Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Pan’s Labyrinth”
5 part series on the 2007 Oscar nominated screenplay.
Written by Guillermo del Toro.
IMDb plot summary: In the falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.
Links to the GITS week-long discussion and analysis:
General Comments
Structure
Characters
Themes
Dialogue
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.
For all of the other screenplays and commentary in the GITS Script Reading & Analysis series, go here.
For my 7-part series on How to Read a Screenplay, go here.
For links to over 100 free and legal script downloads, go here.