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Screenwriting Basics #1: A Save the Cat!® Course
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Screenwriting Basics #1: A Save the Cat!® Course

Learn by example: A crash course breaking down 3 screenplays with the Save the Cat! method, so you can write your story
Created bySave the Cat®
Last updated 7/2021
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn the basics of storytelling from the world's most popular storytelling method, Save the Cat!

Course content

3 sections • 15 lectures • 42m total length

  • Beat 1: OPENING IMAGE2:21

    See the key elements of the Opening Image Beat of BLACK PANTHER, COCO, and LADYBIRD.

  • Beat 2: THEME STATED2:31

    See the key elements of the Theme Stated Beat of BLACK PANTHER, COCO, and LADYBIRD.

  • Beat 3: SET-UP4:03

    See the key elements of the Set-Up Beat of BLACK PANTHER, COCO, and LADYBIRD.

  • Beat 4: CATALYST1:50

    See the key elements of the Catalyst Beat of BLACK PANTHER, COCO, and LADYBIRD.

  • Beat 5: DEBATE3:00

    See the key elements of the Debate Beat of BLACK PANTHER, COCO, and LADYBIRD.

  • Beat 6: BREAK INTO TWO1:43

    See the key elements of the Break Into Two Beat of BLACK PANTHER, COCO, and LADYBIRD.

Requirements

  • no requirements

Description

Welcome

Thanks to you, Save the Cat! continues to be the #1-selling set of books on both screenwriting and novel writing. Founded in 2005 by screenwriter Blake Snyder, and later adapted by novelist Jessica Brody and writer Jamie Nash, the Save the Cat! principles represent the standards by which working writers, studio executives, publishers, and entertainment professionals develop and evaluate scripts and manuscripts.

Now we have created a set of online classes designed to simplify the complexities of storytelling. The Save the Cat! online courses take you step by step through the Save the Cat! methodology to help you discover, organize, and tighten your story.

As the late great Blake Snyder said, ““The worst thing that can happen in screenwriting is not to finish. Half-written screenplays never sell!”

Let’s help start and finish your story.

What You'll Learn

Learn the key elements and purpose of each of Blake Snyder's 15 story beats, as illustrated by 3 acclaimed films:

  • the Marvel blockbuster BLACK PANTHER

  • Disney's animated COCO

  • the indie LADY BIRD

In 15 short videos, one for each story beat, you'll see how the writers structured their very different stories in a very similar fashion.

This Course Includes

  • 15 videos—one for each of Blake Snyder's 15 story beats

  • a downloadable PDF of the Crash Course's Essential Vocabulary, including Promise of the Premise, Stasis = Death, the Moment of Clarity, and much more

Who this course is for:

  • screenwriters
  • novelists
  • playwrights

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