Know Your Story Beats: Directing for Impact - Written by Jared Isham

[jodymichelle]

"There is a rhythm to a story, a pacing. Sometimes it is fast, sometimes it is slow and sometimes there is no real consistency. As a director, though, it is your job to know the beat your film is setting, something that I refer to as the story beats. Story beats are present in all stories, movies, written, documentaries, anything story related, really. With that being said, what is a story beat?"

Article posted this morning! See link below. Let's discuss story beats!

https://www.studentfilmmakersforums.com/story-beats-directing-for-impact/

 

[Maura N.]

Very insightful article. I liked how he compared making a movie with writing a song.

 

[Robert Miller]

I would like to read a second article of this author where he would go more in depth about escalation

 

[alishialester]

I never thought of each scene from a movie like a measure of music before. Now that's something interesting.