Once you've got a concept and a sense of themes and what it's about, then you can start to add your plot and sort of Tetris in all of the elements that you want to see, but also attach them to something that has cohesion, like a mold.
I'll say, what makes me happy about making movies is, every once in a while through movies we find a kind of honesty. There's an honesty in fiction t… - Shane Black
I'll say, what makes me happy about making movies is, every once in a while through movies we find a kind of honesty. There's an honesty in fiction t…
- Shane Black
The only way you can stay on top is to remember to touch bottom and get back to basics. - Shane Black
The only way you can stay on top is to remember to touch bottom and get back to basics.
You can just start writing, but you're gonna go off on 10 or 12 starts and weird tangents, and yeah you'll have those pages to use later - to gift wr… - Shane Black
You can just start writing, but you're gonna go off on 10 or 12 starts and weird tangents, and yeah you'll have those pages to use later - to gift wr…
Once you've got a concept and a sense of themes and what it's about, then you can start to add your plot and sort of Tetris in all of the elements th… - Shane Black
Once you've got a concept and a sense of themes and what it's about, then you can start to add your plot and sort of Tetris in all of the elements th…
An action movie should, like any other, follow the narrative traditions of literature. That means there should be subtlety, a slow build and a gradua… - Shane Black
An action movie should, like any other, follow the narrative traditions of literature. That means there should be subtlety, a slow build and a gradua…
The worst of the action films are the ones where everything is one shout from beginning to finish. And there's no differentiation between beats, like… - Shane Black
The worst of the action films are the ones where everything is one shout from beginning to finish. And there's no differentiation between beats, like…
I felt that in a way, I hated the writing process so much. It's excruciating, as I'm sure you know, and so lonely being in the solitary prison of my … - Shane Black
I felt that in a way, I hated the writing process so much. It's excruciating, as I'm sure you know, and so lonely being in the solitary prison of my …
I always have humour in my action movies. I think characters that make jokes under fire are more real. It somehow helps put you in their shoes. - Shane Black
I always have humour in my action movies. I think characters that make jokes under fire are more real. It somehow helps put you in their shoes.
I wanted out of the spotlight, so I subtracted myself for a few years. I just tried to do a couple producing projects. Of course, the problem is, in … - Shane Black
I wanted out of the spotlight, so I subtracted myself for a few years. I just tried to do a couple producing projects. Of course, the problem is, in …
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