Bro hasn‘t read Jung and it shows. There is one main problem, definitions the mire scientific they appear the more difficult it is to agree on what they mean. I immediately thought about Jung and was like „what‘s bro yapping about“. I think it‘s just a confusion of what you actually mean, would help to definte it better probably. Really cool advice though and some smart insights as well. Just if you want people to learn about deep psychological issues you can‘t get the ones you present wrong yourself.

I'm just paying the bills = I waz juzt followfink orzers.

Everyone, this is not the objective right way to make short films. There are no answers. And no one else can tell you how to make your art, you just have to instinctually do it. The approach to short films outlined here is very safe, and less likely to fail… but filmmaking is war. It is not easy, and you can’t be afraid to fail. To me personally (and my view on this isn’t an objective truth either), if an idea’s not risky, if it doesn’t scare you, and if there isn’t a risk of failure breathing down your neck, what’s the point? As a young filmmaker, I’d rather fail at making the ambitious movie I want to make, than succeed at making the film that is safe. Your first short films are not going to be your masterpiece, so lean into that. Be experimental, allow yourself to potentially fail. This guy went through that process and clearly learned a lot himself. If you’re lucky enough to progress in the industry, you will be pushed to make safe bets, and more restrictions will come into play. This is your chance, right now, to be fully free and make exactly what you want to make. Don’t listen to anyone else. Just do it.

My hot take is that Dune 2, a very cool and great movie, had actual pacing issues. I didn't think that the beginning was too slow objectively, and I enjoyed feeling the tension of every important plot point, and the sense that nothing was cheap or easy. I also didn't think that act 3 and the "final battle(s)" were too fast objectively. But SUBjectively, It felt like things suddenly sped up a lot near the end of the film and it felt dissonant compared to everything else. Kind of like 2 miles were covered in the movie, but one of them took twice as long as the other. Yeah, Obviously it makes sense for a fight itself to feel fast and violent, but even all of the leadup and connective tissue just seemed rushed.

Oh Danny boy The pipes wallpaper is calling 🥲

You must not be religious

Dude, perfect. Does anyone else give more on the subject of making stories about one thing? I find it so hard to stop myself from adding stuff.

Short films that try to be compressed feature films are a pet peeve of mine

The concepts in this video are incredibly helpful and informative, and the ad portion has, to quote the rapper and UKpostsr Scru Face Jean, "no BUSINESS being as good as it was". That being said, the first half of this video was the final piece to a conceptual puzzle I didn't realize I was solving until it was completed, so the rest of this comment is more for myself than for anyone else. But idk, perhaps it will be interesting for others. Or I'm just watching way too much UKposts. Sorry for tense inconsistencies, in advance. From another of Local's videos, about 5 essential storytelling rules, "It's not about the audience." From SovietWomble, "I'm doing this more for myself, for my own sanity." From SummoningSalt, "Hysterics aside, let's talk about the run rationally." From JustWrite, the teachings about meaningful suspense and payoff with regards to the Andor show. And now, with this video's ad segue. These lines and ideas have stuck with me, for some reason, but only now do they feel like they align together to become fully understood. The first two quotes come together to mean that it is okay and in many cases even ideal to produce content without it being primarily intended for others to see. This might seem like obvious for any artform, but I realize now that a key reason being that the fulfilment of your work comes from following your inspiration, causing this monstrosity of a comment and feeling okay with writing it. Like everyone else, the ad transition got me good. Laughing and grinning from ear to ear. But, from SummoningSalt's quote, once the hysterics die down and you look at it rationally, why was it so good? I realized that one of the reasons was that it was a prime example of building suspense in setup for a big payoff. In the process of explaining the example, Local's been establishing the audience's expectations. Normally, explaining what will happen is just necessary for demonstrating the point being made. But that's not the case here, as what becomes the key moment of JustWrite's suspenseful payoff, 4:46 - 4:51, doesn't **actually** happen. Here, the payoff is instead subverted as a transition into an ad segment. So again, why was it so good? We know what's going to happen; we just SAW what will happen. If we already know the narrative, so how did mere expectations for an example became attention-grabbing suspense? With JustWrite's example in the Andor show, we know that there is an impending fight, and that we know there's one more bad guy lurking nearby. But we don't know when or where he will appear; only that the good guys are still in danger. The known-but-unknown factor of the bad guy lurking builds suspense. Okay so who was the "bad guy lurking" in this scene of just two people, Philip and Kima? Again, it's the known-but-unknown ending: "...and in the end of the scene, she is going to explode on him". The audience was told to expect this ending. What we were crucially NOT told, was how well the dialogue would come to life. And then there we are, like out of a dream, attention gripped by strong dialogue, watching the tension build. "Wait, we know what's supposed to happen. Kima's fit to burst with emotion, oh no..." And at the moment that the suspense peaks and the payoff would begin to unfold - BAM. SkillShare, get rekt, get jebaited. I think I've watched too much UKposts, and like that video section, I spent too much time on this comment. Still, thanks Local, awesome work.

