This great series by Kirby Ferguson is an exploration of the remix techniques involved in producing films (and music). The name says it all. Story structure, as is understood in the West goes back to Aristotle, but today more than ever, the industry, and in particular certain directors take the formulaic road to an extreme by simply copying recent predecessors. Not that there is anything wrong with copying, after all that is how you learn. One just hopes some people take the training wheels after a while. And, oh, a node to the master being copied would also be great. (Disney, are you listening?)
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