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Every story has a finish line. That finish line is either a desire to retrieve, stop, win or escape. However, the driver of that race to the end isn’t the plot but the emotions that drive characters in the story. Those emotions are grounded in the premise or theme that the story is built around
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Since my last video I've gotten some email and messages asking what's the benefit of be doing this exercise of reading and reflecting on these screenplays. I hope my answer gives some insight.
Story writing is a human science and skill. Just like a doctor needs to go through school and rotations to perform well at their job, so do producers. As a producer focused on marketing, having the ability to develop projects stems from knowing my way around stories.
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Check out Scott Myer’s observations on the Toy Story Script
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As a marketer having the ability to tell stories effectively is very important. Understanding character, plot, setting and themes are only the foundation of the process. Stories are well sell ideas and they are what communicate messages effectively. For this reason I’m committing myself to reading 40 screenplays for the next 40 days.
Below are my reflections from having read my first script, Memento by Jonathan Nolan.
Here’s the tweet that introduced me to this challenge:
#ff @GoIntoTheStory and @nate_winslow for deets on #40Dos: Read a script a day for 40 days challenge: http://bit.ly/9pUDsy #scriptchat
Mina Zaher
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The other day a friend recommended I check out Empire Magazine’s coverage of Christopher Nolan’s Inception and his past filmography. It took me about an hour to get through the whole thing.
One thing to point out is that this man is an excellent at managing PR. He’s also super disciplined and focused. Working on only one movie at a time and that it’s the only way he functions. Too many people do too many things at the same time and don’t do them well.
In business consulting McKinsey emphasize the 80/20 Rule, the Foundation of which is on clarity of objective, focus on prime actions and solid execution.
The difficult part isn’t finding out what to do, rather understanding what NOT to do. Below are just some of the obvious gems on leadership and creativity we can all pull out from the article.
Regardless of planned conditions, always shoot. 99/100 times you’ll end up using it. Never wait for weather. – Christopher Nolan #fb
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Gary Goldman on Chris Nolan – “He knows what hes looking for. Hes trusting. He trusts youre going to do your homework. Thats a nice feeling”Belal Khan
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Disciplined creativity -Robin Williams on Chris Nolan- “Hes very focused but prepared to try anything. Hes is in control but lets u go wild”Belal Khan
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Working in an environment that you cant control, always have a backup plan. Winds wont always blow in ur favor -Chris Nolan on Batman BeginsBelal Khan
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If you challenge people in and unusual way, you can get incredible results. – Chris Nolan on The PrestigeBelal Khan
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Earlier I had announced that Leechon had finally become a YouTube partner. This means that as a partner, Google will share some of the ad revenue that they get with Leechon, Inc.
What I’ve Learned So Far:
Obviously, the number’s aren’t glorious. For a moment they’re downright depressing.
However, they are an extra income stream. Over time (probably a looong time) as the subscriber base grows, the video count increases and quality of entertainment content put forth improves, this number can grow into something substantial.
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