Save the Cat!® Podcast: The Opening and Final Image Beats of Frozen
Master Cat! Jose Silerio shows how the Opening and Final Images in this year’s Best Animated Picture Oscar® winner do exactly what they should, contrasting the world at the beginning of the story with the world at the end, and emphasizing the transformation of the...
Save the Cat!® Podcast: The Debate Beat in 12 Years a Slave
Master Cat! Jose Silerio shows how the Debate beat in this year’s Best Picture Oscar® winner does exactly what it should, setting up the Theme Stated and telling the audience what this story is about: how Solomon Northrup will live… and not just merely survive. Listen...
Classic Beats from Five Disney Animated Films
There's a reason Disney animated films have always connected with audiences in a powerful way,
Dr. Who’s 50th Anniversary: A Save the Cat!® Perspective
Thanks to Cory Milles for this outstanding Blakean tribute to the classic show.
The Last Time I Spoke with Blake – Alvaro Rodriguez
Blake didn’t simplify a formula, he popularized a new way of looking at the process.
Using the Beats to Write and Direct a Documentary That Swings for the Fences
Can Blake Snyder’s philosophy bring structure and energy to documentary films and non-narrative storytelling?
Two Monster Hits – Two Different Genres
Cory Milles is a teacher who uses Blake’s ideas to challenge and enrich his students’ understanding of story structure. He is also a writer and has been published in the books LOST Thought and LOST Thought University Edition. He blogs about writing and story structure...
Save the Cat!® Video: Ben Frahm on What Makes an Idea Great – Part 2
Master Cat! Ben Frahm continues his discussion with the importance of your idea being something old but new, or as Blake would say, “the same only different.” Also, be sure to check out the news about Jeremy Garelick’s latest sale.
Save the Cat!® Video: Ben Frahm on What Makes an Idea Great – Part 1
Master Cat! Ben Frahm begins his discussion with the importance of your idea being primal in this video from the Save the Cat! one-day event in Los Angeles this past January.
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