@@sanjithhm8111 Found this for you. Jagori Bhattacharya 5 months ago "Movies that you might like to watch (Eric Edson uses these movies as examples) before you listen to this amazing lecture: 1. Shrek 2. Collateral 3. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 4. The Matrix 5. Erin Brockovich 6. Gravity"
I been watching these they are great i been thinking i need some skills for writing a game story and im trying to code out a sort of program to generate a outline for a story and character interactions that make sense sort of tooling. Id like to give a suggestion. I and lots of people didn't like gravity. Cause the people making it don't know anything about space or science they maybe know about fiction well that was for sure. It was ridiculously dues ex machina unbelievable. I think you need to at least have some knowledge about the things your talking about. In the case of gravity pretty much nothing was believable about the actions in her environment. She woulda died like 5x over and too boot she was mental.
I spent like 5 years trying to write a screenplay and couldn't get it done because I underestimated the craft. Last year I saw this video and now I have finish two movies first draft. Thank you Film Courage, and of course thank you Eric Edson.
Thank you so much for providing the masterclass for free, I actually lost my job due to COVID and can’t afford to pay to educate myself, and your Chanel is literally a life saver, and this video is the clearest I’ve watched on the subject, a thousand thank you 🙏🏾
@@carolekemayou975 I’m sure you landed on your feet since it’s been 3 years since you posted this comment… but you lost your job, are seeking education, and this is what you ended up putting your time and effort on? 😂 Im not laughing at you, I just think it’s funny to go into the toughest industry right after loosing your job LOL hope you are doing well
Handouts : Types of Sub-characters - 20:48 Order of Outline - 21:44 Three Worlds - 27:34 Tent Pole of Dramatic Structure - 34:16 Stunning Surprise One: 38:36 Stunning Surprise Two: 55:11 Stunning Surprise Two (Type B ): 1:10:28 To Make the Abstract Concrete: 1:13:16 Hero Goal Sequences: 1:13:36 Hero Goal Sequences II: 1:15:12 Hero Goal Sequence Example (Gravity): 1:15:43 Act I HGS: 1:20:04 Act II HGS: 1:20:06 Act III HGS: 1:21:23 Full HGS Graph: 1:22:55 What HGS Accomplish: 1:25:03
Can't believe this stuff is free. Thank you Film Courage and to youtube for allowing us to educate ourselves on pretty much anything, as freely as possible. Once my elementary school teacher told us; '' You lot are growing up during the internet age, you are the golden generation, no time to complain'' He was so true.
Thanks Camron, we just published the slideshow presentation of this lecture. Maybe you will like this version as well - ruclips.net/video/javTJoP_cyc/видео.html
Watched this like 3 times over now, every time I learn something new, Eric Edson is the gift that keeps on giving and this channel is Santa Claus. PLEASE do more with him, he's so talented and skilled in his craft. Feel like I'm listening to the Gandalf of screenwriting.
I'm not in any way connected with the arts and literature, but I found this interesting. I work with computers (wait, hear me out). I find more similarities than you'd expect between writing movie or a book and a computer program. First one is that even though you can go wild with stories, they still have to be coherent and make sense. Breaking continuity between scenes is what you'd call a bug. That one is obvious, but there's another thing you can bring in from programming into here: no one writes a computer program from start to finish, you always have to go back and reorganize things, rewrite, delete parts that are not needed, over and over again on a loop. Good programmers do this, and I've heard that good writers do it too.
Ive always been a kind of a movie critic in my mind. A few days ago i got this idea about a movie, and with help of hyperfocus I wrote the screenplay. The thing is, I did things exactly like described here unconsciously. The how to outline the story, imagining the storyline but starting with what the end feeling should be, creating an emotional connection between X and the audience, stunning suprises and plot points that change X's life and so on, all came naturally! Maybe I finally found my passion
These full lectures, masterclasses and interviews in your channel are absolute gold! You should know that there are people in the far reaches of the world enjoying these. Thank you so much for sharing!
I watched this gentleman’s videos some time ago. Recently I revisited the notes I had made at that time as I am trying to write something, and I could almost hear his voice in my head, like the perfume of a memory. THAT is what I call ‘teaching’ 👏 And ‘teacher’- a brilliant, though completely unassuming gentleman. Thank you, Mr Edson, you are an excellent teacher. I wish you the very best 😊
I came here at just by random search at 12:38 I guess. Now it's 2:48 AM. The glued me to watch it in a single sitting. The mentor gives a inch details of screen play story writing. Thank you guys for uploading.
I am home sick from work with a bad cold but am enjoying listening to this man. I love his spirit, he is so humble and mellow and nurturing in the way he teaches. He brakes it down so simple unlike most industry cats who try to sound so deep and cool when explaining stuff smh. Thank you so much film courage for this. 🙏🏾
Thank you, Anna. We hope you get well soon! We felt extremely honored to attend Professor Edson's class at CSUN for the two days that we filmed. Appreciate the feedback. :)
Your right, he breaks everything down. To many screenwriting on these videos, try to make it so complicated, but this teacher explain things and makes it plain..
