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Summary: Recapitulation of All Concepts

Goal: Why do we watch movies?

Events of the Story You want your audience “lost” in the story. You want them at the edge of their seats, emotionally involved about what is going to happen next.
Threshold of Awareness The way in which the story is told should not enter the viewer’s awareness. It should not cross this threshold or you put a hole in the illusion of the story.
Work Here: Structural Level Structure is how the story is put together and how it is told, which must ...

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