendations for good resources I maybe haven't found yet? Always looking for new sources.

  • @mattsurridge9129

    @mattsurridge9129

    4 жыл бұрын

    Behind the Curtain I’d mostly just point you in the direction of the podcasts Tarantino has done within the last year, he did a bunch on the press tour for Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood that are great but he’s also done some other ones on some under appreciated gems of films on podcasts like The Ringers’ “Rewatchables” although those can get quite film specific. If I could actually make a recommendation for a video topic (if that isn’t stepping out of my bounds) I think a deep dive on the idea of the “no-budget movie” would be very helpful for aspiring filmmakers. Films like Robert Rodriguez’s El Mariachi, Kevin Smith’s Clerks and Christopher Nolan’s Following are not only inspirational, but the techniques used to make them are still very applicable for the next generation. Without them, I really wouldn’t have known where to start and I definitely wouldn’t have developed the DIY mindset that really drove me to believe that I can actually just go out and make something.

  • @TheCoffeeNut711
    @TheCoffeeNut7114 жыл бұрын

    Structure is everything to me. I have ideas in my head but without a skeleton to put them on I just have a bucket of random organs

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly!

  • @ohaimark9449

    @ohaimark9449

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's a neat metaphor

  • @TomEyeTheSFMguy

    @TomEyeTheSFMguy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Structure is actually how I come up with my plot when I don't know what to write.

  • @sadeed22
    @sadeed224 жыл бұрын

    I like Tarantino's and Alex Garland's and Rian Johnson's idea's on outlining. I might actually try some of these.

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great to hear! I hope it leads to creative breakthrough

  • @thepebble23

    @thepebble23

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @convolution223

    @convolution223

    4 жыл бұрын

    Double Same

  • @StayFractalesque

    @StayFractalesque

    4 жыл бұрын

    Garland has been impressing me more and more with each new thing he writes and directs, namely devs

  • @Prince_Luci

    @Prince_Luci

    4 жыл бұрын

    You should try comma’s first.

  • @krazo4Christ
    @krazo4Christ3 жыл бұрын

    Essentially: there is a method to the madness, yet being too methodical is madness.

  • @julie-annleslie3768
    @julie-annleslie37683 жыл бұрын

    When Quentin Tarantino said you know the characters, they're in your blood was really touching. Great video for emerging screenwriters.

  • @danismith8797
    @danismith87974 жыл бұрын

    I read a book where academy award winners talked about writing. One thing I noticed is that no one did it the same way.

  • @karmasameh9351

    @karmasameh9351

    4 жыл бұрын

    could you please give me the name of this book ?

  • @danismith8797

    @danismith8797

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@karmasameh9351 Screen writers on screen writing by Joel Engel

  • @Sams.Videos

    @Sams.Videos

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@karmasameh9351 If you are interested in other books that treat the sane kind of subject, I suggest: The Screenwriter Looks at the Screenwriter part 1 and 2 by William Froug. And his other two books Zen and the art of screenwriting part 1 and 2. All four books regroup interviews of professional screenwriters.

  • @C.Hawkshaw

    @C.Hawkshaw

    2 жыл бұрын

    I wish I could find a book just about movies from the 1930’s, my favorite decade for movies, music, clothes, cars. But not art, that’s the 1630’s. (Rembrandt)

  • @danismith8797

    @danismith8797

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@C.Hawkshaw Haha it was a great decade for movies. My favourite is the Bride of Frankenstein. The only book I could recommend is the art of dramatic writing by lajos egri 1942 which was a personal recommendation to me by the producer of back to the future.

  • @arun279
    @arun2794 жыл бұрын

    I like Alex Garland's idea of writing out the story line by line, and then replacing each line with a scene.

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    I've done it before after learning that Garland does it. It works well.

  • @MrParkerman6

    @MrParkerman6

    4 жыл бұрын

    A line doesn't equal a scene though, stupid!!!!

  • @arun279

    @arun279

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MrParkerman6 doesn't have to. i was generalizing. a few lines can be a scene, one line can be multiple scenes. what i was trying to say was that i liked the idea overall.

  • @MrParkerman6

    @MrParkerman6

    3 жыл бұрын

    Never assume or Generalize. These are dumb things to do.

  • @arun279

    @arun279

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MrParkerman6 I disagree.

  • @clarkparker4860
    @clarkparker48604 жыл бұрын

    Outline or not, I think the most important thing is to know you're characters. I always start with characterisations, contradiction characters with similiar goals but different methods. Then it basically writes itself.

