What is a Scene with John Yorke

Scenes make up every act, every episode, every season, every moment of every great drama. A scene is the smallest divisible element of a screenplay.  Its structure is replicated by a sequence, an act, an episode, a whole film.   It’s the DNA of any narrative, and as such – a detailed look at what scenes are, how they work and what you can do with them – is the very best way to understand all narrative structure

 

In six 90 minute sessions, John takes us through scene structure, scene history, scenes as building blocks, and scenes as chains of cause and effect.  How they work, how to write them, how to cut from one to another, how to use them to create pace, how to use them to define character, how to make them utterly compelling

From how to structure them, to how to use them as Mise-en-Scene, how they appear in beat sheets, synopsis and treatments, everything you need to know about advanced story structure is here

 

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