5 Basic Elements Every Great Story Must Have - Courtney Miller
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Courtney Miller is a 5-time award winning director who has worked with the biggest names in entertainment including Michael Jackson, Usher, and Britney Spears. His award winning short film REPAIRations! - The Musical, has garnered him meetings with top studios and networks including Lionsgate, TBS, and Viola Davis' company, Juvee Productions. He has directed commercials for Nike & Apple, and has written several television and film screenplays in the Drama, Comedy, Musical, and Horror genres'.
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This made the idea of writing so much less intimidating and actually approachable 👏
He communicates and articulates his process so clearly and with confidence. Awesome addition.
it sounds more like six elements.
1. The log line
2. The ending
3. The beginning
4. The incitement
5. The conflict
6. Midpoint/All Is Lost
So refreshing seeing a writer describing his workflow so clearly. You can tell he has a very pragmatic approach to his work. Best video so far for me!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is about the best 18 min I've seen on this channel. Nothing was left vague. Examples were very illustrative. Nice interview. Fun guy. Thanks.
This channel and studiobinder are my film schools.
Also Big Red Stripe, Every Frame A Painting, Filmmaker IQ, D4Darious, This Guy Edits, Lessons From The Screenplay, The Script Lab...
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Me too😁
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"Story" and "Save the Cat" are goldmines.
Courtney was a director on a series I was on. And he was very clear just like he is in this video. A great guy and a joy to work with. Makes life easy for you on set.
Both stories and jokes have a point. You always know the ending to jokes too before starting to tell them. It's how they are told that can make it seem fresh along the way.
great insight, thanks Courtney. I was afraid I was writing my screenplay wrong because I had the ending in mind before anything else but I was able to use the ending as my target.
You just pointed out what's wrong with many Steven King stories. He's a fantastic writer in many ways, but I swear some of his stories fizzle out because he didn't know what the end was at the beginning.
*Most of his stories
King’s a famous pantser and hates plotting and knowing where the story goes. Ironically so is GRRM , but he does endings so much better
@@southlondon86 he's written so many stories that I personally couldn't make that claim for all of them. 😂
@@lacolem1 GRRM is more talented than most writers in my opinion.
Is this why Stephen King’s Under the Dome series was abandoned after three seasons?
Wow! This guy, hands down, just gave the best "how to write a story/screenplay" lesson in under 20 minutes. Thank you 👏👍👍👍
This video literally fed my ego - I, basically an amateur, have the exact same thought process and do exactly what he, a professional, does - all down to adding extra action to my scripts as I can’t help but put on my director’s hat & sharing my scripts to my brother as he’s good at logical thinking. Thank you for interviewing him, it was so helpful!
Everyone has their own process. Great to see you find this one reaffirming!
See this is what’s interesting. So “professional” writers, I keep hearing them say that they commit to writing x number of pages a day, or they’ll write for x number of hours a day. I’ve found that personally, when I try to do that (not that I’ve practiced it much), I end up writing 95% garbage. However, when I do sit down to write a script , which is usually because I’m feeling overly emotional, I write something worth keeping 50% of the time. And as time progresses, I’m getting better and better at only writing when I know it’s going to be good. I’ve gotten better and better at writing more quality pages and less trash pages. But at the same time, I’m not sure overall productivity has increased. I’m just getting better at stopping trash writing before I spend time doing it.
But at the same time, maybe they’re right and giving myself more “self checks” could improve overall productivity.
I’m coming from this perspective because when I started out, I would rewrite the same scene 10 different times until I got it right. And it was really depressing. Now I’m getting better at not writing any trash.
Awesome video! I have a story I have going on right now that's very personal to me and I have no idea how to end it. So thank you for this amazing video, i will definitely use as many of these tricks and strategies as i can!
Fantastic actionable ideas and he's so clear about how he structures his writing! I now want to try his method and see if it will work for me, and, if not, at least I can imagine how to confidently go about creating a system that may work for me. And I love that he has a writing discipline. Definitely one of the "Top 10 Must Watch" on your channel. Thank you!
Very grounded interview. I love esoteric theory but this discussion was practical and useful.
Thank you and Mr. Miller.
This seems what I am looking at doing as it seems intuitive and in line with the craft.
Wow! So much like my own process. Im glad! Very very glad!
Great interview!
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EXCELLENT!! So informative. Great refresher and validation! VERY GENEROUS PERSON! Many do not tell what they do!! Nice to meet Courtney Miller...he's very disciplined...
Excellent!!! SO VERY HELPFUL!! THANKS
Another excellent episode!
