One of the things I have become increasingly fascinated by is that there are different ways to present the same information or the same story. How you choose to frame it has profound impact on the kind of writing or story it will be.
This post is really about a movie, but movies generally begin with writing. Someone has to write a story and someone has to turn that into a script.
You probably best know this movie by the name The 13th Warrior, assuming you know it at all. It is kind of a cult classic but wasn't a big hit at the time of release from what I gather.
In this interview, Vladimir Kulich (one of the actors) talks about the different styles of storytelling of two of the people who had power over the film. I found those remarks insightful.
I'm not a big horror movie fan, but I'm fond of this movie. Here's a real short scene from it that I like a lot for various reasons: Titles are hard in part because in just a few words you set up the expectations for your audience and you may not be setting the expectation you think you are. If you are doing a journalistic piece, your title should give the main point of the story and there should be no surprises.
But for many other kinds of writing, you want to give just enough information to entice people witout giving away important plot details and you need to do that without actually lying to your audience. That kind of thing can be very challenging to do well.
This post is really about a movie, but movies generally begin with writing. Someone has to write a story and someone has to turn that into a script.
You probably best know this movie by the name The 13th Warrior, assuming you know it at all. It is kind of a cult classic but wasn't a big hit at the time of release from what I gather.
In this interview, Vladimir Kulich (one of the actors) talks about the different styles of storytelling of two of the people who had power over the film. I found those remarks insightful.
The Thirteenth Warrior - The Legendary Lost 1998 Trailer (Eaters of the Dead - the McTiernan cut)
I'm not a big horror movie fan, but I'm fond of this movie. Here's a real short scene from it that I like a lot for various reasons: Titles are hard in part because in just a few words you set up the expectations for your audience and you may not be setting the expectation you think you are. If you are doing a journalistic piece, your title should give the main point of the story and there should be no surprises.
But for many other kinds of writing, you want to give just enough information to entice people witout giving away important plot details and you need to do that without actually lying to your audience. That kind of thing can be very challenging to do well.
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