I've studied structure from Hague, Vogler, Save The Cat, and others. This has fresh ideas that are digestible and different enough to add to story structure dynamics and the impact on character/plot. Really enjoyed it. Well done.
"we feel too much and too deeply and we wound too easily we seek out a lot of time alone that we tend to enjoy and that makes other people think we're pretty weird and all of us are obsessive compulsives are we not or we wouldn't have chosen you know be drawn to the work that we do" Eric Edson
Movies that you might like to watch (Eric Edson uses these movies as examples) before you listen to this amazing lecture: 1. Shrek 2. Collateral 3. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 4. The Matrix 5. Erin Brockovich 6. Gravity
That's called pure gold which people claim money for and Film Courage gave us cost free, hands off. Finally found a rael Master class not a podcast or conversation a genuine Master class with intense research and structured
I'm supposed to be graduating from high school this year and it makes me sad to think I'm not used to a classroom environment anymore. But this is close enough, that guy seems so friendly and approachable, makes me feel like I've been in his class the whole year.
@Tino, Even in a classroom, many times you feel alone. There are dozens of people sitting quietly listening. The important thing is to keep doing and keep learning.
Writers are social people that like to talk to other people to learn to understand emotions. They have a broad range of interests. They are all over the place with their thoughts and refrain from “have to” kind of thinking. We don’t choose to write because we are obsessive compulsive, we just really enjoy the roller coaster ride.
It is amazing to be able to watch such a lecture for free on the other side of the planet, thank you so much for putting it on the internet film courage and thank you Eric edson for your precious knowledge
If you've not heard of them already, Brandon Sanderson has entire lecture series of his creative writing classes at BYU on his RUclips channel. It's novel writing with a slant towards sci fi/fantasy, but it's still fantastic stuff and incredible that it's free.
@1:00:00 "I wonder why they picked room 303" (re: the matrix) Error code 303 is a status code to redirect to another location because a web address has been moved.
This is the best channel on RUclips. It's not just for people who want to break into the film industry, but anyone who is in a creative field. Film Courage has been the best company during the quarantine. Thank you for posting these videos. You've kept me sane and a little less lonely.
truly feel so blessed for this channel and eric edson himself. this knowledge is golden and i cant believe that youre so kind to share it for free. a lot of us in the comments cant afford this kind of education or its impossible to fit into a full time work schedule - and here it is in our hands like its a coffee cup full of change. ive always compulsively come back to writing because i dont feel whole without the effort, and lacking the education has been a huge roadblock personally. the least i can do is watch the ads through to the end, and that still doesnt feel like enough. thank you so much to everyone involved, it means so much to so many of us
been trying to write a screenplay since 2019 and i couldn't finish because i underestimated what it takes to make a film. found this video today and i just know it's given me a very wide head start. thank you film courage!
“Stunning Suprises” and “Hero Goal Sequences” - two extremely enlightening terms/concepts! I am grateful to you, Eric, and to Film Courage. My writing path has just become that much clearer. Thank you!
Loved this lecture and after studying some of his previous lectures he is partly to blame why I signed up for Film School! Thank you for all the great knowledge Eric Edson 🥰
Thanks, we were there for Eric's second class of the semester. We just published the first 17 minutes of the lecture - ruclips.net/video/TV4MXdrqIU8/видео.html
A truly fascinating lecture given by a fascinating and knowledgeable man. It was moving to see Eric become emotional when describing Sandra Bullock's Gravity character. All-round brilliant.
Writing a comic is a lot like writing a screenplay. I’ve been doing a lot of research about what it takes to write a good story and keep being met with ways to write dialogue in traditional writing styles and ways to show and not tell in a written story. However that’s not a problem I have since I am showing with art. I look at the way that I set up my panels like the way I would set up a camera for a scene or the way that I want a certain shot to provoke an emotion. All in all videos about storytelling in film have been immensely more helpful to me than anything else. This is fantastic, thank you.
Mr. Eric Edson has a heart of Gold who give away a lifetime of his knowledge,experience, and Screenplay craft of teaching Story Structure,all free, just by watching his Screenwriting Masterclass.He must a generous man in all affairs of his Life. Stay Blessed, and healthy, wherever you are,Mr Edson.Ameen
I don't know how I got here. I must have fallen asleep last night with it on autoplay but somehow after getting home from work this is here and it is very much up my alley. Thank you for offering this for free!
Wow, I had this on watch later for months and finally this pandemic gave me the time and this is Gold. This encourages me to revisit everything I have written. Thank you very much.
LOVE YOUR TEACHING. Do not ever ever forget to tell the students to send copies to library of congress before even turning into a screenplay teacher. i say this because. . well. . .my movie was ripped off by an instructor, definitely. Went on to become famous, but but with a damn red-bow Hollywood ending--not the real one I could not write. i rewrite it now. . but that HERO is the new ADVERSARY. Yay!!
