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That Mid-Point Thing

Following UNK’s publication of his post on The Mid Point and to the benefit of the students in a recent...

posted on: Sep 1, 2008 | author: Karel Segers

Are you struggling with a passive protagonist? Let’s look into what causes a character to be passive. A hero is...

posted on: Jul 2, 2008 | author: Karel Segers

Because the first shift of POV in a film may jolt the audience’s experience, it works best where this brief...

posted on: Jun 29, 2008 | author: Karel Segers

Should you write a happy ending? Commercial common sense will tell you: yes, you should. Robert McKee says:...

posted on: Jun 27, 2008 | author: Karel Segers

A structural overview of The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994). It was nominated for seven Academy Awards:...

posted on: Apr 24, 2008 | author: Karel Segers