Rather than looking at movies in terms of "two thumbs up" or "two thumbs down" Award Winning Screenwriter Jacob Krueger discusses what you can learn from them as a screenwriter. He looks at good movies, bad movies, movies we love, and movies we hate, exploring how they were built, and how you can apply those lessons to your own writing. More information and full archives at WriteYourScreenplay.com 831588
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The Starless Sea: Harnessing The Power of Metaphor
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Learn from Erin Morganstern’s brilliant novel The Starless Sea how to harness your subconscious mind to create writing that resonates on both literal and metaphorical levels.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Between the Temples - Alternative Forms of Structure
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Learn from Between The Temples how to create compelling structure in your screenplay, even when working with passive main characters or unconventional narratives.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Strange Darling Primary and Secondary Structure
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Learn from Strange Darling the difference between primary and secondary structure in screenwriting, and how to harness both to provide maximum impact for your audience.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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The Bear Season 3 and Furiosa: The Past is Prologue
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This unlikely pairing of The Bear, Season 3 and Mad Max, Furiosa will teach you how to build an engine for a TV Series or Film Franchise, and how to avoid BREAKING that engine in later installments.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Deadpool vs Wolverine: Action Movie Structure and Set Pieces
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Learn the structure and engine of Deadpool & Wolverine and how to craft compelling set pieces with both visual and emotional stakes in your action writing.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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The Boys, Season 4: The Series Engine
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Learn from The Boys how to develop a consistent yet evolving story engine across multiple seasons of a TV series, using theme as a guiding principle for character development and plot progression.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Long Legs vs Hereditary: Character Wants
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Learn the secrets of elevated psychological horror writing in this breakdown of the structure of two related scripts: Longlegs and Hereditary.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Learn life-changing techniques to silence the inner questions and doubts in your head, and know if it’s time to quit or time to redouble your efforts in pursuing your passion as a screenwriter. If you enjoyed our podcast, don't miss out on Thursday Night Writes – our lively writing exercises Happy Hour hosted by Jacob Krueger every Thursday at 7:00…
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The Fall Guy Part 2: Write For Hollywood Without Selling Out
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Through a beat-by-beat analysis of the split-screen scene of The Fall Guy, discover how to find your voice within the container of a big Hollywood action movie. If you enjoyed our podcast, don't miss out on Thursday Night Writes – our lively writing exercises Happy Hour hosted by Jacob Krueger every Thursday at 7:00 pm ET! RSVP here: https://www.wr…
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Monkey Man: Expressionism in Action Movies
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Learn how Dev Patel uses expressionism within the action movie format of Monkey Man to explore class in India.Edit SnippetOleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Civil War vs Apocalypse Now: The War Movie
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“Civil War, like Apocalypse Now, doesn’t have the traditional Hollywood narrative structure. It’s built more like a zombie road trip into the heart of darkness….”Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Steve Molton: Internal Antagonists and the 7 Forms of Conflict
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Learn the 7 forms of conflicts and how connecting to your character’s internal antagonist can provide a bedrock to your structure and the key to your personal wisdom.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Discover how Yórgos Lánthimos' Poor Things uses a simple theme to navigate profound questions about identity, the past, and the search for one's authentic voice.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Lessons From Sundance 2024, Part II
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Learn screenwriting tips from Sundance films Nocturnes, Every Little Thing, Black Box Diaries, Eno, Thelma, Kidnapping, Inc, and lectures from Jonathan Nolan and Steven Soderbergh.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Jacob Krueger and Christian Lybrook discuss some of the most exciting independent movies premiering at Sundance and what screenwriters can learn from them.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Learn how Past Lives both honors and subverts the genre elements implied by its premise, and how to apply those concepts to your own writing in any genre.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Dream Scenario: Passive Main Characters
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How can the new Nicholas Cage movie be a hit with the critics but leave audiences cold? Three words: Passive Main Character.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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5 Steps To Keep Your New Year’s Writing Resolutions
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Learn 5 simple steps to set New Year’s Resolutions for your writing that actually stick!Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Learn pitching from Jacob Krueger and top JKS faculty members.If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Night Writes! Our Happy Hour of Writing Exercises with Jake every Thursday night at 7:00 pm ET, RSVP: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/t...Learn more about our programs: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com…
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10 Tips For a Winning “Elevator” Pitch
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Learn the secrets of a winning pitch for contests and festivals, and prepare your pitch for our upcoming Pitch Festivus! event.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Learn how Emerald Fennell mashes up genre and controls tone in Saltburn.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapting a True Life
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Learn how to find your “take” and balance fiction and truth when adapting a true story or book from this script analysis of Killers of the Flower Moon.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Writer's Block and the Inner Censor
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The Inner Censor helps build writer's blocK –here’s how to turn it offOleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Learn about the two forms of writer’s block and how to combat them in your writing career.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Talk to Me, Part 2: World Building & Structure
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Learn mirrors and foils, an intuitive approach to world building, structure, character and theme in Jake’s script analysis of Talk to Me.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Talk to Me Part 1: The Vital Role of Your First 10 Pages
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Learn the vital importance of your screenplay’s first 10 pages, and what it takes to make them successful on both a commercial and creative level.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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The Bear, Season 2: Overcoming Self Doubt As a Screenwriter
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Learn to escape the “refrigerator” of doubt and negativity that gets in the way of your screenwriting through Jake’s analysis of The Bear, Season 2.If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Night Writes! Our Happy Hour of Writing Exercises with Jake every Thursday night at 7:00 pm ET, RSVP: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/free-writing-cla…
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Barbenheimer: The Art of Adaptation
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Learn from Barbie and Oppenheimer the vital role of theme in writing a screenplay adaptation.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 3: How to Write Flashbacks and Exposition
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Learn how to write flashbacks that work and how to handle exposition in your screenplay from Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 3Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Shrinking Part 2: Five Tips For Writing Better Dialogue and Exploding Cliché
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Jake compares the famous “adventure book” scene from Pixar’s Up! and the photo-album scene from Shrinking to show you how to turn a familiar scene into something fresh and new.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Shrinking Part 1: Is Writing Like Therapy?
