Das ist schon etwas älter, aber einfach zu gut, um es nicht zu posten. In Cameron Crowes „Conversations with Wilder“ sind auch die Tipps von Billy Wilder zum Erzählen von guten Geschichten abgedruckt:
- The audience is fickle.
- Grab ‘em by the throat and never let ‘em go.
- Develop a clean line of action for your leading character.
- Know where you’re going.
- The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points, the better you are as a writer.
- If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is in the first act.
- A tip from Lubitsch: Let the audience add up two plus two. They’ll love you forever.
- In doing voice-overs, be careful not to describe what the audience already sees. Add to what they’re seeing.
- The event that occurs at the second act curtain triggers the end of the movie.
- The third act must build, build, build in tempo and action until the last event, and then –
- – that’s it. Don’t hang around.
Tja, ausdrucken, gut sichtbar an die Wand heften und sich dran halten – oder einen sehr guten Grund haben, um diese Tipps nicht zu befolgen.
(dank an The Uncool)