How did we go from “Oo this looks interesting…” to taking notes in Notion then buying the book excited to learn more. Completely ignoring the technical interview I should be studying for 😂 That intro got me hooked!
thoroughly enjoyed that lecture. The speaker is the teacher I've always wanted. I wish Rian Johnson would have taken your classes before doing any movie.
This video has been so extremely helpfyl to my script. During each step of of his descriptions to the acts I was able to visualize in even more high def my own screenplay. I would definitely recommend any writer (new or veteran) to watch this.
Film Courage is a fantastic resource for anyone in production .Whether an actor, director, cinemaphotographer, editor or writer. When I am writing, I always have one of their interview playing in the background. It is good company! Thank you again for a great upload.
We certainly appreciate your support and kind words! We do our best to put out helpful content day in and day out. Amazing that you can have one of our videos playing in the background and still be able to write. We'd have a tough time with voices in the background. Love that you are able to do it. Hopefully little lessons learned here and there will be cooked into your stories. Cheers!
This really helped me see the missing KEY points. That my story was missing. Great video and great teaching. There is some great knowledge within this video. And I'm very grateful that you guys shared it.
Revisiting Edson...although Christopher Volger and Michael Hague are good, Edson makes a lot more sense and puts the structure in terms of how the events effect the Protagonist. It’s a very helpful approach for many script writers. How did you find this lecture...there are others too by Edson.
This lecture gave me the confidence and confirmed that I did a lot of things right in my very first novel. I look forward with less fear in making it a film.
Always heard about the importance of feeding content to the audience in such away that they can consume it. I used to marvel at the experts and used to wonder how they concocted their secret sauce. The 21-23 hero goal sequence lays it all out. I feel so encouraged after watching this that I am going to pull out my amateur script and give it a shine. All I can offer in return is my huge debt of gratitude as Guru Dhakshina ( Sankskrit term that signifies a token offering from the student to the Guru for bestowing a nugget of rare wisdom.)
WOW! What an absolute treasure trove of knowledge Eric is! Film Courage thank you for sharing his wealth of tools and your enthusiasm for teachings like this. I really hope we see more amazing material like this. 🙏🏼☺️❤️
Thank you Aaron! Eric is tremendous. We were incredibly fortunate to be in this position to capture his teachings.... and lucky enough to have 1 more class with him. (We haven't started working on it yet, but we do have 1 more class to share...)
I just happened to watch collateral the other day and it’s one of my favorite movies then I randomly stumble upon this gem. The world has a strange way of making things happen.
Thank you to Mr. Eric Edson and @filmcourage for providing these valuable masterclasses for free this session really helped me as an amateur Screenwriter and Filmmaker to understand Screenplay writing .
I resonated with this instantaneously, and writing this asking for someone to help me. Eloquently, structuring and delivering my idea with the only interest being the attempt to get everyone to calm down and appreciate the capability us as a people(human beans)have if we stop this arrogant, insecure, wining, sensationalist behaviour. With what I have confidence to say I've learnt in my short life so far.
Another example of stunning surprise is the big reveal on Jurassic Park when they see the dinosaurs for the first time. It was about 20 - 30 minutes into the film, it happened to the hero/heroes, and it laid the groundwork for the rest of the story. This is top level theatre folks. I studied theater in high school for 3 years, wrote a play with my fellow students, and had acting roles in several plays as well. I learned more in the hour and a half of this video than I did all of high school. Then again, my mind was on other things during that time, so maybe I missed the subtlety, but regardless this is top notch stuff. For free.
Hahaha I was thinking of Collateral when he mentioned the "Special World" and then Collateral is on the next slide! This lecture is extremely helpful - thank you so much for sharing. I'm learning and growing so much from this channel
Such a great lecture! Eric is really a wonderful professor. It really helped me understand the art of writing a lot better. I feel more confident to start writing screenplays. Thank you, Eric!
We are thrilled to be able to share this class. This was Eric's first of the semester. We returned for his second class where he talks about 6 of the 14 character types and we look forward to begin sharing that soon. The good news is we have one more class to go. Bad news is it will only be the first two classes. : )
Film Courage Thanks, I am thrilled to hear that. I am not in the US and i don’t have the ability to takes these wonderful classes. Your videos are so valuable for me to learn about screenplay.
In our screenwriting course we also began with Œdipus Rex and with Pasolini's version of it. This looks splendid so far. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Also hi from Colombia.
If not for channels like this, I, an aspiring filmmaker and writer living in a country wherein the film industry is damn near nonexistent, would not have the opportunity to dream. To write, heck to make mistakes and come back to the channel and continue to learn. From the bottom of my heart, thank you ❤🎉 I also share the channel’s link with other writers around as often as I can.
