THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS: Analysis of Story
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This video dives into screenwriting tips in the screenplay for THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991), one of only three films in history that won all five major Oscars. Screenplay by Ted Tally.
Screenwriting Tips in The Silence of the Lambs:
00:00 Introduction
00:25 Bookending Images
01:32 Dramatic Irony
03:50 Character Introduction
04:44 Antagonistic Story World
06:35 Reversals
07:54 Complex Characters
09:07 Conflicting Scene Goals
12:29 Dialogue Hooks
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THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
Screenplay by Ted Tally. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris.
#61 on the WGA's 101 Greatest Screenplays
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Miles Unsworth
Praveen Prasanna
William Chevalier
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You deserve a lot more ...really a lot lot more ...I mean only 1.9k subs...this is unfair .Your videos are so good ..You must keep doing this great work ..👍👍
@ScriptSleuth
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. The subs will keep growing, I suppose!
The exposition from others talking about hannibal is brilliant & why him just standing still in a cage is awesome bc we dont know what to expect & here's this well kept man just calmly standing as all the other patients we see are just scary. Very interesting about the different scene goals of lecter & clarice in their 4 meetings.
@ScriptSleuth
3 жыл бұрын
It's such a fantastic movie. Thanks for the comment, Natalie!
Using the same fonts as the movie? That was an especially nice touch.
@ScriptSleuth
Жыл бұрын
Ha! It wasn't the exact same, but I'm glad you appreciated it! 😎
Every point was just *chef's kiss*, especially the ones I have not heard about as often, such as Antagonistic Story World and Conflicting Scene Goals.
@ScriptSleuth
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Jacob! Excellent comment, and welcome to the gang!
Please keep doing these videos
@ScriptSleuth
Жыл бұрын
Will do!
This channel is so underrated.
@ScriptSleuth
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I suppose that's better than being overrated! 😅
EXCELLENT VIDEO... WOW... "Bravo Darling... Bravo"
I just finished the book and couldn’t believe how faithful the movie was. Probably my favourite adaptation. The film arguably bests parts of the book. “Toughens your nipples” was added for climactic effect whereas in the book it was a less dramatic moment.
@ScriptSleuth
3 жыл бұрын
The book is excellent. Thomas Harris has a great sense of storytelling.
Great, great, great!!! This is one of my favorite films. It's so exhilarating to re-watch it with some of the screenwriter's perspective in mind! Much appreciated!
@ScriptSleuth
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for watching! Every great movie starts with a great screenplay. (Or a great novel 😉)
don't know the business but there must be some big money keeping these slam dunk classics from being redone ( Sunset blvd , The Mechanic , Casino , The Hospital....to many to count THMBS UP !
Your videos are so consistently good. I expect this channel will grow tremendously!
@ScriptSleuth
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words, and for the support!
Excellent video with some really great info! This is one of our favorite films and you covered it beautifully. Looking forward to watching more!
@ScriptSleuth
4 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
Hey guys, please do me a huge favor and hit the LIKE button. That's all I ask - it helps out the channel a lot!
I miss the 90s
This brought up a lot of good points! Good video!
Aaaaaaa Again, why the hell you don't have a million subs ??!!
Brilliant video!
@ScriptSleuth
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
Love your videos.
@ScriptSleuth
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Miguel! I'm glad you find them useful.
First film i saw back to back days at a theater
@ScriptSleuth
3 жыл бұрын
I miss doing that! It's been too long since a movie in the theater has made me want to do that.
Excellent as always.
@ScriptSleuth
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Akash.
You make fantastic content, very much appreciated 👌🏼
@ScriptSleuth
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the nice comment, Amy!
This is outstanding. Thank you for this insight.
@ScriptSleuth
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, Kishan. 🙂
Brilliant, tremendous, fascinating ,superb👌👌Keep it up bro
@ScriptSleuth
3 жыл бұрын
Wow! Thanks for the nice comment.
This has to be my favorite film ❤. I’ve watched it over a thousand times. I always been dissecting it and analyzing it just as u have done with the film 😊. Thanks for making it. I jumped right to it once I seen it pop up on KZread. I look forward to watching more of vids. U got a new subscriber 😉
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8 ай бұрын
Thank you! You made my day ❤️
I stumbled into gold. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
@ScriptSleuth
8 ай бұрын
You're welcome! Hope you find it useful. 🙏
Solid and invaluable work sir
@ScriptSleuth
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
I noticed 'Shakespeare in Love' on the AWG 101 Greatest Screenplays. Can you do a video on it?
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Great video
Great essay. Thanks.
@ScriptSleuth
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
This was great. Thank y ou!
@ScriptSleuth
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching, Kalim!
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@Huy-gn1eo
3 жыл бұрын
another thing about character introduction (i believe another video has mentioned this) is the sequence during the hallway when clarice is about to approach lecter. we see the first three patients, each one crazier than the last. the first one we see is only creepily saying "hi", while miggs moves inhumanly around his cage and say vulgar things to clarice. along with the previous buildups you guys mentioned, the audience might expect hannibal to be some sort of a regan mcneil-esque psychopathic killer. but instead the screenwriter shattered the expectations by showing lecter being the most well-packaged one, inducing primal fear in the audience. and this well-packaged facade is resolved during the escape sequence, showing the true capabilities of lecter, which at that point was only talked about, not shown explicitly.
awesome vid
@ScriptSleuth
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for tuning in!
What other films would you like to see me cover? Let me know in a comment below!
@arib8782
4 жыл бұрын
Script Sleuth Nice work man, and what a great movie to analyze. How about The Fisher King -that’s a film I myself have been picking apart for the sake of my own writing; I’ve even taken to a spreadsheet to dissect a lot of the film’s concepts. That analysis isn’t quite complete yet, but upon taking a very close look at the film, some of the realizations are just absolutely staggering -it’s well worth a close examination.
@ScriptSleuth
4 жыл бұрын
@@arib8782 Thanks for the suggestion!
@svenleeuwen
3 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see The Piano get Script Sleuthed.
@ScriptSleuth
3 жыл бұрын
@@svenleeuwen Ha! Glad to see that the channel name has turned into a verb. The Piano is a great choice, and thanks for the suggestion!
@arieschick1
Жыл бұрын
Midnight Cowboy John McGiver from ManchurianC was the evangelical geezer who tried to seduce Jon Voight's hustler character in mCowboy
Anyone know the other two films that won all 5 major Oscars? (without Googling it 🙂)
@mikaelcooley9147
4 жыл бұрын
If I remember correctly, they're "It Happened One Night" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
@ScriptSleuth
4 жыл бұрын
@@mikaelcooley9147 Ding ding ding!
this movie was tell than show.
Another home run.
@ScriptSleuth
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers, GM Alexander!
hey i suggested this one. coincidence ... I THINK NOT!
@ScriptSleuth
4 жыл бұрын
Heehee 🙂
The movie sufferers from a morality problem. The fbi must get Bill.
I cant stand Fosters accent.
@ScriptSleuth
2 жыл бұрын
So, you're saying this is your all-time favorite movie?
Aaaaaaa Again, why the hell you don't have a million subs ??!!
@ScriptSleuth
2 жыл бұрын
Some day!
@mybismark2945
2 жыл бұрын
@@ScriptSleuth ohhhhhh my goddd I can't believe you replied I will save this for ever 🙌🙌🙌🙌