Every Great Story Has These 3 Things - Guido Segal
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- Guido Segal was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Before moving to Los Angeles to pursue his MFA in Screenwriting at UCLA, he was a journalist and a film critic, selected as a Juror at la Semaine de la Critique, during the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Segal has worked as a documentary filmmaker for History and Discovery Channel covering political topics (Asylum Seekers; Sicarios). He also has vast experience as an assistant director and screenwriter for films and TV. Segal co-wrote the Argentinian films Leones (2012) and Kékzsakállú (2016). He was also staffed as a TV writer in three shows: Un Año Para Recordar (2011-2012); La Asombrosa Excursión de Zamba (2014-2016); and Siesta Z (2016). The last two animated shows were nominated for International Emmy Awards in the Kids category. Segal has lived in Argentina, Spain and Finland, and taught Screenwriting and Film Analysis in Universidad del Cine (Buenos Aires), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), TAMK University (Tampere, Finland) and UCLA.
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Comic book legend Dennis O’Neil summed up the perfect storytelling structure to me:
Act I
- The hook.
- Inciting incident.
- Establish the situation. (Major visual action.)
Act II
- Develop and complicate the situation. (Major visual action.)
Act III
- The climax. (Major visual action.)
- Finale.
Im co-creator/head writer for our comic book series/character SPIRALMIND and we follows this format in everything to include our screenplay
I’m not even a writer, nor am I close to even beginning a career in the writing/film industry….
But your videos teach me a lot. Just the way creators think and solve certain creativity issues. Very interesting and also entertaining for me. Awesome interview.
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Every great story has:
1) A police officer whose best friend gets murdered.
2) A dog sidekick.
3) Tom Hanks.
Plus a cool car. The chicks love the car.
I'll give an example for the film opening. The Dark Knight has a fantastic opening scene. Most Nolan movies have very memorable opening scenes. Even Tenet, which was perhaps one of Nolan's less accessible films has a memorable opening scene. He's truly a master when it comes to opening scenes.
On the other hand I can barely remember how The Hunger Games, or the subsequent films open. The films themselves have memorable scenes, and I'm sure I could jog my memory enough to remember the opening, but I wouldn't call any of them memorable. That doesn't necessarily make them bad movies, they have their own issues, but I don't think it's about the quality of the opening being exactly equal to the quality of the overall film.
But what a memorable opening scene does do well, it establishes one or more characters. It tells its own little story. It invests you in what comes next. Because now you've been introduced to some facet of this world. You've been told a story. And you like this story, and you want to see more of this story. It's like seeing a short film or a good pilot episode that makes you want more. You think, "yeah, I could watch 2 hours of this." And be totally happy. A good and memorable opening scene does hook you. It gets you ready to take it all in.
So if you were thinking about a movie like a really really condensed TV series, the opening scene would be the pilot episode. Tell the audience why they should care about what comes next. Then the middle episodes take you through the twists and turns, then the ending is the season finale. You have to pay off what has been set up all season long. You get the final showdown with the boss bag guy. You get the resolution of the romantic plot. You get the protagonist taking everything they've learned and put it to good use. And if you have a season 2 in you then you setup the open ends for season 2. You leave a few plot points unresolved, but importantly not forgotten!
So yeah, think about your movie like a TV series. One where you fit 10, 12, or however many episodes in a two hour time slot. The opening scene is your pilot. And then you can take a few episodes to elaborate. But then make sure you bring it to a logical and satisfying conclusion in the finale.
I feel like a great ending is more important than a great opening, and that's what people remember the most. Even with a great opening, you need to wrap the film or story up in a nice bow, otherwise the story itself would feel pointless and fall flat. The ending is the story itself.
1) Without a great opening, people won't continue w it. You can be anything but boring.
2) W a bad ending (GoT), we still watch and then scream at them when it's over, but we watched the whole thing. A good ending makes us want to watch it AGAIN.
That's mostly true but there are exceptions, like The Big Lebowski and most Cohen Brothers movies. They tend to focus on a series of fun events within interesting story arcs and then end in mediocre ways, yet they are still very entertaining films to watch.
I think you need both. You can have a just okay opening and it gets better, then end with a bang, and it works. Or you can have a superb opening, then just kind of wrap it up at the end without a lot of fanfare. But to be truly a satisfying watch you really need a great hook, a little story within the story, a prelude to things to come. Then you need a fantastic finale that satisfies everything you've written toward. Stick the landing.
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Never watched Lebowski. Looked stupid: weed head looking for a carpet? Ugh.
Not familiar w Cohen Bros.
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That's watchable, but how many times?
To be great, it need serious depth.
What did i like about this video? The way he explain things is like are true but not dogmas, sometimes Scriptwritting teachers are trying to find the general rules and in fact good movies doestn have character development, i say good because i enjoyed watching them. And other have other elements like cinematography also not fully developed and are good experience. The thing with movies or stories is that are so many. And so many of them are good. Is difficult to find a story that doesn’t worth to be watched. Last night i was watching japanese animation and i was enjoying it. Also i enjoy adam sandler movies. In fact since almost two years I think i enjoyed everymovie I watched i onlye disregard when they are too low in some standards.