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    That makes sense to me. If you know what defines a character against the other characters, the conflict and story can arise out of that naturally.

  • @MrParkerman6

    @MrParkerman6

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly Wrong! Plot is more important than character!

  • @JohnMoseley

    @JohnMoseley

    4 жыл бұрын

    How do you work on character? Lately, learned from a free online course I did from the University of East Anglia, I've found it really helpful - and very enjoyable - to kind of 'interview' mine.

  • @JohnMoseley

    @JohnMoseley

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MrParkerman6 Different strokes for different folks (which is the point of working on character!). So much of story seems to me to be character: wound, want, need, arc, conflict.

  • @clarkparker4860

    @clarkparker4860

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@JohnMoseley I mostly have a wage idea of what the protagonist must accomplish in the end. So I start with answering following question. *Why does this character want to achieve this particular goal? How does this character go about achieving this goal? Where does this character come from financially/socially/intellectually/emotionally? Where does this character's moral center lie?* If I manage to answer those questions, I get a pretty good handle on who I'm dealing with. From there I can already begin raising the stakes, by creating formidable opposing characters and/or circumstances. Then I answer these questions for the main antagonist and main allies. I also make sure to weave the protagonist's emotional progression into the film's main theme. Every main character gets their unique approach to the theme. Whoever I deem righteous succeeds in the end. Whoever acts out of touch with my ideals fails. So I begin with the characters and build the story from there, from beginning to end.

  • @718films88
    @718films883 жыл бұрын

    I love Quentin's idea of a checklist. An outline seems far too concrete. As writers, we do not know anything about our story until we're in it.

  • @SuperSubject20
    @SuperSubject204 жыл бұрын

    So many young filmmakers don’t follow the most basic rules of structure cause their heroes didn’t and became celebrated for it, but the truth is even they had to start with the basics of scene and movie structure before they played around with it. Love this vid.

  • @C.Hawkshaw

    @C.Hawkshaw

    2 жыл бұрын

    And that’s why new movies are so hard to follow. The plot line and storyline…

  • @unclebruncle

    @unclebruncle

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sc9048 sure but somebody could have the potential to make something great and end up not making anything great because they never learned the rules in order to break them

  • @clingclanglarry3327
    @clingclanglarry33274 жыл бұрын

    NGL, but Alex Garland's method of writing is fucking amazing. I'll definitely be doing this...

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    I've done this method and really enjoy it!

  • @picasmo103
    @picasmo1034 жыл бұрын

    I just love hearing how they’re all different from one another. It shows that it all really comes down to personal preference. You just gotta try out a bunch of techniques and see what ends up clicking for you

  • @boserobinson7500

    @boserobinson7500

    4 жыл бұрын

    hey, I just filmed a video about the dos and dont's of screenwriting in Hollywood! I think you would enjoy it! kzread.info/dash/bejne/dXqbl7Gln8zAqrA.html

  • @natalieyesufu5070
    @natalieyesufu50702 жыл бұрын

    I think writing a script is a hugely personal process and everyone seems to have their own methods. Hearing other people's process is always nice, especially if you're struggling to find your own.

  • @RekonzChannel
    @RekonzChannel3 жыл бұрын

    Gilligan explains things really well. Simple, to the point, and useful.

  • @MrParkerman6

    @MrParkerman6

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not really- or they would have gotten off the Island alot sooner!

  • @EMCAL13
    @EMCAL134 жыл бұрын

    OMG THE FOOT FETISH SHOUTOUT FOR TARANTINO!!! IM DYINGGGG!! Bravo!

  • @renatapastuszak6590
    @renatapastuszak65904 жыл бұрын

    this is the best and most informative docu-style video about other screenwriters and what they do well. some other channels just post nonsense, so this was a refreshing change. thank you

  • @georgekurioreilly4857
    @georgekurioreilly48574 жыл бұрын

    I really appreciate these videos. There’s a lot of contradictory advice out there, and this helps to sift through the bullshit.

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly! And I want to get right to the source; the people that are actually producing results. Thanks for supporting the channel for as long as you have.

  • @judichristopher4604

    @judichristopher4604

    4 жыл бұрын

    "Right ON"

  • @judichristopher4604

    @judichristopher4604

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or is that "Write ON" LOL

  • @rodrickzero7248
    @rodrickzero72483 жыл бұрын

    I love how many different methods can lead to such great results, totally love this art.

  • @nikkifarksims
    @nikkifarksims4 жыл бұрын

    Love hearing experts and professionals talk about their craft.