I love this time, we can just look at this information for free, thank you guys for recording this lecture and uploading it for more eyes to see! The future is bright with manny great things to watch, more of us are able to create. What a great time for entertainment!
Very cool Clovis! Please forgive us but since you mention Back to the Future and this video is about story structure. A few years ago we did an experimental video with the help of Andrew Horng where he breaks down the 4 major conflicts of Back to the Future in real time. We think it is an interesting approach to structure and thought you might enjoy a little of this as well - ruclips.net/video/rUwOphnZDKY/видео.html
1:13:09 till the end (Hero Goal Sequences / units of change in successful screenplays). These are plot points as described by other teachers. 1:26:00 Successful movies have MCs that are always active, not passive.
Dan B. Depends on the story. It’s not written in stone. There are many many classic movies where the main character is passive and things happen to them.
21:45 well this is good for beginners or people who have gotten used to it but when you are experienced enough using the complete oposite of this can be better. Take Tarantino for example
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**WATCH** Eric Edson’s first class ‘Learning Screenplay Story Structure’ - ruclips.net/video/iywvNIWKbPI/видео.html
Can you please mention movies in description which he quoted in lecture?
@@sanjithhm8111 Found this for you.
Jagori Bhattacharya
5 months ago
"Movies that you might like to watch (Eric Edson uses these movies as examples) before you listen to this amazing lecture:
1. Shrek
2. Collateral
3. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
4. The Matrix
5. Erin Brockovich
6. Gravity"
I been watching these they are great i been thinking i need some skills for writing a game story and im trying to code out a sort of program to generate a outline for a story and character interactions that make sense sort of tooling. Id like to give a suggestion. I and lots of people didn't like gravity. Cause the people making it don't know anything about space or science they maybe know about fiction well that was for sure. It was ridiculously dues ex machina unbelievable. I think you need to at least have some knowledge about the things your talking about. In the case of gravity pretty much nothing was believable about the actions in her environment. She woulda died like 5x over and too boot she was mental.
@@sanjithhm8111 ppa
@@will-ob7pr er
I spent like 5 years trying to write a screenplay and couldn't get it done because I underestimated the craft. Last year I saw this video and now I have finish two movies first draft. Thank you Film Courage, and of course thank you Eric Edson.
Send the link, wish you all the best 😍😍
@@mrrohitjadhav470 I have to translate it to English first but sure, as soon as I have them. :D
right on...or rather, write on.
@@hatedcritic8066 Will do!!
That's great, man.
Hopefully we see them in streaming or in theaters someday. I can say "I talked to that dude on YT!"
I would pay for this full masterclass, but you're offering it for free. Man!
Cheers!
Thank you so much for providing the masterclass for free, I actually lost my job due to COVID and can’t afford to pay to educate myself, and your Chanel is literally a life saver, and this video is the clearest I’ve watched on the subject, a thousand thank you 🙏🏾
Cool
@@carolekemayou975 I’m sure you landed on your feet since it’s been 3 years since you posted this comment… but you lost your job, are seeking education, and this is what you ended up putting your time and effort on? 😂 Im not laughing at you, I just think it’s funny to go into the toughest industry right after loosing your job LOL hope you are doing well
This guy is the Bob Ross of screenwriting. Love it.
who’s bob ross?
@@bondansatria its ok, you just made a happy accident.
You look beautiful like the sunrise in the blue ridge mountain ❤️
I would've stayed in college if I had a professor like this dude.
Handouts :
Types of Sub-characters - 20:48
Order of Outline - 21:44
Three Worlds - 27:34
Tent Pole of Dramatic Structure - 34:16
Stunning Surprise One: 38:36
Stunning Surprise Two: 55:11
Stunning Surprise Two (Type B ): 1:10:28
To Make the Abstract Concrete: 1:13:16
Hero Goal Sequences: 1:13:36
Hero Goal Sequences II: 1:15:12
Hero Goal Sequence Example (Gravity): 1:15:43
Act I HGS: 1:20:04
Act II HGS: 1:20:06
Act III HGS: 1:21:23
Full HGS Graph: 1:22:55
What HGS Accomplish: 1:25:03
Thank you so much
You, sir, are the hero of this story
Thanks Dude !!!
:)
you forgot the real Stunning Surprise: 1:07:15
A bit off the timeline, but the profesor is so skilled it just adds to the story.
Can't believe this stuff is free. Thank you Film Courage and to youtube for allowing us to educate ourselves on pretty much anything, as freely as possible. Once my elementary school teacher told us; '' You lot are growing up during the internet age, you are the golden generation, no time to complain'' He was so true.
I was just about to write the same comment. So awesome this stuff is posted on here for all of us to learn from.
As the saying goes: the only things you can’t learn online is law and medicine. Cheers.
Love Film Courage...I am a Quarter Finalist screenplay writer, for Austin, due to this channel
Congrats Gary! We think it has a lot more to do with your creativity and the work that you put in. : )
Thank you, God bless this man for freely sharing his wisdom and experience, & God bless you for your work. Not all philosophers wear cloaks!
