How screenwriting vaulted The Shawshank Redemption to #1 on IMDB

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This video uncovers screenwriting tips in THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, an analysis of the highest rated film on IMDb, and an outstanding screenplay by Frank Darabont.
Screenwriting tips in THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION:
00:00 Introduction
00:17 Humanity
02:21 Reveal Character
05:14 Engage the Audience
09:07 Reversals
13:19 Diegetic Elements
15:18 Sequences
18:51 Theme
21:19 Make Us Feel Something
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THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994)
Screenplay by Frank Darabont. Based on the novella by Stephen King.
#22 on the WGA's 101 Greatest Screenplays
#1 rated movie of all time on IMDb
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Brenda Garcia
Nicholas Barragan
William Chevalier
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@robertgoss4842 Жыл бұрын

What a terrific review. You dig deep, and that provides great satisfaction in understanding the subject matter. This particular movie is one of my all-time favorites, and your treatment here shows a fine grasp of the film. Thank you.

@ScriptSleuth Жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Robert! Thank you for tuning in and leaving a comment.

@stevenmccart5455 2 жыл бұрын

"I guess I just miss my friend" That's the line out of many great ones that I remember the most.

@ScriptSleuth 2 жыл бұрын

And it makes me cry every time!

@dstanl 10 ай бұрын

You haven’t mentioned the overwhelming satisfaction the audience receives when the warden gets what he deserves.

@ScriptSleuth 10 ай бұрын

Excellent point!

@johnvrabec9747 Жыл бұрын

A perfect movie, with an ending that is joyous and happy. I cry every time. Tears of ultimate joy. My eyes are welling up as I type this, seeing Andy and Red together again. A love story to be sure.

@ScriptSleuth Жыл бұрын

Agreed, 100%.

@jmjaxson Жыл бұрын

An absolutely mesmerizing story.

@abdulazizabdullah6497 2 жыл бұрын

I was literally jumping for joy and crying happy tears at the end of the film 🤩

@ScriptSleuth 2 жыл бұрын

That's when you know you've had a great movie experience! 😊

@mariaeddycesario3067 10 ай бұрын

"I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams". It gets me, always.

@1qwasz12 3 жыл бұрын

You know how to dissect great films. You should have millions of views on YT followers.

@ScriptSleuth 3 жыл бұрын

Aw, shucks. Thanks for the nice comment!

@chriswegener3346 2 жыл бұрын

Great analysis , and I’ve send dozens of them on Shawshank. Always good seeing new angles to the greatest movie ever

@ScriptSleuth 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Chris!

@ericdanielsbenavidez5867 2 жыл бұрын

This was one of the few movie's where i was crying tears of joy at the end of it.

@ScriptSleuth 2 жыл бұрын

I wept like a baby!

@ericdanielsbenavidez5867 2 жыл бұрын

@@ScriptSleuth Idk, why but you know what is another greatest film of all time in my opinion. The plague dog's and where the red fern grows..both had me crying buckets at thier ending like...bad..lol.

@abdulazizabdullah6497 2 жыл бұрын

I was jumping for joy and crying happy tears at the same time

@ericdanielsbenavidez5867 2 жыл бұрын

@@abdulazizabdullah6497 lol. Nice.

@issamhamad4448 2 жыл бұрын

I've written a retelling of 'The Shawshank Redemption' --- with bird characters. My novel is called 'The Birdshack Redemption.'

@ScriptSleuth 2 жыл бұрын

Will Jake be in it? 🐧

@issamhamad4448 2 жыл бұрын

@@ScriptSleuth You guess.

@Jeredos 3 жыл бұрын

I've watching your channel for hours now. Thank you man, I just found one of the greats screenwriting channels. Keep doing it, I'm sure in the near future it's going to get the attention that it deserves. Best wishes from Uruguay.

@ScriptSleuth 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Jere. I'm happy you found it useful.

@sexynelson100 2 жыл бұрын

me too.. luv it

@HistorywithHannibal Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest? It is THE greatest

@hejskipejski5751 3 жыл бұрын

A shame that you dont get more views. LOVELY STUFF! Keep it up.

@ScriptSleuth 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Slowly but surely.

@TXnine7nine 2 жыл бұрын

This is my all time favorite movie but could never quite put my finger on what made it so good. This sums it up perfectly.

@ScriptSleuth 2 жыл бұрын

I used to think the same thing, never knowing exactly what made a movie so good. Now I know it's all about story.

@Superlogie 2 жыл бұрын

My all time favourite movie ever 😍 Wonderful analysis!

@ScriptSleuth 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, and the nice comment!

@GMAMEC Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your analysis.. There was something about this particular movie that kept me going back to watch it on tv and streaming services. This was out of the ordinary because I don’t particularly care for watching anything more than once. Your analysis helped me understand why I am so drawn to Shawshank Redemption.

@ScriptSleuth Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it useful!

@robertzorn1 3 жыл бұрын

This is a wonderful video, Daniel! As a nonfiction author, this was most helpful to me... thank you!

@ScriptSleuth 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Robert! Thanks for the nice comment.

@GriffinSteve15 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! you have no idea how helpful this was

@ScriptSleuth 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for watching.

@mohitandcinema Жыл бұрын

It was hard for me to watch half an hour of content on movies before, especially if it was about screen play but I am addicted to this channel.

@ScriptSleuth Жыл бұрын

That's great to hear! I'm glad it's been useful for you.

@Squatch76 3 жыл бұрын

Very good videos. You deserve many many subs. Keep up the good work man

@ScriptSleuth 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Austin, for the nice comment!