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David Lynch and the Coen Brothers are my favorite.
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Pretty vague terms, to be honest. Of course, *we know* we need a hook and memorable opening. But what makes an opening 'memorable'? Originality? Character goals? Empathy? Stakes? Surprises? Setting? All of these/none of these? What makes a "great ending"? Pay off? Empathy? Unexpected reversals? What makes a "great character" other than specifics and the writer's emotional connection? Relatable struggles? Meaningful ambitions and desires? Contradictory behaviour? Intrigue?
A great opening leaves you with questions that you want answered, so you stick around for said answers
@@brianaguilar8283 Obviously - but generalising to that extent removes anything helpful. Just questions are not enough, because if the audience doesn't care about the character, or they've seen this story before with nothing original or unique or specific, they will lose interest long before the end.
When do you reveal new information? How are you making 'great characters'? You have to raise the stakes and create new obstacles that are compelling and not episodic.
None of this is explained here.
This man just dismantled me as a writer. I'm all ideas.
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Tony soprano feels real
Colin Farrells role In total recall foes not feel real. It felt like he was punching a clock.
I agree... I had it also with Washington JR on TENNET... Bad acting in my opinion
@@aztro187 Agreed. Washington JR is a pretty flat actor. He fooled Hollywood in thinking he was a lead actor with his performance in Black Klansman. But when I go back and watch that film, its Adam Driver that really does all the heavy lifting in the movie.
Tenet was a bigger project than Jr was skilled to do. hes just not that guy and everything hes gained is based on who his father is. the worst type of nepotism taking a job from someone with more talent but does not have the family name..
@@ComicPower Agreed. Adam Driver carried Blackkklansman
gattaca and LA confidential are both slow to open but when i got thru the 15 mins line they got good and when finished they turned out to be great films
While these cliches make a story consumable, they don't make it absorbable, rewatchable / rereadable, etc. Layers of depth discussing a argument w a satifying conclusion makes it great vs simply popcorn entertainment.
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A 1-dimensional character who doesn't seem real. Pretty much everybody in it, but definitely Jim Gordon from the TV show Gotham. They talk about him as this saintly straight arrow, but he tortures and even murders people as the plot demands it. Mainly the thing that struck me most is how we don't see where he lives for FOUR seasons. If we spend enough time with a character how do you expect me to believe you know anything about them if you won't even show us how they live?
3 things a great story needs? A great beginning, middle, and end lol
I guess that's why I don't watch action or franchise movies. I'm not compelled by the characters. I don't care how loud or how many times or how many things go BANG! If I don't care about who it happens to, I'm gonna just fall asleep.
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I stopped watching F&F after the third or something like that,... I can hear my brain cells burning away... No way Jose
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The Shawshank Redemption has not a "great opening" (after a trial, a guy goes to jail...) but when the story continues it gets better and bettet and better, and better...
it has a great ending btw...
but the surprise element works perfectly because the opening is "weak" and you never expect that to happen...
So, sometimes it works... it depends on the story
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The Wire I would say is pound for pound the best story with the weakest "opening".
That's a 60 hour story that takes 5-6 hours to really get going and hit the quality it would maintain for the series.
But that pilot is always my go-to for what's the worst pilot for any TV show, because it does nothing to hook the viewer.
That makes sense to me now! I've tried to start watching the Wire because of all the high praise, but I can't get past the first couple of episodes! It just doesn't interest me at all to continue
Tony soprano comes to mind when I think of realistic
I don't know; something about this exposition bothers me. I find the opposite to be true: films opening with a strong hook only to die before breaking into act two. Those are quite memorable, too; but, not in the same way. In fact, many of the Great Hooks are greatly disappointing--like a bad romance.
I think the opening, as a rule--with some exceptions--is more crucial than the ending. Whatever you think about MCU movies, most people agree they have a third act problem, yet it's the most successful, and quite satisfying from a storytelling perspective, film franchise ever. The Social Network is probably the best best movie made this century. I don't remember how it ends, but that opening scene is pretty much eternally stitched in my memory.
The perfect film, I think has a great opening, a couple memorable and amazing plot points/inciting incidents in the 2nd act, and a memorable and well-crafted finish. I can't think of many films that land all 3 categories.
It's so true that big movies don't need good characters because it doesn't matter.
It does
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CONFLICT!!!!
Super Troopers
One of the greatest openings of all time
But a terrible film.
@@keithnelson9121 😱blasphemy
wtf with that hat
On the memorable female side...
every character played by Rebel Wilson comes to mind.
"Sorry I'm only mentioning male characters"... I mean, has this woke diversity thing really gotten so far, that we have to excuse excluding er curtain group?.. Why is that even a thing?
I know, right?
Yeah its such beta male energy as well. Say your word like you're right and don't apologize to anyone.