@FilmCritHULK You mention the basics of storytelling a lot and how important they are quite often, so I was wondering if you’d know this:
With all the books around screenwriting fundamentals, 101s, introductions, etc., what would be considered “Advanced Screenwriting”?
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Replying to @Enemy_Of_Apathy
Off the top of my head, it's the endless permutations in which you take those fundamentals and make contrary (but well-aimed) choices that often have a point (and often use other fundamentals) - it's sort of navigating the endless sea of options? I'm not sure that makes sense
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Hm... So if I have you right, it’s about acknowledging the purpose those paradigms have on narrative, using the story to explore the basis of those narrative techniques, and subverting them to both serve the story and comment on the rule while still maintaining the right beats?
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I think that's best technical way of putting it, but it's also a little looser than that - it's opening up the playground a bit - kind of a "whatever you can get away with" mantra. But in the end, we can always spot the people who first learned fundamentals and ppl who didn't.
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Just for a concrete example, films like There Will Be Blood and The Master eschew soooooooo many "101" conventions. But Anderson first made Boogie Nights which is as wonderful a "101" movie as you can make. Does the distinction make sense?
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