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Learn from Shrinking about therapeutic and anti-therapeutic writing structures, the challenges of writing therapy scenes, and the links between writing and therapy.If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Night Writes! Our Happy Hour of Writing Exercises with Jake every Thursday night at 7:00 pm ET, RSVP: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/…
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A Man Called Otto: Character Building
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Learn an intuitive approach to character building through A Man Called Otto, and how to write characters more truthfully by connecting to your own emotional needs.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Everything Everywhere All at Once PART 2: The Opening Sequence
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Jake does a deep, line by line analysis of the opening sequence of Everything Everywhere All at Once to help you understand how to write a great opening sequence for your own movie.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Everything Everywhere All At Once: Evelyn’s Journey is the Screenwriter’s Journey
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Understand the structure of Everything Everywhere All at Once and how Evelyn’s journey relates to the journey of every screenwriter trying to build structure in their screenplay.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Succession Season 4: The Difference Between Plot & Structure
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Learn the difference between plot and structure through Jake’s deep structural analysis of Succession, Season 4, Episode 1Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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The Last of Us: How To Find Variations on Your Series Engine
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A deep analysis of Episodes 1-3 of HBO’s series The Last of Us, and how you can use theme to push against the normal expectations of your TV series.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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The White Lotus: Engine of a Limited Series
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Learn how Series Engine works in a limited series through Jake’s analysis of The White Lotus and The White Lotus, Season 2.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Triangle Of Sadness: Meaning, Structure and the Power of Location in Screenwriting
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Jake analyzes the meaning and structure of Triangle of Sadness, and how to build your visual acuity as a writer through the use of location in your screenplayOleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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The Banshees Of Inisherin: Allegory, Stakes and Structure
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Learn about the meaning of The Banshees of Inisherin and how Martin McDonough builds a feeling of high stakes in the structure of his allegory.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Avatar: The Way of Water VS. Avatar - Spectacle and Structure
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Jake analyzes the structure of both Avatar screenplays and shows you the how to harness the power of spectacle in your own writing.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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New Year’s Resolutions For Writers That Actually Work
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Learn why most New Year’s Resolutions fail, and how to set Resolutions for your writing that actually work, by understanding the dance between the conscious and subconscious parts of writer’s mind.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Jake and JKS faculty members Steven Bagatourian, Keatyn Lee, Ron McCants, Karin Partin Wells and Jonathan Redding blow the lid off of pitching in our annual 3 hour pitching extravaganza.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Jake explodes the myths about pitching, helps you understand the real purpose of a pitch and how to make your pitch most effective.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Getting back to writing after you’ve stopped for awhile can be like entering a creepy shed covered with cobwebs. Here’s how you can overcome procrastination and writer’s block to make it safe to write again.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Discover how understanding the format of a musical can allow you to master the two most vital elements of any genre.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Pulp Fiction: A Simple Trick For Shaping Your Audience’s Expectations
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Learn how to use The Audience Draft to surprise both your audience and your characters as you build the structure of your screenplay.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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This simple metaphor can help you find your screenplay’s structure intuitively.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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Homeland: Getting Staffed on a TV Show with Jonathan Redding
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Learn about getting staffed on a TV show and the experience of working in the writer's room on Homeland from our newest faculty member, Jonathan Redding.Oleh Jacob Krueger Studio
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The Inner Game of Screenwriting with Christian Lybrook
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Learn from writer/producer/director Christian Lybrook about the inner work of becoming a professional screenwriter.If you liked this Podcast, join us for Thursday Night Writes! Our Happy Hour of Writing Exercises with Jake every Thursday night at 7:00 pm ET, RSVP: https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/free-writing-classes-thursday-night-writes/Learn …
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