10 Screenwriting Tips from Guillermo del Toro on how he wrote The Shape of Water and Pan's Labyrinth скачать в хорошем качестве

10 Screenwriting Tips from Guillermo del Toro on how he wrote The Shape of Water and Pan's Labyrinth

Guillermo del Toro is a Mexican filmmaker, screenwriter, and author. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning fantasy films Pan's Labyrinth (2006) and The Shape of Water (2017), winning the Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture for the latter. 0:00 - Intro 1:05 - 1. If you find yourself disliking some scenes, elements or arcs in a film, use that as an opportunity to rectify them and change some things to make your film the way you think it should have been. 2:20 - 2. Make monsters human by giving them personalities and have each of them represent something in us. Even if they are inhuman or do extraordinary things, their feelings must always be recognizable. 3:19 - 3. If your film features love interests who are of the same sex, different religion, age, political persuasion or even species, let that be just a fact, and rather focus on the true point of the story - their love for each other. 6:23 - 4. For everybody else, your movie is a filmography, for you it’s a biography. So, the people around you won’t see it the way you see it, but sometimes you must convince them to take a risk and go where it’s not safe. 7:04 - 5. On some of your first projects in the industry you may not have all the power and leverage to make all of the creative decisions yourself, but it will be a great opportunity to learn about some aspects of making films and it will be your gateway to projects on which you will have more control. 9:24 - 6. Being a director is more of a mindset of creating your vision. It isn’t about having an education, or having the right equipment. Anyone can become a filmmaker, or writer, by simply telling their story using whatever they have. 12:41 - 7. A filmmaker needs to be tough as nails and fragile at the same time. You’ll need to be tough to win fights about your vision with producers but at the same time you need to be permeable and fragile with your actors. 13:48 - 8. Set your film in a time or place that reflects the struggle of times or the situation we are in at the moment. 14:42 - 9. Don’t read, or watch, purely for research. Look into media that you’re really interested in. That way it draws from you something you already had creatively.   16:06 - 10. You are what you are, and that's all you need for the movies you make. Whilst learning writing and film has its uses, creatively you can’t learn life’s experiences or your own truth. You must find it, and tell it, from within yourself.  18:17 - Outro & Competition Follow us on our main Instagram:   / outstanding.screenplays   Follow us on our video Instagram:   / outstandingscreenplays   Follow us on Twitter:   / outscreenplays   Follow us on Facebook:   / outstandingscreenplays   Support us on Patreon:   / outstandingscreenplays   #GuillermodelToro #TheShapeofWater #PansLabyrinth #screenwriting #screenwriter #screenwritingtips