Looking At The First Ten Pages Of A Screenplay Through A Director's Eyes by Mark W. Travis

[@JorgePrietoNYC]

Excellent advice by Mark Travis. Totally agree. One has to get in the mind of the character, its' conflict internal/external and how he/she will have to do to overcome them and we take that journey with the character. Ordinary People is a great example where as they say everything was in its right place in that home except the pass. THANKS guys!!

[@queuesnake704]

The "good stuff" is getting to live with characters who see what you see. Both in the quiet moments and in the epic moments, the protagonists are always alone. Roy Batty's "Tears in Rain" speech is pretty representative. I've always had a bit of a soft spot for characters who clearly have their own internal dialogue going, yet they always seem like they're operating according to a different set of rules, priorities, and goals than everyone else. It's those weird people who do things for reasons that are important to them, but it's never necessarily obvious to anyone else why (until you meet one of you own, and even then, it's dicey). For some reason, I feel like those are stories worth telling and deserve to live on, in one form or another.

[@Democracy_Addict]

Thank you for reminding us to always look at it from an audience point of view and the bigger picture.

[@GuidedSpirits]

Thanks, Goooooood one.

[@mickkollins]

Been on a Michael Hauge tear for a few days...there's a complete Writing Course here @ YT University! If you were to compile all these clips of Michael with friends, clients and colleagues and then go back to your own personal writing projects and apply them you cannot help but be a better storyteller. I like that he always says his comments are true not only for film makers but novelists as well...or as Joseph Campbell wrote, "It's about the journey of a hero with a thousand faces" THANK YOU MICHAEL and MARK!

[@fridakalota370]

I’ve Michael Hauge book i love it…it tells you everything you need to know.

[@user-rk8gq8pd1c]

Yes! It`s amazing! Love it!

[@howardkoor2796]

Love Hauge's insight and style

[@Sandra-wj4on]

Michael Hauge: Please do a full analysis of Ordinary People. It is an excruciatingly moving and fascinating movie.

[@patriciawilder5286]

Wonderful advice & insights. Thank you. 😊 👍

[@josepabloarellano9171]

This is so helpful, thanks again

[@NHnomad]

Thanks Ben. Good stuff.

[@melodid5023]

Thank you!

[@LondonSambaDancerBellydancer]

Great videos guys

[@nemanja1343]

That plant is unnecessary stealing my attention, i need focus of an eagle to understand genius behind this talk.

[@sangria-margarita]

JmanJ you need a shrink

[@valis14]

How about asking a “real” director this question, someone of some status? Hell, even a music video/commercial director? This whole series is full of nobodies. If you want to learn about Hollywood and screenwriting, head to Twitter and find Eric Heisserer, Jon Spaihts, Daniel Kunka, The Wibberlys. Hell, Max Landis has a channel on KZbin, dig in. Nothing to see here.

[@filmcourage]

Any suggestions and info on where to contact them?

[@valis14]

Film Courage The writers? Or the directors? The writers you reach out them directly on Twitter or email/contact their managers/and or agents. If they have the time - and many won’t - they’ll do a VChat with you. If you ask 10-15 then you’ll likely get 1-2 and that’ll be more valuable then say, this interview, which is particularly bad.

[@filmcourage]

Great info. Thank you for the tip. Will definitely check it out. Keeping smiling! :)

[@Democracy_Addict]

I wonder if you feel you have nothing of value to say since you aren't well known. A lot of the great advice given on this channel has been echoed in other interviews by well known producers and directors. And those ppl had valuable advice before they were given "permission" to share their knowledge. It would be great to see someone more popular on here but that doesn't mean you aren't getting the same information.