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Save The Cat! Goes To The Movies - Blake Snyder
By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 10, 2012, 4:55 pm
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This is a pretty good read and an interesting take on the "how
to write screenplays" genre that seems to be flooding the
market. It's not perfect, but it does kind of rewire a person's
brain in how to look at movies and your scripts in a different
light. I'm very cautious reading any of these types of books in
large part because it's usually a retelling of the same ideology
handed down from Syd Fields, who I think is the biggest farce
ever.
Everyone takes his theory as gospel, when if you look at it, is
nothing more than him just saying every story (i.e. movie) has a
beginning, middle and an end. He leaves so much un accounted for
that "learning" from him doesn't exist. Telling me a plot point
occurs at the 60 minute mark does not tell me anything about
characters, plots, etc...
The guy is a sham. In this book, at least the author Blake
Synder is giving you clear ideas of what your story has to have
in order to fit a specific type of story you are going for. It's
kind of a "paint-by-numbers" approach, which can be viewed as
cheating. But who the f uck cares? If it gets you to write, then
it's successful. All Syd Field's mumbo jumbo has made me want to
punch him in the face for conning so many people and
brainwashing them to think in his terms, which are unrelatable
to the craft of sitting down and writing.
This is definitely worth a Rent if you want to see a different
take on the same ideas.
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Re: Save The Cat! Goes To The Movies - Blake Snyder
By: Mac Date: February 11, 2012, 8:14 am
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I shouldn't say I did not know about this genre of book, I just
haven't thought about it. Sounds like quite the jungle of
available books that you need to weed through. Good luck.
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Re: Save The Cat! Goes To The Movies - Blake Snyder
By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 11, 2012, 8:42 am
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I no longer seek those books out. Only when I first started
creative writing and wanted to learn how to write screenplays
did I dive into the market to learn the basics. Ironically
enough, the first book that people told me to check out was
Syd's book. I thought it was the dumbest thing ever in how he
was presenting it and the more I looked into other books, the
more other authors were ripping "him" off. But somehow he
managed to paint it as his own. Anyone interested in the art of
writing will tell you that Syd swiped it from Aristotle in his
Poetics book. So, with all these people regurgitating the same
theory over and over, I would stay away from these 'flash in the
pan' books.
Every few years when I hear that someone has broken the mold of
how to approach writing scripts, I will read for myself. This
book and approach, although not new in itself, was a good read
none the less.
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Re: Save The Cat! Goes To The Movies - Blake Snyder
By: Chiprocks1 Date: July 8, 2014, 6:06 pm
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[center]On Story Structure (and how Save the Cat ruined
Hollywood)
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4UiUckSmLE&list=PLp2e7UfInEgmB-5r4rtQOEsq-H-mNmQhk&index=12
I had absolutely no idea that Snyder had passed away. I had to
double check after watching the video to make sure he wasn't
just making a joke about him.
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