why does nobody talk about the Scifi TV movie Dune? Even the new Dune movie gave a nod of respect to it.

Remember that failure is inevitable, but don't ever let your lack of talent make you give up, or keep you from being successful,

Oof. Damn. I'm going to have to chew this notion over.

Enneagram 4, ENFJ here - the algorithm led me to this channel. I'm a writer and an actor and an artist and don't know how to move through the world without wanting to make a mark on it. Scraping a stone against stone in a park to draw. Writing a goofy line on a piano in the middle of a street. I am compulsively driven by the need to make and make and make. Great channel BTW! I've been binging your videos this week and everyone's been hitting.

Honestly the "life or death are the highest stakes some people can imagine" is the main reason I, who loves horror and writes just....way too much about horror, don't actually like a lot of horror movies. Too many assume that you view life or death as the end all stakes. You're supposed to relate to and be invested in the main character due to their strong survival drive, but thats just not something I have. Survival is such a minor thing to me that it's never been on my radar as a factor. I've also never really been in a dangerous enough situation that that was a problem hence I am fine and chilling on UKposts. Survival is not a priority for me, or anywhere close to it. I do not relate to the inherent desire to survive so a lot of characters fall flat for me, in horror especially.

I legitimately love this, but I'm getting sick from the close up camera work, bro. Zoom out, put it on a tripod.

5:21 I can't believe Magenta guy stole Orange guy's toe

Hmmm, but what did the pineapple _represent_?

The three and four thing makes sense because I watch you because you say things that are hard to hear about the truth of a craft I love 🤣

This is seriously the most helpful writing channel I’ve ever encountered. It’s clear, it’s straight to the point, it’s presented in an understandable way, and it compartmentalizes the information in a way that helps me with the characters I write. Thank you, honestly.

3:46 literally what I’m doing rn😅 posting OCs who don’t fit into any greater plot lol🤷‍♀️ 🤣🤣🤣

I have a character that I am currently writing about that actually doesn't have an image of herself - and exactly that's her motivation. Due to plot reasons that aren't important here, she loses her memory before we meet her. She doesn't know who she is, the reader doesn't, and no one within the story does either. Now was I writing a story about a healthy relationship, she would gain that self image through new experiences and learning about herself - in my story, she instead develops an unhealthy and very anxious attachment to the protagonist, and starts defining herself via their relationship. This is a very niche reference, but the approach reminds me of "The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals", which is special in the sense that it's a musical that specifically does NOT have an "I want" song. Building your characters motivation around the absence of something commonly there.

Your videos are both educational and validating. It's easy to understand and phrased in a way that makes it clear that this is advice and not a rule written in stone - while not sounding insecure about the validity of your advice either. I'm not only learning new things, but also evaluating my existing ideas differently. The obsessive romance I've been writing doesn't "just click", but I somewhat accidentally gave them really strong reasons to be together. And now that I know that everything will be revolve around these reasons, I have a second angle to look at my scenes from!

