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Why SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Will Win the Oscar

by on January 29, 2009 in Articles, On Writing

  I haven’t see the movie yet, but I’m confident that it will win Best Picture.  Why?  Because the story of the making of SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE is the best story of all of nominated films. The  filmmakers cast the film with no name actors literally plucked from the slums of Mumbai, they had to figure […]

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Four Questions? Four Archetypes?

by on January 4, 2009 in Articles, On Writing

In order to have a basic understanding of how these reviews work, you need to understand two concepts: the four questions and the four archetypes. The four questions are the questions that every movie must answer effectively: Who’s your main character? What’s your main character trying to accomplish? Who’s trying to stop your main character? […]

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