This is the best structure explanation video on RUclips. I will be referring to this for the rest of my life
Thanks Camron, we just published the slideshow presentation of this lecture. Maybe you will like this version as well - ruclips.net/video/javTJoP_cyc/видео.html
Thank you for the great training.
@@filmcourage i love you more
You are great God bless you
Watched this like 3 times over now, every time I learn something new, Eric Edson is the gift that keeps on giving and this channel is Santa Claus. PLEASE do more with him, he's so talented and skilled in his craft. Feel like I'm listening to the Gandalf of screenwriting.
If nothing else, Mr Edson can teach you how to be a good teacher. Objectively. Thanks, youtube.
Every teacher/professor should teach like this. Great lecture.
I'm not in any way connected with the arts and literature, but I found this interesting. I work with computers (wait, hear me out). I find more similarities than you'd expect between writing movie or a book and a computer program. First one is that even though you can go wild with stories, they still have to be coherent and make sense. Breaking continuity between scenes is what you'd call a bug. That one is obvious, but there's another thing you can bring in from programming into here: no one writes a computer program from start to finish, you always have to go back and reorganize things, rewrite, delete parts that are not needed, over and over again on a loop. Good programmers do this, and I've heard that good writers do it too.
I would only disagree that computer programming is not an art and a craft :)
@@kavya_tattva agreed. Math, Science, Engineering are Arts and Crafts.
Sorry my double negative in prev comment was confusing. Think it was misread.
Ive always been a kind of a movie critic in my mind. A few days ago i got this idea about a movie, and with help of hyperfocus I wrote the screenplay. The thing is, I did things exactly like described here unconsciously. The how to outline the story, imagining the storyline but starting with what the end feeling should be, creating an emotional connection between X and the audience, stunning suprises and plot points that change X's life and so on, all came naturally! Maybe I finally found my passion
You are going to sprain your arm from patting yourself on the back so hard! 😂
@@mannysr67 Well I sold the screenplay so whos really laughing🤣🤣 Thanks for being making me a nice screenshot though📸
Hope it all works out for you bro! Whatever that looks like for you. Keep going!
These full lectures, masterclasses and interviews in your channel are absolute gold! You should know that there are people in the far reaches of the world enjoying these. Thank you so much for sharing!
Cheers! We appreciate your support. Thanks for watching Gabriel!
I watched this gentleman’s videos some time ago. Recently I revisited the notes I had made at that time as I am trying to write something, and I could almost hear his voice in my head, like the perfume of a memory. THAT is what I call ‘teaching’ 👏 And ‘teacher’- a brilliant, though completely unassuming gentleman.
Thank you, Mr Edson, you are an excellent teacher. I wish you the very best 😊
I came here at just by random search at 12:38 I guess. Now it's 2:48 AM. The glued me to watch it in a single sitting. The mentor gives a inch details of screen play story writing. Thank you guys for uploading.
I am home sick from work with a bad cold but am enjoying listening to this man. I love his spirit, he is so humble and mellow and nurturing in the way he teaches. He brakes it down so simple unlike most industry cats who try to sound so deep and cool when explaining stuff smh. Thank you so much film courage for this. 🙏🏾
Thank you, Anna. We hope you get well soon! We felt extremely honored to attend Professor Edson's class at CSUN for the two days that we filmed. Appreciate the feedback. :)
Your right, he breaks everything down. To many screenwriting on these videos, try to make it so complicated, but this teacher explain things and makes it plain..
You are right, some seem desperate to invent their own nomenclature but he just speaks plain English which is much better.
I like how the instructor takes his time to speak..it let's me know he's in the moment and conscious about what comes out of his mouth
He's a good teacher... literally contemplating on moving too California to take his classes.
I've studied structure from Hague, Vogler, Save The Cat, and others. This has fresh ideas that are digestible and different enough to add to story structure dynamics and the impact on character/plot. Really enjoyed it. Well done.
"we feel too much and too deeply and we wound too easily we seek out a lot of time alone that we tend to enjoy and that makes other people think we're pretty weird and all of us are obsessive compulsives are we not or we wouldn't have chosen you know be drawn to the work that we do"
Eric Edson
Thanks for the wonderful lecture 🙏
wasn't expecting to see you here haha
Holy fuck Karl. Imaging bumping into to you here. You working on a Bollywood blockbuster? lol
Namaste ji
Nahi chahiye ji
Movies that you might like to watch (Eric Edson uses these movies as examples) before you listen to this amazing lecture:
1. Shrek
2. Collateral
3. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
4. The Matrix
5. Erin Brockovich
6. Gravity
That's called pure gold which people claim money for and Film Courage gave us cost free, hands off. Finally found a rael Master class not a podcast or conversation a genuine Master class with intense research and structured
I'm supposed to be graduating from high school this year and it makes me sad to think I'm not used to a classroom environment anymore. But this is close enough, that guy seems so friendly and approachable, makes me feel like I've been in his class the whole year.
