The Dark Knight — Creating the Ultimate Antagonist
Lessons from the Screenplay
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I believe that a more informed audience raises the bar for storytelling. That examining the techniques used to tell great stories makes your own writing better and your appreciation for the stories deeper. With Lessons from the Screenplay, I make videos that analyze movie scripts to examine exactly how and why they are so good at telling their stories. Part educational series and part love letter to awesome films, Lessons from the Screenplay aims to be a fun way to learn more about your favorite films and help us all become better storytellers. I’ll be releasing new videos every couple weeks, and taking suggestions about what scripts I should look at in future episodes.
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Heath Ledger’s performance as The Joker is universally celebrated—and with good reason—but there is more to the character than his excellent performance. In this video I analyze what makes The Joker the perfect antagonist for The Dark Knight. Listen to our podcast episode on The Dark Knight: https://apple.co/2Epg6kG Support LFTS: http://patreon.com/LFTScreenplay LFTS Merch: https://standard.tv/collections/lfts Twitter: http://twitter.com/michaeltuckerla Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaeltuckerla/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lessonsfromthescreenplay/ Website: https://www.lessonsfromthescreenplay.com/ Translate this video into your language: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_video?v=pFUKeD3FJm8&ref=share BOOKS IN THIS VIDEO "Story” by Robert McKee (available on Audible: http://www.audible.com/LFTS) “The Anatomy of Story” by John Truby: http://amzn.to/2pKIO49 Check out all the screenwriting books we use as resources: https://kit.co/LFTS/screenwriting-books Marxist Arrow by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/ Down With That by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/ 0:00 Introduction 0:56 Exceptionally Good at Attacking the Hero's Greatest Weakness 2:57 Pressuring the Protagonist into Difficult Choices 5:35 Competing for the Same Goal as the Protagonist
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