  • @BehindtheCurtain
    @BehindtheCurtain4 жыл бұрын

    Talk about screenwriting and filmmaking on our official Discord server: discord.gg/xxTqXXd

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @trisv1974

    @trisv1974

    4 жыл бұрын

    Critics ares the most usless people in the world, like "ok i cant writte so ill criticise others people work, so ill feel good with miself" Nice channel

  • @HylianKilljoy
    @HylianKilljoy2 жыл бұрын

    Love that you highlighted different types of writers and different exercises! I'm a huge fan of what Alex Garland and Michael Arndt suggested and definitely will be trying them out.

  • @RajaRathinamC
    @RajaRathinamC4 жыл бұрын

    Hats off to the whole team for compiling such a delicate area, solely for the betterment of fellow writers around the world. Really appreciate the effort. Keep up the good work!

  • @StayPuftedMarsh
    @StayPuftedMarsh3 жыл бұрын

    It’s midnight and I just got my eureka moment on how I should start writing. Thank you for making this.🙏

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful!

  • @ScriptSleuth
    @ScriptSleuth4 жыл бұрын

    This is wonderful, Nehemiah. Thanks for such a compelling video for screenwriters!

  • @PlunderRoad
    @PlunderRoad3 ай бұрын

    Really needed this today. Thank you!

  • @kieranarmstrongproductions4743
    @kieranarmstrongproductions47433 жыл бұрын

    This was a huge help! In screenwriting university we were taught to keep action lines to four consecutively, but I always think In beats, not shorthand so several of these methods have been a huge help in showing through my action sections! Thank you!

  • @jburch5752
    @jburch57523 жыл бұрын

    I always hated it when in school they would tell you "the way" to write. Everyone is different and develop their own methods.

  • @mlunaID
    @mlunaID3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing! Great collection from master storytellers! Thank you for your hard work!

  • @pabungus
    @pabungus4 ай бұрын

    0:00 Vince Gilligan 0:20 Quentin Tarantino 2:18 Paul Thomas Anderson 2:47 Alex Garland 3:53 Coen Brothers 4:14 Rian Johnson 5:06 Greta Gerwig 5:34 Aaron Sorkin 6:07 Kenneth Lonergan 6:54 Michael Arndt 9:06 M. Night Shyamalan 9:34 Vince Gilligan & Breaking Bad Writing Team

  • @MrHJCom
    @MrHJCom4 жыл бұрын

    Would love to see tips on 2 vids: Writing Character Backstory (as some writers don’t), and dialogue

  • @JP-zo6ek
    @JP-zo6ek4 жыл бұрын

    Wow Alex Garland’s approach really resonated with me as well as Michael Arndt. Thank you for putting this video together.

  • @jeffbenton6183
    @jeffbenton61832 жыл бұрын

    I like how you showed many different approaches for different writers, some of which are contradictory - giving the viewer the opportunity to decide what might work best for their own writing based on the evidence than insisting that there is one way for everyone.

  • @carolfrome7801

    @carolfrome7801

    Жыл бұрын

    Wise words. And liberating.

  • @cinesheikh
    @cinesheikh4 жыл бұрын

    Always get excited when I get a notification for a new video from your channel. Outlining is such a subjective method of writing too, some love it, some hate it. In my case, I loved it for my shorts but when I wrote my feature, I started from page one with just an act breakdown instead of outline because I had no idea what the beats were going to be.

  • @Ahmed-bk1gc
    @Ahmed-bk1gc4 жыл бұрын

    I find it astonishing how all this great writers have incredibly different methods,which proves that only you can teach yourself how to write your own movie and develop your own method.

  • @boserobinson7500

    @boserobinson7500

    4 жыл бұрын

    hey, I just filmed a video about the dos and dont's of screenwriting in Hollywood! I think you would enjoy it! kzread.info/dash/bejne/dXqbl7Gln8zAqrA.html

  • @jimmyzdolshek6011
    @jimmyzdolshek60114 жыл бұрын

    LOVE THIS CHANNEL. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Jimmy! I appreciate you supporting the channel for as long as you have.

  • @DreamEvilPictures
    @DreamEvilPictures4 жыл бұрын

    This was awesome, thank you!!

  • @DebOra-rr1hy
    @DebOra-rr1hy3 жыл бұрын

    Listening to this is sooo reassuring

  • @ultimateblong
    @ultimateblong4 жыл бұрын

    2:47 Paul Thomas Anderson sounds like text-to-speech Microsoft Sam.

