The scene is the emotion. The emotion is the scene.
Movies are an emotion delivery system. This is the point of the whole exercise. And that is the point of the scene.
Scene Work
Keep a scene dynamic through character tactics.
The key to keeping a scene fresh and alive is characters making choices in reaction to what happens around them.
Choosing the point of view of a scene.
The narrative point of view is through whom we experience a story, scene, or moment. We get information as they do, and often, as a result, that is who we empathize with.
How to generate great scenes year-round.
But you don't have to wait until you're working on a project to develop great scenes. In fact, you shouldn't.
The two ingredients to tension in your screenwriting.
Nothing keeps us engaged in a story more than tension. It's one of the most effective tools we have to keep the audience watching.
Five Questions For Every Scene
Screenwriting is scene work. Scenes and sequences are at the heart of what we do. But how do we write great scenes, and how do we REwrite them?