Screenwriting : Structure by Ramiro ("Ram") Hernandez

Hi Ramiro, I seen your videos awesome, make a feature

How are you, Ramiro ("Ram") Hernandez? I use the Three-Act Structure because it's simple. It helps keep me on track when I write a script.

I just write scripts man haha

"Het Geheim van Hollywood" (translated The secret of Hollywood).

It's not my favorite but interesting.

This book basically says that only with the FIFTH TRY the hero SOLVES his/her PROBLEM. This is needed to keep tension/suspense hy throughout the screenplay

H (K2) > K1) + Pr _ P5 ?

H = Hero

Pr = Problem

P = Plan

K1 = Keuze leven 1 --- translated = Choice life 1 = the first life that sucks

K2 = Keuze leven 2 - - translated = Choice life 2 = second much better life he/she wants

Step 1: INTRODUCTION -- minute 1-15

Step 2: waying options -- minute 15-30

Step 3: Plan 1 -- minute 30-45

Step 4: Plan 2 -- minute 45-60

Step 5: re-evaluation -- minute 60-75

Step 6:Plan 3 leads to Hell -- minute 75-90

Step 7: Plan 4 -- minute 90-105

Step 8: Plan 5 -- minute 105-120

The fact that the hero only gets what he wants at the fifth try isn't always the fact in Hollywood blockbusters, but often.

One of my scripts got awarded recently has no plain structure...just a jaded dad wanting another shot with estranged daughter and then cursing the hell of letting him meet her again...jury was an drama school professor with a high local renome... you might call him a "by the book structure" man...

I have a never basic structure.

1) what is the character?

2) what would challenge them and their world

3) what do they want

Now every action they do to get what they want should challenge their world view and drive/build the story.

Until we reach an inevitable tragedy.

Yep I am a happy sort of story teller.

I ended up developing my own structure called Turn & Burn.

I accidentally found (and developed) a double screen structure. It's an alternative way to write for the traditional screen. You have this black and white contrast between 2 screens and one of the screens has a peephole shape.

Here's another.

Maybe the main character is a hat... very weird. ;)

Ram, I like to use a six-act structure...something I borrowed from made-for-TV movies. (Don't worry...I don't write "FADE OUT" at the end of every act or "FADE IN" at the start of each act!)

Always wanted to write my own "movies of the week," but I abandoned the idea after I joined Stage 32 in January 2019. Still, if a screenplay I've written happens to get produced and is even successful enough for a network to EVER want to turn my screenplay into a TV-er, the six-act format makes the job of converting easier.

I'm glad you're on Stage 32...and I wish you all the VERY BEST!

Campbell / Vogler structure is the journey / quest; there are unique structures for action, horror, love, comedy, SCI-FI, detective ... really depends on what genre you're focusing on. Most movies these days are a marriage of two to three genre/structures.

I get a basic idea an I write a strong hook. Once I've done that, I write the denouement. Then I wander around in between until it makes sense. If it's a FL, I divide it into 8 segments for rewriting - my attention span is pretty short. When writing shorts, I deal with 'em all at once. 12 pages is my target, 20 is my absolute max.

I’ve always been a disciple of the Hero’s Journey and tend to develop in that structure but I also remain open to all formats that create the big emotional ride for the characters and audience. Awesome topic for discussion!

I'm with Sam - the Hero's Journey is universal to the human experience. But there are many ways to vary that journey, and that's where the fun is!

At the end of the day, all work is hoisted for display on a flat and passive rectangle on the wall called the screen. That rectangle is the "Master-Struktur" - the bane and the boon.