Oscar winning director Steven Spielberg bafta interview about his screenwriting process and lessons from the screenplay on his films and movies Schindler’s List, Jurrasic Park, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Saving Private Ryan, Close Encounters of the Third Kind,... His net worth is US$3.7 billion. He’s considered all time greatest director along with legends like Alfred Hitchcock, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, James Cameron and Stanley Kubrick. We can’t wait for his new movie West Side Story!

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0:00 - Intro
1:07 - 01 - Fight for and stay devoted to your original idea. Write the screenplay from that idea. The only thing that matters is the creative process.
2:34 - 02 - When you have a dream, it often doesn’t come at you screaming in your face. Sometimes a dream almost whispers. Listen to the whisper.
03 - Learn from your predecessors. Not just the recent ones, but go way back to black and white films.
3:35 - 04 - Storytelling and emotion always come first. Business and cinematography always second.
5:22 - 05 - If you want to make movies, make movies. All the tools are completely available today, there is no excuse.
6:10 - 06 - If you fail with a project, don’t let it affect you. Throw yourself into work and start the next project immediately.
7:04 - 07 - In movies, there is only one CHARACTER DEFINING MOMENT, but in life, you face them every day. Listen to your internal voice and intuition when facing those moments.
9:18 - 08 - When learning your craft it’s ok to be derivative and influenced by the works of others. But at some point, you must find your own voice. Because YOU are ORIGINAL.
10:17 - 09 - Create SUSPENSE and fear in the audience by not showing the actual threat for some time. The imagination of the audience is scarier than the actual thing you show.
11:13 - 10 - Sometimes an idea comes like a gift from heavens and it hits you like a ton of bricks. When that happens, start writing scenes on the spot and put the story together immediately.
12:35 - Outro

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