  • @ashboomstick7985
    @ashboomstick79857 ай бұрын

    HAHA the Tarantino checklist!! I love it.

  • @CeeloThatMane
    @CeeloThatMane3 жыл бұрын

    When Tarantino said “ the part when the characters are exciting me” that instantly hit.

  • @arzabael
    @arzabael8 ай бұрын

    I don’t say this often, that was one of the most helpful storytelling/novel/screenplay advice videos I’ve ever seen. Thank you

  • @judichristopher4604
    @judichristopher46044 жыл бұрын

    God... I love "Behind the Curtain"... so enjoyable.. so entertain... so educational ... Love you guys!

  • @mononoke721
    @mononoke7214 жыл бұрын

    The key to any writing is just to write: plan, outline or no. Whatever works, get it on the page. Alex Garland was spot-on - getting something to work with and shape and refine further is the most important first step. If you need an outline to do that, go crazy, but remember, letting the story speak to you rather than seeing yourself as the 'author' of the tale is also very helpful in creating the most organic, free-flowing and sound story. In other words, don't think about your story or characters, feel your way through them. This is how Hayao Miyazaki tends to work and his characters and stories are some of the best in movies period. Learn from the best I say!

  • @nerd_in_norway
    @nerd_in_norway3 жыл бұрын

    Any time I've been told to outline first, it's come from people who went to film school, where they got taught all kinds of rules. I never went to film school, but I've watched a ton of movies since childhood. So far I have written 5 feature film screenplays in the last 7 years. One of which was optioned by a production company. My friends who went to film school have been in the "business" 10 years longer than me and between them have written 2 feature film screenplays, neither have been optioned. So yeah, it took a long time but I finally started trusting my own personal methods instead of theirs. Even though their ideas might lead to something it seems like they're forever stuck in outline and treatment hell, spending years on a script. I never outline in the classic sense with "acts", "structure". At most I write out a simple form of a beat sheet combined with a series of loose notes, and then I start on the screenplay itself. The only part of structure I like to make clear beforehand is a good midpoint, because a solid midpoint can really infuse a ton of new energy to your story (ex. the dinosaurs break out in Jurassic Park, Chief Brody goes to sea to hunt the shark in Jaws, the chestburster shows its ugly face in Alien etc). Most I've spent on a first draft of a feature screenplay was about 2 months, the fastest was 4 days (don't ask me how I managed that last one, I barely know myself).

  • @pierceferraro2680
    @pierceferraro26804 жыл бұрын

    I just wanna say, THANK YOU. Your channel is amazing man. Northing but goood things to say from me. Keep up the great work. Industry needs people like you informing and inspiring people like me.

  • @SparkinHeart
    @SparkinHeart3 жыл бұрын

    Really helpful... thanks for posting this.

  • @jsunproter1940
    @jsunproter19404 жыл бұрын

    As a writer myself with 1 book and a few short stories completed I loved this video. Great compilation, nice variety in ideas. When i started writing i had always sort of categorized writers into either outliners or pantsters. But the more i wrote the more i realized im a bit of both. after watching this it sounds like even though writers may tend towards one extreme or the other they are always a bit of both as well. Can totally relate to the outline changing multiple times

  • @intelligentdesign8994
    @intelligentdesign89942 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful. Thank you.

  • @jgaguilar
    @jgaguilar3 жыл бұрын

    I just gotta say... this was a great video! Keep up the great work 😊

  • @justsomerandomguy1361
    @justsomerandomguy13614 жыл бұрын

    Before this video I was trying to complete a story and I blueprinted the starting and endings in my mind but I was stuck in the middle and I can confidently say this video helps me out.

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great to hear! Message me on Twitter if your need more advice about your outline

  • @justsomerandomguy1361

    @justsomerandomguy1361

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@BehindtheCurtain tq 👍

  • @PhilSvitekYT
    @PhilSvitekYT4 жыл бұрын

    This is truly informative. Thank you

  • @karentaylorsmells
    @karentaylorsmells4 жыл бұрын

    You have put this together in such a stunning way, it is a whole learning tip/tutorial for people to adapt for themselves, thanks for all the work you put into this, love it👊

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @marcdevinci893
    @marcdevinci8935 ай бұрын

    This is exactly what I needed to hear this morning. Very inspiring!

  • @russianboss0378
    @russianboss03783 жыл бұрын

    8:18 this is the best method of organizing i have ever heard of! i can't wait to try this with my own scripts.

