Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “The Mitchells vs. The Machines”
A week-long analysis of the script for the hit animation movie. Download. Read. Discuss.
A week-long analysis of the script for the hit animation movie. Download. Read. Discuss.
This week, we have been reading, analyzing, and discussing the script and movie The Mitchells vs. the Machines, written by Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe, story coordinator (Peter Szilagyi), story consultant (Alex Hirsch).
Plot summary: A family man is drafted to fight in a future war where the fate of humanity relies on his ability to confront the past.
Scene-By-Scene Breakdown
Plot
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Dialogue
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Years ago, I came up with this mantra: Watch movies. Read scripts. Write pages. A link to my reflections on that here.
Cannot emphasize enough the importance of reading movie scripts.