1 The Problem of Choice Psychology and the Effective Storyteller
Pt 1: Clarity After Chaos
True Story:
A director was in the middle of directing their first feature film. While “only” a scrappy, gritty independent production, it was a huge deal – finally they were seeing their lifelong directing dream come true; excitement and hopes – and fears and self-pressure – were off the charts. The shoot was on a very tight budget and schedule with no margin for error, but thankfully things were going well as they headed into the final day – the production was on time, on budget and the footage looked promising; all they had left to do was shoot the critical climatic sequence. Critical, because a film's ending is what most ...
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