| Cue | Notes |
| Prisoners 2013 | -push everything off the desk |
| -head down, finger to temple | |
| -cover face, throw something | |
| A Few Good Men 1992 | -angry face |
| -loud voice, yelling | |
| -throwing hands in air | |
| -dont blink alot, long stares | |
| Revolutionary Road 2008 | -fleeing away from problem |
| How does one laugh hysterically then turn annoyed or mad? | -laughing hysterically |
| Steve Jobs 2015 | -from sitting to standing |
| -silence, long pauses | |
| The Social Network 2010 | -fast walking |
| How do you break items without actually damaging property? | -breaking item |
| The master 2012 | -breaking things |
| -no words, long silence | |
| -kicking things |
Monthly Archives: March 2022
Andrew Stanton Storytelling
| Cue | Notes |
| -story telling is joke telling -knowing every sentence from the 1st to the last to get to your goal | |
| -make the viewers care by design | |
| How do we do that? | -stories should give you a promise that it will lead to somewhere |
| what is that? and how is it used? | -Unifying Theory of 2 + 2 |
| -if thing go static the story dies, because life is never static | |
| -drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty -anticipation is tension | |
| How do you avoid hard fast rules? | -storytelling has guide lines not hard fast rules |
| -best stories infuse wonder | |
| -use what you know, draw from it, capture a truth |
Summary
Stories need to have a specific structure to complete a goal or film. Without it the story is boring. You can write stories by taking experiences from your life. There should be big details as well as little details to make the viewers care. If the viewers don’t care then they wont be as invested in the film. A key to storytelling is having anticipation that makes a scene intense drawing the viewers into the moment.