I found this video interesting. I especially like the emphasis on the characters having smaller, more personal goals rather than "saving the world" goals.
What do you think? Good advice? Are you drawn to A24 type films more than others?
Screenwriting : How to Write an A24 Screenplay by Tucker Teague
How to Write an A24 Screenplay
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I agree with this perspective.
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I believe because the bigger it is, the more convoluted it becomes.
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Thanks for sharing the video, Tucker Teague! Terrific advice! Writers can use the advice for any kind of script. I've made the mistake of forcing high stakes into a script when it would've been better if the stakes were personal. I really like movies that have high stakes and personal stakes, like Everything Everywhere All at Once. A24 movies are some of my favorite films. I still need to see a bunch of them.
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The writing/storytelling elements of the video were spot-on, but the view of A24 was a bit misguided. A24 doesn't "make" all their movies. They didn't go through the process of developing the scripts, casting, and production. They acquire/distribute the movies when they're fully packaged and ready to shoot and/or when the movies are finished.
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It's very good advice, but it's standard craft advice at a very surface level, just applied to a sub-genre. I like Under The Skin, Ex Machina, and The Witch but these are very niche films with a sector of the arts I feel the typical movie goer sees as pretentious.
I write weird little spec scripts. That's my thing. It's tough to get alignment with something like that though. Most producers see stuff like that as very risky to make.
I also think the opening statement about blockbusters being typically bad and the old trope of "NoBoDy kNoWs hOw tO MaKe gOoD FiLmS AnYmOrE" a inaccurate conclusion. That's always been a tough market where the studios have to pander to the lowest common dominator.