@Tino, Even in a classroom, many times you feel alone. There are dozens of people sitting quietly listening. The important thing is to keep doing and keep learning.
Writers are social people that like to talk to other people to learn to understand emotions. They have a broad range of interests. They are all over the place with their thoughts and refrain from “have to” kind of thinking. We don’t choose to write because we are obsessive compulsive, we just really enjoy the roller coaster ride.
Wow, Eric Edson is the professor all screenwriters should have. Thanks for so much information to practice and use.
It is amazing to be able to watch such a lecture for free on the other side of the planet, thank you so much for putting it on the internet film courage and thank you Eric edson for your precious knowledge
If you've not heard of them already, Brandon Sanderson has entire lecture series of his creative writing classes at BYU on his RUclips channel. It's novel writing with a slant towards sci fi/fantasy, but it's still fantastic stuff and incredible that it's free.
@@ginge641 oh I indeed hadn't heard of those!! Thank you so much for your recommendation I will check it out right now
@@alix2032 You're welcome, and enjoy.
@1:00:00 "I wonder why they picked room 303" (re: the matrix)
Error code 303 is a status code to redirect to another location because a web address has been moved.
There is a Chinese meaning of 303 which says "you will live". That could be.
And you both are right! Very nice
This is the best channel on RUclips. It's not just for people who want to break into the film industry, but anyone who is in a creative field. Film Courage has been the best company during the quarantine. Thank you for posting these videos. You've kept me sane and a little less lonely.
truly feel so blessed for this channel and eric edson himself. this knowledge is golden and i cant believe that youre so kind to share it for free. a lot of us in the comments cant afford this kind of education or its impossible to fit into a full time work schedule - and here it is in our hands like its a coffee cup full of change. ive always compulsively come back to writing because i dont feel whole without the effort, and lacking the education has been a huge roadblock personally. the least i can do is watch the ads through to the end, and that still doesnt feel like enough. thank you so much to everyone involved, it means so much to so many of us
been trying to write a screenplay since 2019 and i couldn't finish because i underestimated what it takes to make a film. found this video today and i just know it's given me a very wide head start. thank you film courage!
“Stunning Suprises” and “Hero Goal Sequences” - two extremely enlightening terms/concepts! I am grateful to you, Eric, and to Film Courage. My writing path has just become that much clearer. Thank you!
Thank you so much for ALL your content ! Made my quarantine life SO much easier and more fun!
Loved this lecture and after studying some of his previous lectures he is partly to blame why I signed up for Film School! Thank you for all the great knowledge Eric Edson 🥰
Wow as a new up and coming content creator and Producer this was absolutely impressive 👏🏾 Mr. Eric kept my undivided attention. Awesome!
This video is priceless! Thank you Film Courage for sharing this! Wish we could also be in the class for the midpoint breakdown of Collateral...
Thanks, we were there for Eric's second class of the semester. We just published the first 17 minutes of the lecture - ruclips.net/video/TV4MXdrqIU8/видео.html
I wish i have this kind of teacher i will be greatful
What a fantastic teacher ,I wish I could be studying with him in college.
A truly fascinating lecture given by a fascinating and knowledgeable man. It was moving to see Eric become emotional when describing Sandra Bullock's Gravity character. All-round brilliant.
I’m so thankful for RUclips .I can’t stand wanting information but having to sit through jargon
" structure is your friend. Dance on fire as it intends. Until the end, until the end".
Prof Eric Edson has become my mentor and teacher for life; kudos, Sir!
Writing a comic is a lot like writing a screenplay. I’ve been doing a lot of research about what it takes to write a good story and keep being met with ways to write dialogue in traditional writing styles and ways to show and not tell in a written story. However that’s not a problem I have since I am showing with art. I look at the way that I set up my panels like the way I would set up a camera for a scene or the way that I want a certain shot to provoke an emotion. All in all videos about storytelling in film have been immensely more helpful to me than anything else. This is fantastic, thank you.
Mr. Eric Edson has a heart of Gold who give away a lifetime of his knowledge,experience, and Screenplay craft of teaching Story Structure,all free, just by watching his Screenwriting Masterclass.He must a generous man in all affairs of his Life. Stay Blessed, and healthy, wherever you are,Mr Edson.Ameen
we don’t know what will happen to movie industry in this 2020 situation but i doesn’t stop me to keep learning about storytelling. There must be a way
It's good
This is the way
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they will never stop making movies
“there must be a way” lmao based on that phrase your stories will be so dramatic but in a exaggerated way 🤣
I don't know how I got here. I must have fallen asleep last night with it on autoplay but somehow after getting home from work this is here and it is very much up my alley. Thank you for offering this for free!
Wow, I had this on watch later for months and finally this pandemic gave me the time and this is Gold. This encourages me to revisit everything I have written. Thank you very much.
