Chapter 5
The Greatest Story Ever Told: Story Elements
In This Chapter
• Seven common elements in film stories
• The importance of character and conflict in drama
• The scene as the basic building block for film drama
• The value of outlining your story
You’ve found a visual idea that you think has the potential to make a good film. But how do you know for sure? And how do you take that idea and make it big enough—interesting enough—to show on a movie screen to an audience?
You start by nurturing and developing that idea, which is now the source of your story. You push, shove, pull, tug, and shape it into something cinematic and dramatic, something that can become a film. This process is one of the most important aspects in the development phase ...
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