Yes, Documentaries Also Use Story Structure

One of the questions I get most is about story structure and
is, “Is it different for documentaries?” No. In fact one of the best
structuralists working in film of any kind is documentarian Ken Burns. I watch
his work in awe. If you want to know how stories work, you should become
familiar with what he does.



There is something I often urge people to do, but

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Movies I Like: Double Indemnity

 “The two most
important words in motion pictures are Billy and Wilder”
– Alfred Hitchcock



“It was a hot afternoon, and I can still remember the smell
of honeysuckle all along that street. How could I have known that murder can
sometimes smell like honeysuckle?” – Walter Neff in Double Indemnity





I could have done an entire post by now on how cool Billy
Wilder is, instead

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What I Learned From Reading E.T.

 

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