Sublime

It shifts the movie onto a different path, which is what a good midpoint will do.

Here are the four acts in very broad strokes: ACT ONE: The Crisis & The Decision ACT TWO-A: Protagonist takes action ACT TWO-B: Things fall apart ACT THREE: The Final Struggle & The Resolution

the midpoint in The Godfather is when Michael shoots the policeman and his life changes for ever;

if you’re going to use Voiceover, it must be specific, vital and advance the story. Or just be fun.

In my view, stories and novels consist of three parts: narration, which moves the story from point A to point B and finally to point Z; description, which creates a sensory reality for the reader; and dialogue, which brings characters to life through their speech.

Storytelling, then, is the dramatization of the process of knowledge assimilation.

Writing is a solitary and daunting endeavor. I wish for this material to be a lantern to help guide you through the dark tunnel of creation.

Kuleshov discovered that the extraordinary new medium of film took advantage of the human need to impose order on the world.