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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

By Paul Joseph Gulino
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

By Paul Joseph Gulino
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STORYTELLING STRATEGIES: Dunkirk - A Finely Tuned Watch

By Paul Joseph Gulino
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

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

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

By Paul Joseph Gulino
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

By Paul Joseph Gulino
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

By Paul Joseph Gulino
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

By Paul Joseph Gulino
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Storytelling Strategies: Tension, Release and 'Interstellar'

By Paul Joseph Gulino
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Storytelling Strategies: Edge of an Ending

By Paul Joseph Gulino
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Storytelling Strategies: When In Trouble, Reach for the Deadline

By Paul Joseph Gulino
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Storytelling Strategies: 'Blue Jasmine' Blues

By Paul Joseph Gulino
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Storytelling Strategies: 'Frozen' Expectations

By Paul Joseph Gulino
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Storytelling Strategies: The Lowdown on 'Gravity'

By Paul Joseph Gulino
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Storytelling Strategies: Ending 'The World's End'

By Paul Joseph Gulino
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Storytelling Strategies: Fruitvale Station vs. Blake Snyder

By Paul Joseph Gulino
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Storytelling Strategies: Monsters University's Scary Character Arcs

By Paul Joseph Gulino
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Storytelling Strategies: Escape Hatches in 'Iron Man 3'

By Paul Joseph Gulino
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Storytelling Strategies: The Puzzle in Silver Linings Playbook

By Paul Joseph Gulino
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Storytelling Strategies: 'Argo' and Recapitulation

By Paul Joseph Gulino
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Storytelling Strategies: Zero Dark Thirty's Expiration Date

By Paul Joseph Gulino