  • @DuncanW1000
    @DuncanW10004 жыл бұрын

    This was fantastic thank you

  • @judichristopher4604
    @judichristopher46044 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely Amazing Video... OMG... This Video Is GREAT!! ... and don't get me even started on the video and editing... Fantastic editing... I love all the graphics... "Amazing" This is one of the most enjoyable videos I have ever seen... Seriously... I feel like a kid in a candy story... I was hanging on every word. Thank you so much for sharing this video. This video shows how much time and work was put into it... every detail. "Bravo Darling"... "Bravo"

  • @gabrielidusogie9189
    @gabrielidusogie91894 жыл бұрын

    This is really helpful and encouraging. I gleaned from several of these directors. Thank you. Will join the Behind the Curtain club when it's up.

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    Perfect. I look forward to talking with you then!

  • @MrLogic88
    @MrLogic884 жыл бұрын

    Great video! I've been brainstorming my next script idea, so this is right on time.

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic! Glad it helped you.

  • @nemmeth7710
    @nemmeth77103 жыл бұрын

    Man I wish I had Garland's mind. His outlining sounds so clean and not tedious at all.

  • @wes6571
    @wes65714 жыл бұрын

    Well made video, loved it!

  • @borntofilmproduction4699
    @borntofilmproduction46994 жыл бұрын

    i think every writer has his own way of building a script. btw video is very help full. thankyou❤

  • @la_xeix
    @la_xeix3 жыл бұрын

    It’s great to hear how each one of them uses their own technique!

  • @Ieditedit1
    @Ieditedit14 жыл бұрын

    Aaron Sorkin always has the best analogies to explain what he is saying

  • @rickalicious1116
    @rickalicious11163 жыл бұрын

    Even though I’m not on the level of writing as Tarantino, I did remember having an outline for my short film, and somehow, the ending of the film is entirely different than what I had in mind originally.

  • @shanerooney7288
    @shanerooney72882 жыл бұрын

    How I do it (and no, I'm not a famous producer or anything) *First.* Get the most basic info of the story. Genre, setting, theme, moral of the story. etc. Gotta know what framework I'm working within. *Second.* Like what is said at 4:52 "Draw arcs and split them out into sequences." Start listing _multiple_ arcs. Not the main arc (usually). Start with the small stuff. Character arcs, sub-plots, chronological events that need to happen in a set order. The more the better. Because you'll cut out any that don't fit well, so its good to have plenty to choose from. For example: a character's life >> baby, child, teenager, adult, old man, dead... and (usually) can't escape that order. Love story sub-plot >> Dislike person, grow to like them, fall in love, convince them to like you, get married. Betrayal character arc >> work with person, trouble happens, try to find who did it, discover it was your best friend, confront them Redemption arc >> Character does bad thing, realizes its bad, vows to do better, tries to fix their wrongs, gets forgiven by people he hurt. *Third.* Each arc has a list of "beats" that need to happen in that order. Now try to link as many beats together as you can. Does the betrayal happen at the same time the other character falls in love? Does the person die shortly after discovering the truth? Does the big reveal happen before or after the fight scene?... and so on. This serves as a framework to build the story around. EG If Plot A goes A,B,C,D,E \ Plot B goes W,X,Y,Z \ Plot C goes 1,2,3,4,5 Then the full script might go A, B, 1W, X, C2, Y, 3, DZ, 4, 5, E *Fourth.* I do what I call the "caveman draft." Sort of like what was said at 3:17 in this video. Use the above story beats as the framework, and then write out the first draft of the story. Except, My first draft is with no frills. "character does thing. Other character enters room." Just to get my ideas of the scene onto paper. Then after that I'll write the first proper draft. With more poetic language and stuff.

  • @JohannyM
    @JohannyM3 жыл бұрын

    Is like the algorithm is inside my head! I was just saying I needed some motivation today to sit down and write my film and this video showed up on my feed!

  • @BATBATBATBATBATBAful
    @BATBATBATBATBATBAful4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome compilation. Thanks! :)

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @offmodelcartoon1042
    @offmodelcartoon10423 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video

  • @AlejandroLopez-vi1eh
    @AlejandroLopez-vi1eh4 жыл бұрын

    I feel like it's incredibly relieving to hear all these acclaimed writers talk about how they don't know everything from the beginning. One of my biggest anxieties was trying to figure out how to organize my ideas and get coherent sequences on paper but to know they're just kind of trying their best too and figuring out what works for them is pretty freeing.

  • @chiknasen4723
    @chiknasen47234 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for these videos, so helpful and inspirational

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you like them!

