Free Screenwriting Resource: Movie Story Types
If you want to work as a screenwriter in Hollywood, you’d be smart to familiarize yourself with one way creatives there think of stories: They look at them as Genres (e.g., Action, Comedy, Drama), Cross Genres (e.g., Action-Comedy, Drama-Thriller), and Sub-Genres (e.g., Romantic Comedy, Action Adventure).
They also think about them as Movie Story Types. A few examples:
Movie Story Types are not only helpful in developing and crafting your script, familiarizing yourself with tropes and dynamics common to the type, but also in generating and assessing story concepts. For instance, you may put together Assumed Identity and Road Picture, then come up with something like this:
North By Northwest
For links to blog posts analyzing over 20 Movie Story Types, go here.
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