Point of View

John and Craig discuss the power of point of view in scripts and how the choice of which characters have storytelling power changes how we experience a movie. Point of view has a meaningful role in creating mystery, expanding scale, elevating characters, and energizing a story. We also answer listener questions about “Jackman shots,” renaming a character in the middle of a story, and supporting a child who writes. Links: Scriptnotes Digital Seasons are now available! Margin Call uses the ”plain English” trope a little differently. Justin Dise walks through the basic shot types in a blog post for B&H. Bubble, a podcast by Jordan Morris Alleys, an immersive escape mobile game The Scriptnotes Listeners’ Guide! The USB drives! John August on Twitter Craig Mazin on Twitter John on Instagram Find past episodes Outro by Luke Davis (send us yours!) Email us at [email protected] You can download the episode here. UPDATE 7-17-18: The transcript of this episode can be found here. The post Point of View first appeared on John August.