The movies that we see take a real situation and magnify it so that it gives us an intense personal look into a situation. The audience is led to identify with the characters in the film and feel a connection with them. It offers the audience an escape from their own lives and a way to get away from things for a little while and that is what drives a person to go to the movies.

There was a time before the use of home theater systems when the only way that you could view a movie without interruption was to go to the movie theater. The experience of sitting in a darkened theater with a giant screen was a part of the whole experience. Today, many people try to duplicate this experience in their home with the use of large screen televisions and home theater components.

Students of filmmaking should make it a point to watch the films that were created in the thirties and forties. These were the films that could give a student an education on how to make great films. Some of the greatest directors to ever create films produced movies during this golden age of movies.

What these films can teach today’s filmmakers is the importance of stirring the emotions of the audience. The great directors knew how to touch an audience and create a good story that was full of emotion.

The pace of the film is one of the ways that the filmmaker can control the emotions that are felt by the audience. The experiences that the characters have on the screen are also the way into the hearts of the filmmaker. The main character should be in pursuit of a goal during the course of the movie. The plot should introduce obstacles to the main character in pursuit of his goal.

The change and growth of the character is what will give the story purpose and meaning. If there is no meaning or growth for the characters then the movie will just feel trivial and unimportant to the audience. There are many movies that just entertain the audience, but they are not the ones that remain in the consciousness of the audience.

It is through the scenes in the movie that the character’s story is played out. The filmmaker must select what is important to the story and the best way to display the message that each scene must convey. This is how the film becomes the unique and personal work of the filmmaker.

The way that the director determines which scene is moving the story forward is up to his unique style and artistry. Every director tells a story in a different way. The director will often determine if a scene moves the plot by asking what would happen if the scene were not included in the final movie.

Films begin with a question that the main character must answer. The entire plot of the movie is dedicated to answering the question. It may not be apparent right away what the question is in the film, but through the telling of the story it will eventually become clear.

Some of the best movies are the ones that involve plot twists that leave the audience guessing till the very end what will happen next. Keeping the audience on the edge of their seats is not just true of suspense films. When a filmmaker can do this, he has truly created something wonderful for the audience.