Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: The Incredibles
Last week, we have been reading, analyzing, and discussing the script and movie The Incredibles, written and directed by Brad Bird.
IMDb plot summary: A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world.
Check out each of the posts below and the comments, some really excellent insights into the movie and how to translate some of that knowledge to our own writing.
Scene-By-Scene Breakdown
Plot
Characters
Themes.
Dialogue
Takeaways
For my 7-part series on How to Read a Screenplay, go here.
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.
If there’s a movie script for which you’d like to do a scene-by-scene breakdown and use that as the basis of a week long analysis and discussion, post your suggestion in comments or email me.