I’ve got over 10 screenwriting books that I’ve been reading and Save the Cat is not one of them. I should get that one too. I also should start reading less and writing more. I get obsessed. Anyway, thanks Film Courage. Here are some of them.
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Screenplay by Syd Field
Story by Robert McKee
Story Genius by Lisa Cron
Creating Character Arcs by K.M. Weiland
Nutshell Technique by Jill Chamberlain
Writing Screenplays that Sell M. Hauge
Anatomy of Story by John Truby
The Negative Trait Thesaurus
The Positive Trait Thesaurus
The Emotional Wound Thesaurus
by Ackerman & Puglisi
Save the Cat is one that gets too much credit and also not enough credit. It's basically just another way to outline, but gives detail of the steps in a somewhat entertaining way. I like it best for comedy and history, but not everything. But it's actual outlining is what you can find online. Buy it if you want, but you don't need to. Right now it seems you'd be better off with arranging a time you commit to writing, maybe get somebody else to do it at the same time, or they can do something else. And planning is actual writing. But you've got to get words on your page, and it would behoove you to get into a writing group. Check libraries, or go on Meetup or Facebook to find some. Sometimes colleges have alumni that are interested in groups, but get some other eyes on your stuff, and provide them with the same courtesy of productive feedback. Friends and family are great, but they're not educated in story design.
Also, take their notes with a grain of salt. Don't take them personal (some notes can feel harsh), and be considerate of their stuff too. It's all to improve your stories, not to destroy them. The goal is to help each other achieve a clear outcome in an entertaining way, not to insult or let yourself be broken down.
This is really educative
This is where 90% of tv dramas fail. A good example of a story that had a direction from beginning to end was Breaking Bad, as the creator had concepts for the ending metaphorically expressed even from the first episode. And each character development line beautifully came together at the end by plan.
Can't wait for the final episodes of Better Call Saul. Vince Gilligan and his team are brilliant.
This is pretty cool, but maybe it has happened before and it isn't a milestone for this channel. He cited Film Courage contributing to his process. Nice.
This is some solid practical advice
I was watching Indiana Jones and his character didn’t seem to change. He had a LOST ARCH. There you go, a screen writers Dad Joke!
So helpful!
This is amazing. He’s a great teacher. Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
I love it, a little drinky-pooh and a good meal. Great interview with Courtney's simple explanations. Great perspectives.
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This is great advice. Actual advice and not some vague premise
The was a awesome video. You can’t pretty much copy and past his techniques💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Excellent.
I LOVE save the cat. This is saving my butt in film school.
Mental note... 4:05
Thanks!
Wow! Thank you so much Marcus! Love to see finding such value in Courtney's process. Our best to you and your creative work!
This maybe the most hlpful video you ever posted.. This guy killed it.
Glad this one found you!
Good advice)
What basic elements must every story have?
Dennis O’Neil’s Three-Act Structure
ACT I
- The hook.
- Inciting incident.
- Establish the situation and conflict. (Major visual action.)
ACT II
- Develop and complicate the situation. (Major visual action.)
ACT III
- The climax. (Major visual action.)
- Finale.
Courtney Miller uses these 5 elements:
1. The Beginning
2. The Ending
3. The Conflict
4. Inciting Incident
5. The Logline
I did not get whether the theme or themes emerge as he writes or he decides what they are before setting off. As many commenters pointed out Karen is an amazing interviewer, thank you.
Transcend the audience.
So many don't have characters with wants, needs, and flaws, and when they do, too often don't arch. Then so much isn't clear, and a lot of extra stuff is on the story thar has nothing to do with it weighing it down. Oh, and not enough tension.
I can’t find him on google
Courtney’s bio and IMDb are in the description
What are the 5 basic elements? Got a bit lost watching the clip, he speeds through that part quickly.
I had a hard time figuring out what exactly those 5 elements are myself too. He did not itemize them in the video but to the best of my understanding they are: The Beginning, The Ending, The Conflict, Inciting Incident, and The Logline. Hope that helps.
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Thank you for the heads up!
This guy actually knows what he's talking about, listen carefully folks.
I'm don't agree with writing from the end. I'm not saying it doesn't work or doesn't work for him. I'm sure it does for him and many others but imo a story can be told from any point in time. A good story will play out no matter what. If it doesn't then it wasn't a good story.
The ending makes or breaks the story.
I do nearly the same except I try to fill out all the beats first.
300+ pages in…still no ending in sight 😭
Maybe you are writing a trilogy?
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