Your Script Is Missing This: Setups and Payoffs

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Why Modern Movies Suck - Setup And Payoff by The Critical Drinker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmOZgSyQjtA
Planting and Payoff by Lindsey Ellis: https://youtu.be/PLLGN7zv-3k

Hot Fuzz Setups and Payoffs: https://youtu.be/u7KN5jBjOq8

Setups and Payoffs are one of the key elements that makes a story feel alive, intentional, and interwoven. They can make or break your story. If you don’t clearly understand how they work and why they are important, you can fill your story with all sorts of thematic, structural, and expositional problems.

Today I am going to explain what setups and payoffs are, common problems with setups and payoffs, and how you can build them into your screenplay.

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