Nice, keep creating Sheldon!
With the lecture, I constructed a story and stunning surprise 1 and 2 got a spot on I think.
Thanks to Eric Edson I'm more flexible with my writing.
LOVE YOUR TEACHING. Do not ever ever forget to tell the students to send copies to library of congress before even turning into a screenplay teacher. i say this because. . well. . .my movie was ripped off by an instructor, definitely. Went on to become famous, but but with a damn red-bow Hollywood ending--not the real one I could not write. i rewrite it now. . but that HERO is the new ADVERSARY. Yay!!
How did we go from “Oo this looks interesting…” to taking notes in Notion then buying the book excited to learn more. Completely ignoring the technical interview I should be studying for 😂 That intro got me hooked!
thoroughly enjoyed that lecture. The speaker is the teacher I've always wanted. I wish Rian Johnson would have taken your classes before doing any movie.
This video has been so extremely helpfyl to my script. During each step of of his descriptions to the acts I was able to visualize in even more high def my own screenplay. I would definitely recommend any writer (new or veteran) to watch this.
Film Courage is a fantastic resource for anyone in production .Whether an actor, director, cinemaphotographer, editor or writer. When I am writing, I always have one of their interview playing in the background. It is good company! Thank you again for a great upload.
We certainly appreciate your support and kind words! We do our best to put out helpful content day in and day out. Amazing that you can have one of our videos playing in the background and still be able to write. We'd have a tough time with voices in the background. Love that you are able to do it. Hopefully little lessons learned here and there will be cooked into your stories. Cheers!
This really helped me see the missing KEY points. That my story was missing. Great video and great teaching. There is some great knowledge within this video. And I'm very grateful that you guys shared it.
We are grateful we had the opportunity. We had a great night and we love to see others benefiting from this.
Who's watching in lockdown? 2020
Revisiting Edson...although Christopher Volger and Michael Hague are good, Edson makes a lot more sense and puts the structure in terms of how the events effect the Protagonist. It’s a very helpful approach for many script writers. How did you find this lecture...there are others too by Edson.
Me. Cuz I wanna study Screen writing, Directing and Acting
Me... Have lately started writing screenplay
@@stephaniejayne5185 let's work together? What is your thoughts
@@jennypinkvalley4714 that's great..let me know, if you are keen to act, I have a story in mind
This lecture gave me the confidence and confirmed that I did a lot of things
right in my very first novel. I look forward with less fear in making it a film.
I finally watched this entire video, it was worth it.
Always heard about the importance of feeding content to the audience in such away that they can consume it. I used to marvel at the experts and used to wonder how they concocted their secret sauce. The 21-23 hero goal sequence lays it all out. I feel so encouraged after watching this that I am going to pull out my amateur script and give it a shine.
All I can offer in return is my huge debt of gratitude as Guru Dhakshina ( Sankskrit term that signifies a token offering from the student to the Guru for bestowing a nugget of rare wisdom.)
Would love to see a lecture from him on how the structure of tv screen plays differs from features
Hopefully that opportunity will present itself...
@@filmcourage do I detect some allusion?? 😏
@@filmcourage has the tv version come to fruition? 🤞🏽
I'd like him to do one better even. How to develop a t.v series.
The great Eric Edson. Thank you so much for delivering this opportunity, Film Courage!
Is there a video where he speaks about the Midpoint, obligatory scene and Denouement?
Amazing video btw, thank you so much Film Courage.
most amazing story structure class ive had in a while. thanks film courage. thanks Eric Edson
I am absolutely absorbing this in lockdown.
7:50 historical perspective
12:50 structure 1. hero
16:19 2. physical visible high-stakes goal
17:51 3. powerful adversary
WOW! What an absolute treasure trove of knowledge Eric is! Film Courage thank you for sharing his wealth of tools and your enthusiasm for teachings like this. I really hope we see more amazing material like this. 🙏🏼☺️❤️
Thank you Aaron! Eric is tremendous. We were incredibly fortunate to be in this position to capture his teachings.... and lucky enough to have 1 more class with him. (We haven't started working on it yet, but we do have 1 more class to share...)
1:08:45 is when it hits, how great of a teacher this guy is.
I just happened to watch collateral the other day and it’s one of my favorite movies then I randomly stumble upon this gem. The world has a strange way of making things happen.
Thank you for hosting so many hours of screenwriting workshops and interviews for free. 👌❤️
Thank you to Mr. Eric Edson and @filmcourage for providing these valuable masterclasses for free this session really helped me as an amateur Screenwriter and Filmmaker to understand Screenplay writing .
Thank you for going into this + breaking Act 2 science = Down to point (Screenplay).
Came here to listen to something interesting. Not disappointed because you get the insight and the ASMR.
Eric thank you for this lecture. It's helping me as I am in the middle of writing my first screenplay.
