M. Night Shyamalan Interview on writing The Sixth Sense and Split - 10 Lessons from the Screenplay
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- Опубликовано: 13 июн 2024
- M. Night Shyamalan Interview about the screenplay writing process and lessons from the screenplay on his favorite movies. He is Oscar nominated screenwriter and director. His films include: The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village, The Happening, Lady in the Water, Avatar - The Last Airbender, The Visit, Split, Glass. His regular collaborators are Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Samuel L. Jackson, James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy. He appeared on Graham Norton with Matthew Perry and on South Park. He made a tv series Servant for Apple Tv. His new movie Old is a thriller with Thomasin McKenzie and Labour of Love also in preproduction.
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0:00 - Intro
1:14 - 01 - Don’t be a writer/director if you have a choice among other professions. Only do it if it’s the only thing you want to do and if you have no other choice but to do it.
2:22 - 02 - “The plot comes out of the character.” M Night Shyamalan came up with the twist ending for Sixth Sense by asking himself a question “Why is the couple not speaking?”
4:16 - 03 - Taking certain elements out of your film can be just as effective as adding them in. There is no score in ‘The Visit’ which makes the story more intriguing to the audience.
5:03 - 04 - For your idea to explode you need to have things: 1. the idea and 2. the angle on the idea. There is only one angle the is right for you and you need to find that angle.
6:48 - 05 - You don’t have to live in Los Angeles to be a screenwriter. Your city can be your greatest strength, you’ll write things that are different and have a distinct voice.
7:41 - 06 - If you concentrate on characters, the unique story and good collaborators, you don't need a big budget. You also have the freedom to include scenes that would never pass in a studio system.
9:40 - 07 - Every script will take you A LOT OF DRAFTS. In the first redrafts, you work on bigger problems like the whole acts, scenes and characters. In later drafts, you work on specific problems like lines of dialogue.
12:15 - 08 - When writing a tv series, have the ending in mind before starting it, so that in every episode you can write traces of that ending and the audience will feel the emotional resonance.
13:23 - 09 - Don’t think about twists like dance moves which you necessarily have to hit in your plot. The twist ending should be just an element of the story; not the whole story.
15:17 - 10 - Get a lot of feedback from people. There is no criticism that isn't beneficial. You don't need to follow it, just listen to every feedback, and then ANALYZE it on your own terms.
17:00 - EXTRA TIP - You can look at a filmmaker's life in two different ways. People from the outside only see success statistics. But the REALITY is that success never comes easy, and EVERYBODY goes through multiple embarrassing failures before the success is achieved. Don’t be afraid of failures, just keep putting together your puzzle until your picture is complete.
22:35 - Outro
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He is the walking epitome of never ever give up, and middle finger to 'you can't...' I really liked this one. I have no excuses now.
Exactly! And he is in an even better position now than he was before since now he OWNS all his movies! Which means he is a millionaire now. When nobody would work with him, he sold his house and made a movie by himself called 'The Visit', which made $100 MIL at the Box office. Then he made another movie by himself called 'Split' which made $280 MIL at the Box office. Then he made yet another movie by himself called 'Glass' which made $250 MIL at the Box office. And he OWNS THE RIGHTS TO ALL THOSE THREE MOVIES, now do the math yourself. He IS the walking epitome of never ever give up. Watch the EXTRA TIP again, he explains his whole story from success to failure to success again.
This is a guy who's all about original yet supernatural stories in a suburban world. Pretty awesome
Props to him. He comes out with a big hit, gets torn to shreds, then comes back swinging.
💯✅ And now he OWNS all his films, so he is even in a much better position now.
He said one of my favorite quotes about filmmaking: "When you have 26 good Reviews and then one is bad, all you can think about is that 27th one"
Exactly! He talks a lot in the video about extreme ups and downs in his career, really unbelievable how you can go from the best to the worst, to best again 🙌
@@OutstandingScreenplays "Best"... ?? Really? "Best"? Hmmm.. no.
This is actually the first time I learned M. Night came up with the Sixth Sense twist because he was already writing the couple not to be on speaking terms, rather than the other way around. Genuinely amazing, and actually explains how those scenes manage to feel so natural when they could so easily be contrived if written backwards from the twist. The "Happy anniversary" scene is so brilliant to watch, moreso when you already know the twist because you see how perfectly it works on both levels.
Yeah, interesting right? I was also sure it was the other way around
I love how he could not get the rights to make a Marvel or DC franchise film, using all the same old characters. So he just invented his own super heroes. Of all he has done, some fantastic writing and movies, that, to me, is most impressive.
There's nothing more two dimensional than modern comic superheroes. He makes them real and interesting
A wonderful filmmaker who should be talked about more. His “worst” movies are just as fascinating as his best. Good tips.
The Shyamalanassance. What a twist.
your content is gold
Thanks!
thank you for sharing this video. It was very encouraging and God bless M. Night Shyamalan-
very very good words!!!! thank you for sharing!! I write songs and this helps me a lot too! My favorite movie from Shyamalan is Wide awake!
All the best in ur career. I wanna become a film maker just like tarantino.
He has the most beautiful and warming smile.
I don't know what it is, but i just kind of love his voice 😂 it's in a strange way both fitting and unfitting to his work
Yes, it's magnetic to listen to his voice! Also, he gives some pretty good advice 😉😁
This is why you never give up. Life's full of up's and down's, if you quite while you're at a low point you cheat yourself out of knowing what the high points feel like.
Thank god somebody is writing original stuff. So tired of biopics.
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And comic superheroes! So over used.
Yes !!!! " .. it takes like an irrational passion do it.."
Our failures do not define us🙏🏼
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In an interview Vince Gilligan says he talked to Bryan Cranston telling him he didn't need to be in his tighty whities if he was uncomfortable -for that first scene - to which Bryan Cranston responded: comfort has nothing to do with it.
Reminds me of that... He was willing to serve the scene no matter what. This is the attitude real talented people get to succeed!
and I wouldn't have wanted it any other way lol
He sounds like a writer that gets better as he moves along.
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Is one of the tips _"Put in a twist ending!"_
I can’t write when I’m full and just ate
Creepy music
Any Malayalis
Who the hell would want advice from this guy. He made one amazing movie and then made shit like The Happening
At least he made one amazing movie!
Like some of his movies, but a lot of them honestly suck.