  • @AuristheBand
    @AuristheBand4 жыл бұрын

    This video is really great. Thanks a lot!

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @Divinemakyr
    @Divinemakyr4 жыл бұрын

    Great video, dude.

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @brent2795
    @brent27953 жыл бұрын

    I do so much Pre-Work on my scripts. I have 56 Notecards, separated into 3 piles (Act 1, 2, 3), then the notecards are expanded into an outline format (generally 50-60 pages). this way i've basically written the script and just fill in with dialogue. Since I typically try to write dense story with a lot of interaction, this helps me keep motivations and snippets organized in such a way that I don't lose my favorite parts. I agree, you really need to know where the story is going. Loved this video.

  • @Enterstainers
    @Enterstainers Жыл бұрын

    That day/night method is actually brilliant, especially when you're finding the structuring goes well and want to ensure you're flowing things. Imagining "oh this scene I already planned is now at night" can change the whole story and feel more connected.

  • @Caioan11
    @Caioan114 жыл бұрын

    Incredible! Greetings for everyone behind the curtain!

  • @Reelbuzz247
    @Reelbuzz2473 жыл бұрын

    Absolute gem of a video

  • @drjitters
    @drjitters2 жыл бұрын

    7:30 seems like a good way to do it. Having the acts/arc summarized over 4 pages looks manageable.

  • @ScriptInSight
    @ScriptInSight3 жыл бұрын

    A great channel. Getting first-hand advice from the greats! :)

  • @hirolacang8655
    @hirolacang86554 жыл бұрын

    Vince Gilligan's all-hands-on-deck style payed off big time. It was awesome.

  • @ibSprintin
    @ibSprintin4 жыл бұрын

    Love this. Even more so with how everything is animated and designed. Nice work. Could take a cue from you as a video editor with okay motion graphic skill.

  • @JAYFULFILMZ
    @JAYFULFILMZ3 жыл бұрын

    Michael Arndt & Vince Gilligan’s advice was pure gold!

  • @rogerturnerjr5512
    @rogerturnerjr55124 жыл бұрын

    This is gold. Pure GOLD

  • @saloksingh7
    @saloksingh74 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely important channel.

  • @Explore_Cinema_
    @Explore_Cinema_4 жыл бұрын

    Really great editing, I really like the visuals

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, man!

  • @eelectricmilkk7512
    @eelectricmilkk75123 жыл бұрын

    This is wonderful

  • @otiagomarques
    @otiagomarques4 жыл бұрын

    You have such an eye for minimalist aesthetic... the visuals were stunning.

  • @boserobinson7500

    @boserobinson7500

    4 жыл бұрын

    hey, I just filmed a video about the dos and dont's of screenwriting in Hollywood! I think you would enjoy it! kzread.info/dash/bejne/dXqbl7Gln8zAqrA.html

  • @Able406
    @Able4062 жыл бұрын

    As someone who finds it nearly impossible to outline before a completed rough draft, this video feels like vindication. Thank you!

  • @JonathanBlandino
    @JonathanBlandino4 жыл бұрын

    I'm with Greta, I hate outlines. I do story beats spread across act structures but outlines kills my sense of wonder in my own scripts.

  • @brunoarnabar7450
    @brunoarnabar74504 жыл бұрын

    Great animations with amazing interviews! Great job! Liked and Subscribed

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Bruno. I've got a lot more coming.

  • @mridulchhibber
    @mridulchhibber4 жыл бұрын

    Great and informative video. Love how this channel is expanding, excited to see what comes next!

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! There's a lot more to come.

  • @sfatikcreations5089
    @sfatikcreations50893 жыл бұрын

    Thank you it helped me!😊

  • @hillaryartist
    @hillaryartist2 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Really helpful for us emerging screenwriters. Can you drop the link to the full interview with Alex Garland?

  • @Logan-xj3sw
    @Logan-xj3sw3 жыл бұрын

    The Coen Brothers are some of my favorite filmmakers of all time, but I almost wasn't able to understand what they were trying to say LOL.

  • @laHagans
    @laHagans4 жыл бұрын

    This is great! A lot of helpful tips. I am currently working on a rewrite of my script and I will apply these.

  • @BehindtheCurtain

    @BehindtheCurtain

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's good to hear! Good luck with your rewrite!

  • @AaronLesterMedia
    @AaronLesterMedia3 жыл бұрын

    Ok... It took me one video to sub to your channel. This Video was awesome and I can't wait to watch more. Thank you.

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