An Easy Way To Understand Theme

An Easy Way To Understand Theme

What is theme? If there’s one aspect of screenwriting that confuses people more than any other, it’s theme. To be honest, it confused me for the longest time as well. And that’s because people who write about theme tend to get all philosophical and flowery in their...

How NOT To Handle Theme

The best movies use theme to subtly convey a viewpoint, message or idea. Ideally, a theme should behave like parents watching their child perform on stage — easy to spot when looked for, but not so obvious as to be embarrassing. The dream team of Stephen...