I resonated with this instantaneously, and writing this asking for someone to help me. Eloquently, structuring and delivering my idea with the only interest being the attempt to get everyone to calm down and appreciate the capability us as a people(human beans)have if we stop this arrogant, insecure, wining, sensationalist behaviour. With what I have confidence to say I've learnt in my short life so far.
Another example of stunning surprise is the big reveal on Jurassic Park when they see the dinosaurs for the first time. It was about 20 - 30 minutes into the film, it happened to the hero/heroes, and it laid the groundwork for the rest of the story. This is top level theatre folks. I studied theater in high school for 3 years, wrote a play with my fellow students, and had acting roles in several plays as well. I learned more in the hour and a half of this video than I did all of high school. Then again, my mind was on other things during that time, so maybe I missed the subtlety, but regardless this is top notch stuff. For free.
Hahaha I was thinking of Collateral when he mentioned the "Special World" and then Collateral is on the next slide!
This lecture is extremely helpful - thank you so much for sharing. I'm learning and growing so much from this channel
Great stuff! Love to hear it Joe!
Such a great lecture! Eric is really a wonderful professor. It really helped me understand the art of writing a lot better. I feel more confident to start writing screenplays. Thank you, Eric!
This video shown still RUclips gives good content. Absolutely needed. This speaker really made the day beautifully. Great Stuff.
Cheers Siva!
Really enjoyed this lecture, I haven't been in school in a while ; woke up early this morning to watch something useful
Thank you film courage! I hope you are gonna have all the classes of this class. I’m hooked lol
We are thrilled to be able to share this class. This was Eric's first of the semester. We returned for his second class where he talks about 6 of the 14 character types and we look forward to begin sharing that soon. The good news is we have one more class to go. Bad news is it will only be the first two classes. : )
Film Courage Thanks, I am thrilled to hear that. I am not in the US and i don’t have the ability to takes these wonderful classes. Your videos are so valuable for me to learn about screenplay.
@@nguyendi92 We love to hear it. Happy you have discovered these videos / teachings.
Thank you Eric Edson. Thank you Film Courage.
In our screenwriting course we also began with Œdipus Rex and with Pasolini's version of it. This looks splendid so far. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Also hi from Colombia.
This was a fun class to be a part of. Hope it benefits you.
I have just found my Obi-Wan Kenobi! 🙏🙏🙏 I'll have to cut my Oscar in two. Other half belongs to Eric! 🎉😉🎯
This is extremely useful and amazing. I get so much knowledge in a single video. Thank you Sir, and Film Courage!
insightful! after this long! i can't believe that am about to take and make this dream come true someday. thank you
If not for channels like this, I, an aspiring filmmaker and writer living in a country wherein the film industry is damn near nonexistent, would not have the opportunity to dream. To write, heck to make mistakes and come back to the channel and continue to learn. From the bottom of my heart, thank you ❤🎉
I also share the channel’s link with other writers around as often as I can.
Mr and Ms Film 🎥 courage we are watching u from Türkiye 🇹🇷 Turkey. We appreciate what u have done....💐🎥💐
We love it! Thank you. Our full second class with Professor Edson will be published this Thursday (tomorrow) at 5pm PST.
I would sit through 8 straight hours of this lecture. It was said before, I'll say it again - thank you for this content.
It was a great time for us to be able to sit in on this class. We are glad to see others finding value in it as well. Cheers!
Edson is the best of this channel. Thank you, really original and insightful
1:19 excellent summation and referral point
Thank you Eric, your words so honest and thoughtful. This is how I want my story expressed...ty❤
It’s amazing how many references of movies I know, watched these movies lots of times when I had them on DVD
This is such a fantastic introduction for a beginner like me. Thank you so much for sharing!
Cool, thanks Conor. Glad you found this one.
I love this time, we can just look at this information for free, thank you guys for recording this lecture and uploading it for more eyes to see!
The future is bright with manny great things to watch, more of us are able to create. What a great time for entertainment!
What a wonderful teacher! Thanks for the video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
After this master class i watched again my favorite movie, back to the future. I could now observe each elements there!
Very cool Clovis! Please forgive us but since you mention Back to the Future and this video is about story structure. A few years ago we did an experimental video with the help of Andrew Horng where he breaks down the 4 major conflicts of Back to the Future in real time. We think it is an interesting approach to structure and thought you might enjoy a little of this as well - ruclips.net/video/rUwOphnZDKY/видео.html
You seem very passionate about your craft. These students are lucky to have you as a teacher!
1:13:09 till the end (Hero Goal Sequences / units of change in successful screenplays). These are plot points as described by other teachers. 1:26:00 Successful movies have MCs that are always active, not passive.
@@faa9261 main character
Dan B. Depends on the story. It’s not written in stone. There are many many classic movies where the main character is passive and things happen to them.
21:45 well this is good for beginners or people who have gotten used to it but when you are experienced enough using the complete oposite of this can be better. Take Tarantino for example