Advice— syd field Q&A With Syd Field Posted by Syd Field on November 24, 2020 How much thought do you think writers should invest in terms of tracking the broad strokes of the protagonist’s emotional journey when structuring the story?I think all screenwriters should know the emotional jou...
Our documentary feature What’s the Story?will explore howSyd Field– an actor, producer, writer and teacher – became “the guru of all screenwriters” (CNN). How he influenced award-winning filmmakers, such as Alfonso Cuaron, Judd Apatow, Tina Fey, John Singleton and James Cameron. ...
Syd Field: I began teaching from a different perspective, I became the student and my students became the teacher. They wanted answers to questions about writing, how do you develop character, how do you write a story, what makes good dialogue, how do you structure a story. So I answered...
As Syd Field said, you can see this change in film as well. Storytelling is far less linear, we jump around in time, are given bits and pieces of character background in sound and imagery, and only put together the full puzzle once the story has come to its climax. But because our ...
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People say Tarantino broke the mold, but in fact it's three stories about one story. It's just a shift in the point of view. Pulp Fiction doesn't break the mold of Three Act Structure, what it does is incorporate the Three Act in a new way. All three stories bounce off the key ...