Sean Patrick
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Hello, my name is Sean Patrick He/Him, and I am a film critic and podcast host for the I Hate Critics Movie Review Podcast I am a voting member of the Critics Choice Association, the group behind the annual Critics Choice Awards.
Stories (1969)
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Visual Shorthand in Storytelling
Let's talk about how to make something mean something that it might otherwise not mean. Investing meaning into something is a great visual shorthand and the best filmmakers understand and use visual shorthand to avoid having to bluntly exposit important character information. In this article, I want to discuss a piece of visual shorthand that is a strong explanation of the concept for novice writers interested in learning about visual shorthand.
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Writers
Juxtaposition as a Storytelling Device
Let's talk about Juxtaposition. Juxtaposition is a great storytelling tool that you can use to expand your storytelling options. It can provide the jumping off point for your plot, a subplot, or it could be used to add a minor character detail that further fleshes out your character and their personality. So, what is Juxtaposition? It's taking two seemingly different concepts and crossing them together. Place two things next to one another and compare and contrast them. This could be physical items or concepts.
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Writers
Subversion in Storytelling
Let's talk about Subversion. Subversion, as I am going to use it in this essay, means creating an expectation and then defying that expectation. As storytellers, whether in short story, novel, or screenwriting, the tools in our toolbox are vast and subversion is one of those terrific tools. When you use subversion you are taking what the audience expects and turning it around to surprise the audience who have been trained by years of reading and watching stories.
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Writers
