Six Ways to Open Your Story

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Image by Paul Brennan from Pixabay

The Stage 32 blog shares a video from StudioBinder about the art of the opening scene. The video presents six ways to open a film – or book – including flashback, flash forward, in media res, the dream sequence, bookend scenes, and the red herring. You will see examples from Gravity, The Wolf of Wall Street, Creed, and more.