I spent a lot of time within fanfiction communities as a teen (though I never wrote any myself, I preferred sticking to my own characters), and it definitely shaped how I develop stories and characters to this day. When I look at my notes, most of my characters do start out as typical OCs. Where I have an idea I want to explore, and then develop a character with extensive likes, dislikes, etc. Then I take a look at them and consider "Is there a reason I picked these things specifically? I was inspired by the ocean, so why does this character enjoy specifically turtleneck sweaters and leather jackets?". Usually I discover themes I didn't even realize were influencing my choices, and can then trim down information I don't need or that doesn't fit anymore, and shape the character and story around each other.

Love this! Wish I had this during film school while being forced to fill out those “cringe” character sheets that gave me little to no actual help while writing the screenplay. Would have helped with the confusion and feeling down on myself believing I just couldn’t get character, while inside feeling that there was something deeper that we should be considering that resonates with actual human reality and translates into character reality. You summed up those nebulous ideas I had in understanding my psychology and others and put them into a very succinct little worksheet. Thank you, Lucas! Keep up the good work!

A lot more than 7K now. :D Keep up the great work!

yes! It's all subjective. teenage me learned that the long way by first reading Syd Field's book (the longest one), then John Truby - and then Save the cat 😅

Me reading the thumbnail : “Over Don’t Think” that’s what I needed all along

Someone once asked me what the most important thing in the world to me was. After some thought, I said, "Truth". Everything, even the basic laws of the universe, are accountable to the truth. Also the more of it you have, the more capable you are. I'm gonna say that puts me down to either a 5 or a 1. I'd argue in favor of 5 because I'm driven a lot more by curiosity than I am by a need to control, but I still kindof need that "absolute truth" to exist in order for me to investigate it. I also have some tendencies that might come off as 3 behavior, but I think that has less to do with wanting to achieve and more to do with wanting to use self-testing in order to make sure that my theories hold value. In short, my emulation of other types is really all just a part of the grand investigation that defines my existence.

My first big film effort was a 50 minute ninja epic. I definitely would have learned more making 50 one minute ninja movies.

When did Drake bell start giving wriying advice

vibey

you sound so much like adam scott I keep getting distracted

Great vid, that outro song is cool too I wonder what the song name is

I'm new to your videos, I've watched dozens (if not hundreds) of other author tube/writertube guides and always come away feeling pretty down about my writing abilities. Your videos are so good, and (despite how dry your tone is) so uplifting and motivating. Congrats on all your new followers - you deserve it!

Leon definitely looks like Hoss Delgado from Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy and Snake from Metal Gear Solid lol

This explains why I never understood when people criticise a movie for bad pacing. I never understood what it meant because it was always something different.

i like your hairs

Gold🎉

Not sure we watched the same movie. Rocky literally states his want. "I just wanna go the distance".

maybe its kinda like the Disney thing of talk your feelings until you sing those feelings, then sing those feelings until you have to dance them. So for conflict, it would be, to discuss ur conflict until you have to argue it, then argue your conflict until you have to fight it.

Kmw seems on point

I’d be curious to exchange samples of our work.

I'm not going to lie... the minute and a half plus into setting up your commitment to the craft and all that being immediately followed by a f*cking raid shadow legends plug is probably the most adorable thing I've seen this year😅

You are a master. Wow.

Counter example : "Paris Je t'aime - Faubourg Saint Denis"

Testing various beliefs is boring and pedantic. I only like stories that test characters’ determination and skill.

Honestly missing the Local rants about something on camera

Final Space's orignal pilot episode was exactly that. a short film. a 7-8 minute essence of the main character nd it was oh so good!

I came down here expecting a bunch of ad transition comments... and you came as well. We were not disappointed.

As someone who’s tried planning but has consistently ended up pantsing once I get to the actual writing portion, it’s because what I’ve found is that, as noted/addressed in the video my characters don’t generally end up being as clean cut as they are in theory, so it ends up being that if I go plot first my characters suffer. As you mentioned I think this could technically be solved with more plotting, but I think that’s only true if I’m plotting down to the dialogue level, at which point I would argue that I’m basically just pantsing again since the “planning” decisions I make at that point would be getting adjusted based on the dialogue I’m writing and it would be more effective for me to therefore write linearly rather than re-write what I’ve “planned” ahead every time I want to work on something mid-timeline.