John and Craig discuss the power of point of view in scripts and how the choice of which characters have storytelling power changes how we experience a movie. Point of view has a meaningful role in creating mystery, expanding scale, elevating characters, and energizing a story.

We also answer listener questions about “Jackman shots,” renaming a character in the middle of a story, and supporting a child who writes.

Links:

* Scriptnotes Digital Seasons are now available! * Margin Call uses the ”plain English” trope a little differently. * Justin Dise walks through the basic shot types in a blog post for BH. * Bubble, a podcast by Jordan Morris * Alleys, an immersive escape mobile game * The Scriptnotes Listeners’ Guide! * The USB drives! * John August on Twitter * Craig Mazin on Twitter * John on Instagram * Find past episodes * Outro by Luke Davis (send us yours!)

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