All storytellers use—and have always used, from The Iliad to Spiderman—the same building blocks: plot, characters, descriptive details, dialogue, action, narrative, conflict, and subtext. This is true for all manner of stories, films or novels, long or short, fact or fiction, comedy or tragedy. Our movie-watching experience is enhanced by understanding how each of these building blocks contributes to the story. We’ll see them at work in four classic films: Thelma & Louise (1991), Moonlight (2016), Casablanca (1942), and Pride & Prejudice (2005).
((Steven Cherry - Tuesday - In-Person))
