Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Arrival”
The entire 6 part series delving into hit science fiction movie.
The entire 6 part series delving into hit science fiction movie.
This week, we have been reading, analyzing, and discussing the script and movie Arrival, screenplay by Eric Heisserer, short story by Ted Chiang.
IMDb plot summary: When 12 mysterious spacecraft appear around the world, linguistics professor Louise Banks is tasked with interpreting the language of the apparent alien visitors.
Scene-By-Scene Breakdown
Plot
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Dialogue
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Years ago, I came up with this mantra: Watch movies. Read scripts. Write pages. A link to my reflections on that here.
Cannot emphasize enough the importance of reading movie scripts.