CHAPTER 4
SHAPING THE STORY INTO DRAMA
SHAPING THE STORY INTO DRAMA
Even small interactions with little narrative development involve dramatic content, pressure and release. This is true for two schoolgirls waiting moodily for a third to arrive, a man trying to roll a rock aside on a mountain track, or an assassin setting out to kill a president. Dramatic terminology may sound extreme and only useful for “big” subjects, but it represents a set of analytical tools that will unlock the power in everything you will ever film. Your ability to analyze, shape, and sharpen dramatic content will determine your insight into scripts, and decide your competency at directing actors.
THE BEAT
Critical to understanding the overall human ...
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