Breaking down existing films is a good way to learn how to be a better visual storyteller for your own projects.
Please see MyFlik's YouTube channel for 30+ film school videos with lots of case studies for each topic.
"Emulation is a noble and just passion, full of appreciation."
– J.C.F. von Schiller
40 Plot Points In Ratatouille
Check out these plot points for this great cooking rat story to see how to juggle plot, theme and character perfectly.
Story Movie Reviews
Reviews from a movie story perspective of new films out and on DVD.
Character Identification In Finding Nemo
How does Pixar get you to care about a bunch of little fish?
Character Identification In Ratatouille
How does Pixar get you to care about dirty little rats?
The Sopranos: Season 6
What was the theme of Season 6? See how the new theme works in each episode.
Why Study Superbad And Juno?
These films have wonderful stories of regular people doing interesting things and similar films could be made in your town using your friends as actors. Other films that could be shot in almost any town include Mean Girls, Lars And the Real Girl and Welcome To the Dollhouse type stories. The great scripts make up for the lack of big budgets.
CSI Basic Story Ingredients
How to write a CSI episode or spoof. "Grave Danger" is deconstructed to see how CSI stories work.
"A genius is one who shoots at something no one else can see - and hits it ."
– Anonymous
Watch some sample movies below from the online Story Engine on Storytelling Goals, Creating Themes and Using Symbols and Metaphors. These short films are samples from the new 20 hour step-by-step "Writing A Great Script Fast" DVD Workshop:
Follow along and create a great film or story idea fast! Download the Workbook PDF fileor DOC file to edit. You can also use a notebook or paper and the Online Workbook or watch it in 20 Steps.
Sample Movies
Below are some sample movies from the 94 minute version above on Storytelling Goals, Creating Themes and Using Symbols and Metaphors. These short films are part of the new 20 hour step-by-step "Writing A Great Script Fast" DVD Workshop:
Learn how to include themes in your films and stories in this free sample movie from the new step-by-step "Writing A Great Script Fast" DVD Workshop:
Learn how to use Metaphors and Symbols in your films, animations or stories from the new step-by-step "Writing A Great Script Fast" DVD Workshop:
Writing A Great Script Fast Makes Screenwriting Easy!
