The controlling idea - à la Robert McKee

Описание: This video discusses how Robert McKee uses the notion of value and causality as the controlling idea of the story—how values are incarnated into the narrative to become active participants rather than remain transcendental entities alone. He does this by drawing a relation between values and causality—causality pulls values down from the clouds to the earthly plane where they gain muscle and sinew, embodied in a story’s characters.

In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 mystery drama directed by Norman Jewison.

Dangerous Liaisons is a 1988 period romantic drama directed by Stephen Frears. The screenplay by Christopher Hampton is based on his 1985 play Les liaisons dangereuses, itself adapted from the 1782 French novel of the same name by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.

Link to The Moral Premise video:    • The Moral Premise  

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