![]() They mention how sad it is to see Stewart go to a bigger paper and mention many others are leaving the company. They are the investigative team for the Boston Globe, all working so hard on a story, they have to eat the cake for their lunch. Another reporter, Mike (Mark Ruffalo) carries a piece of cake downstairs to the Spotlight department, a small office with only two others on staff - Sacha Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams) and Matt Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James). Robby Robinson (Michael Keaton) gives a playful speech about his departure. A reporter named Stewart is retiring to be replaced by a new editor. The young cop is told nobody can discuss this case with the papers and that the case isn’t going to be arraigned. In an interview room, the Monsignor is talking to a distraught woman fingering rosary beads while her three children color with crayons. The opening shot shows the text: BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTS.Īt a police station, an older cop tells a younger one that the woman is hysterical, that she is divorced with four kids and that Father Geoghan was helping out. To help steer the discussion, here is an extensive plot summary from IMDb: If you have seen Spotlight, I invite you to join me in breaking down and analyzing the movie. Monday: General Comments Tuesday: Plot Wednesday: Characters Thursday: Themes Friday: Dialogue Saturday: Takeawaysįor those of you who have not seen the movie, do not click MORE as we will be trafficking in major spoilers. This week’s movie: Spotlight which won the 2016 Academy Award for Best Picture, written by Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy. Decisions get made in Hollywood in large part depending upon how movies perform, so watching movies as they come out puts you in the same head space as reps, producers, execs, and buyers. Let me add this: It’s important to see movies as they get released so that you stay on top of the business. If you immerse yourself in the world of film, it’s like a Gestalt experience where you begin to grasp intuitively scene composition, story structure, character functions, dialogue and subtext, transitions and pacing, and so on. Moreover people who work in the movie business constantly reference existing movies when discussing stories you write it’s a shorthand way of getting across what they mean or envision.īut most importantly, you need to watch movies in order to ‘get’ how movie stories work. Every movie you see is a potential reference point for your writing, everything from story concepts you generate to characters you develop to scenes you construct. ![]() To be a good screenwriter, you need to have a broad exposure to the world of film. Here are my reflections from that post about the importance of watching movies: Why? To quote the writing mantra I coined over 5 years ago: Watch movies. Another in our bi-weekly series in which we analyze movies currently in release.
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