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Storytelling Strategies by Paul Gulino

Paul Joseph Gulino explores the lost opportunities of set-up and pay-off in the film Hereditary.
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STORYTELLING STRATEGIES: The Hereditary Puzzle

A tense moment in the newsroom in The Post. In choosing to portray many characters and many events, the screenwriters left comparatively little time for the exploration of their main character. Amblin Entertainment.
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STORYTELLING STRATEGIES: The Post and Its Main Character

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STORYTELLING STRATEGIES: Dunkirk - A Finely Tuned Watch

STORYTELLING STRATEGIES: 10 Cloverfield Lane's Missing First Act by Paul Joseph Gulino | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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STORYTELLING STRATEGIES: 10 Cloverfield Lane's Missing First Act

STORYTELLING STRATEGIES: Spotlighting Inner Conflict by Paul Joseph Gulino | Script Magazine #scriptchat
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STORYTELLING STRATEGIES: Spotlighting Inner Conflict

STORYTELLING STRATEGIES: Sicario's Vanishing Main Character by Paul Gulino | Script Magazine #scriptchat
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STORYTELLING STRATEGIES: Sicario's Vanishing Main Character

Joy is the main character of Inside Out, and for some reason the other emotions identify her as their leader.
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STORYTELLING STRATEGIES: Inside Out’s Outsized Story

Coach Jim White (Kevin Costner) and Thomas Valles (Carlos Pratts) share a moment of triumph in a triumphant film.
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STORYTELLING STRATEGIES: "McFarland USA"'s Approach

The storytellers in The Imitation Game face the problem of making abstract puzzles and the building of a computer visual interesting and dramatically engaging.
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STORYTELLING STRATEGIES: Imitation Game - Cracking an Enigmatic Script

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Storytelling Strategies: Tension, Release and 'Interstellar'

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Storytelling Strategies: Edge of an Ending

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Storytelling Strategies: When In Trouble, Reach for the Deadline

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Storytelling Strategies: 'Blue Jasmine' Blues

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Storytelling Strategies: 'Frozen' Expectations

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Storytelling Strategies: The Lowdown on 'Gravity'

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Storytelling Strategies: Ending 'The World's End'

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Storytelling Strategies: Fruitvale Station vs. Blake Snyder

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Storytelling Strategies: Monsters University's Scary Character Arcs

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Storytelling Strategies: Escape Hatches in 'Iron Man 3'

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Storytelling Strategies: The Puzzle in Silver Linings Playbook

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Storytelling Strategies: 'Argo' and Recapitulation

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Storytelling Strategies: Zero Dark Thirty's Expiration Date