Mikel Wisler does a workshop (April 2016) on “Screenwriting
for Short Films: How to Structure Your Plot”
Wisler presents a trailer for “Parallel”, a sci-fi, before
explaining how the Internet – especially YouTube – have changed our expectations
of short film.
He describes the three act structure for storytelling. This is the proverbial beginning, middle and
end, with a drop-off at the climax.
He mentions the idea of setting up the “rules” for your
world, like inside an O’Neill Cylinder. You need a provocative or exciting incident
very quickly.
Wisler’s website is “Stories by the River”.
The key point for a short film occurs at about 34:05.
I wonder how his remarks apply to Carter Smith’s “Bugcrush”
(2006).
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