Anyone have tips on writing a good ensemble feature?
Screenwriting : Ensemble Pieces by Oliver Milne
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I would keep track of each character's place in the story, and the overall theme you're trying to convey.
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Make sure every character in the ensemble has an external goal and an internal problem that needs to be solved.
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I have one if you'd like to see it-a comedy.
https://thescriptlab.com/features/screenwriting-101/3582-screenwriting-1...
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I go to Sriptslug (or your preferred script platform) to find produced scripts of ensemble feature(s) I love. Good luck, Oliver Milne Onward and upward.
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Watch 'Bad Day at Black Rock' - a masterful ensemble film.
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It still has to serve the central narrative. Peter Jackson and his ex-wife Philipa write a version of the screenplay for each character then bring them all together.
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If it’s an ensemble where they have to team-up, Tuckman’s 5 stages of team development is a good guide that can give rise to compelling and evolving inter-character relation development. The outline of these stages are: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. This is used to great effect in The Avengers.
"Tuckman’s Theory: Five Stages of Team Development" like Ewan said: www.freshbooks.com/hub/other/tuckmans-theory?msclkid=20d3d5a9cec111ec9a4...