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Thinking: Alternate Distribution for Filmmakers
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Show HN: Contraband – Ticketed VR cinema for indie and AI-made films(contraband.watch)
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Show HN: What story are you telling? (narrative archetypes tool)(arc.quanten.co)
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
Btw, Thanks for sharing this - i went down this rabbit hole. So insight: Polti's insight isnt really useful as a story structure. However it does label all the possible dramatic moments. So it doesnt care much for introducing the chara
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
UPDATE The feedback that I got from a lot of you was, what about all the existing story frameworks that are out there - be it Aristotle's Poetics, The heroes Journey, Dan Harmon's Story Circle - and there are 23 of them. So I to
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
"Have you tried translating these monosyllable words (ga, ma, pa, etc) into English?" There is a toggle on the top that goes from Swaras to Solfrege - which is the western notation for music. There is a floating window now that sh
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
I've been thinking about this for a few years now (used to host a filmmakers club in my office and listen to them talk about storytelling and the challenges) and have been working on this for more than 2 years now. There is a lot of wo
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
Usually when you are defining the character arcs, you'd set the goals, drive motivation for each of them. At the end of the story is about the characters. We have something called Character Presence, that does that breakdown, to ensure
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
"story' is one of the more powerful things in our world." Absolutely. It is the engine for civilization and the operating system for human belief.
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
Awesome. Will check it out. Thank you. This predominantly seems to be around character arcs (how a character evolves over a story) vs the overall narrative arc? Its interesting neverthless.
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
"Narrative structure is composed of two main layers: Macro Beats (the overall roadmap or big-picture structure) and Micro Beats (the minute-by-minute actions and emotional changes within scenes)" You win too :)
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
Aristotle's Poetics was / is one of the oldest story structures. It doesnt get used as much anymore though. It was also quite simple right? I remember there being two variants - one was quite simply - Beginning, Middle and the end
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
If you aren't a filmmaker that can be tough. Filmmakers think in beats - for everyone else it is like looking at the skeleton and trying to guess the shape of the animal. Check the sample page for Anora, it might help : http:/&#x
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
The system does identify story threads ( http://arc.quanten.co/showcase/series ) - for eg, if you scroll down, you'll realize that there are two story arcs in that episode and that is typical for tv shows, there is
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
I apologise. I had to push a quick update on the site since some folks had readability issues. Please do try again - hopefully its working. So curiosity aside, I do keep reminding me what problem am I solving and for whom? Auteurs don'
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
The Campbell Structure and the Save the cat structure are the most used structures in hollywood. Audiences are also bored as heck :) The Campbell structure is the Sa-dominant and is the linear ascent. You shouldnt seperate a story from a st
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
Most scripts go through a process called "Development" where they are written, and rewritten so many times. You'll be surprised to know that the first version of Iron man, starring Robert Downing Jr started with the comment f
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
To be fair with you, I have only mapped English Films as of now. I havent had much finding enough Indian film scripts (and am interested in Japanese / Korean films over time), but i do know that the way stories are told - there is a bi
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
This is called the clock template and helps writers to think about timing - where the midpoint falls, and what has to come before, after etc. Doesn't help much with the overall story structure and beats though. http://blog.j
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
I remember reading that a while back. Thank you for sharing that again. While there are six general shapes, I've noticed that there are nuances to it. Also the medium significantly changes the form. Just as youtubers creating content f
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
In modern scripts, it isnt even 36, they are narrowed down much more to just 9. A lot of what is in the 26 can be grouped into one of these. Stability Incitement Pursuit Reversal Crisis Revelation Climax Resolution (sometimes) Epilogue &#x2
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
You have a point there. I'll talk to some folks around it and see how this can be useful to them - if at all.
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
Yes. I remember seeing that youtube video and having a light bulb moment. We have acknowledged it in the Research here : https://arc.quanten.co/about
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
You are spot on. That peak is the climax at the mountain. https://postimg.cc/nM9cTkpt
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
You are spot on. The simpler version of this is the three step story structure - setup, conflict, resolution. Which is what is used in most pitches etc. But as stories get more complex, with multiple stories weaving in and also as you bring
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
It should be good now. I spotted a few readability issues on some places, so wanted to push out a quick update so that i dont inconvenience everyone. You can check now.
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
I dont want to say anything and get into trouble like Chalamet :) But yes, I do believe that if AI is going to get so good at things that we are all going to have free time, we are going to have more time for entertainment. It is either goi
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
This is a valid feedback. I'll get that fixed right away.
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
Is this mostly used to flesh out character profiles?
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by phaedrus044 4mo ago
Raagas are like scales (which is a massive reduction though) because they are a bit more complicated. Each raaga has time, emotion attached to it as well - there are raagas you can use in a time of a day (in the morning, but not evening for

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