@haill3789 4 жыл бұрын

Pure Explained, Thank you "Script sleuth" Wonderful stuff.

@ScriptSleuth 4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for watching.

@gmalexander1035 3 жыл бұрын

Every one of your videos I have watched has been superb.

@ScriptSleuth 3 жыл бұрын

Aw, shucks. I can't take any credit for the amazing sources of screenwriting. Thanks for the comment!

@saiganesh7944 4 жыл бұрын

Another great video by script sleuth

@ScriptSleuth 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, my friend!

@wal_sim4397 2 жыл бұрын

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@ScriptSleuth 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Wal_Sim. You made my day!

@SillyWillyFan47 Жыл бұрын

Delighted to find this and subbed

@ScriptSleuth Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel, William, and thanks!

@ecmjr Жыл бұрын

What a great analysis. I had to watch it twice because I enjoyed it, kudos!!

@ScriptSleuth Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

@HistorywithHannibal Жыл бұрын

@@ScriptSleuth I've watched this at least 15 times, your videos are some of the best content on KZfaq

@abdulazizabdullah6497 10 ай бұрын

Only twice?🤣 I ve seen it more than 20 times 😚

@MBAinternetmktg 18 күн бұрын

Great analysis! Thank you

@ScriptSleuth 17 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@TogetherinParis Жыл бұрын

I provided the fleshing out of the King short story for the screenwriter. I added my Georgia Tech business degree knowledge of tax returns/accounting, and lots of little episodes for it. It was natural, I never once thought about the concepts you bring on, however. Nice to see you thinking though it seems to me that your analysis only makes for duplication of past efforts, anathema to me. Like I did Pirates 123, I had to make it new and fresh each time, with the courage to do so since I had no stake in the game.

@mra1326 Жыл бұрын

This is a awesome 🤩 analysis & beautiful post-mortem of a movie 🎥 ..this is a learner’s paradise… heartily thnq for sharing such content..🙏🏼💐

@ScriptSleuth Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great comment! Glad you enjoyed it.

@kiranpasha 4 жыл бұрын

The way you explained is truly marvelous... Expecting more of David fincher and Coen's films.. Waiting....

@ScriptSleuth 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Kiran!

@finseaf 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a great content!

@ScriptSleuth 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@hendynz6358 Ай бұрын

One of my favourite movies of all time. I can’t believe it didn’t win an Academy Award.

@mra1326 3 жыл бұрын

Nice explanation... wonderful analysis 🧐

@ScriptSleuth 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Mr. A!

@Angelfish-wr1pp 3 жыл бұрын

very thorough

@Haschrebellen 4 жыл бұрын

good video analysis m8

@ScriptSleuth 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! And thank you for watching.

@frankbillingsley2678 2 жыл бұрын

Real fine, Thanks

@ScriptSleuth 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers, Frank!

@cleverusername8319 Жыл бұрын

I honestly got pulled into Morgan Freeman's narration in between your analysis and your voice made me jump when you came back in

@josecasillas4081 3 ай бұрын

Shawshank humanizes prisoners like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest (another great movie) humanizes mental patients at the ward, and their commonality rests in that both depict characters that are deprived of their freedom, and that both have freedom as one of their major themes.

@AxmedBahjad 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for uploading these interesting moving pictures. Would you analyse: 1. A River Runs Through it, 2. Top Gun, 3. Forest Gump, 4. Road House, 5. School Tie, 6. Remember the Titans, 7. Horse Whisperer.

@ScriptSleuth 2 жыл бұрын

Great list! Forrest Gump had been done but it got blocked by Paramount Studios. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@AxmedBahjad 2 жыл бұрын

@@ScriptSleuth Thanks for the reply. It is a shame, really, that the studio has blocked the review of Forest Gump. One of my favourite moving pictures is Dersu Uzala. Masterpiece storytelling.

@ScriptSleuth 2 жыл бұрын

@@AxmedBahjad I absolutely loved that movie! I really need to add a Kurosawa film to the list...

@AxmedBahjad 2 жыл бұрын

@@ScriptSleuth Cheers.

@HistorywithHannibal Жыл бұрын

@@ScriptSleuth what about Throne of Blood (1957)?

@Larkinchance 10 ай бұрын

I haven't read the book but the voice-over narration is so good, simple and almost poetic. I don't know if it is King's writing or the screen writer. One small criticism in the name of authenticity. Everyone in prison is homosexual and the aggressors are usually type A straight guys who would never call themselves, "The Sisters"

@krisherman3513 Жыл бұрын

This movie has some of the best reversals. The only other I can think that compares is The Sting.

@ScriptSleuth Жыл бұрын

The Sting is an excellent example! The entire movie is full of them.

@krisherman3513 Жыл бұрын

Probably why these two movies are among my very favorites!

@bskravivarman 4 жыл бұрын

Wow... eagerly waiting... Pls do for The God father

@ScriptSleuth 4 жыл бұрын

That's an offer I can't refuse...

@Medietos Ай бұрын

One feature is the reversal of the normal and of audience expectation: The protagonists Andy and Red are not handsome, whereas the bad men are: The blond prison guard, the blond abuser prisoner and the Warden.

@ScriptSleuth 3 жыл бұрын

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@Huy-gn1eo 2 жыл бұрын

another thing: when andy said "you know not when the master of the house cometh" it could also be interpreted as andy (the master of the house) exposes the warden and therefore laying judgement on him, making the his judgement cometh sign in the warden office all the more meaningful. (which is another big story reversal in and of itself)

@ScriptSleuth 2 жыл бұрын

@@Huy-gn1eo Yes! Great observation. Notice how every single thing amplifies the story.

@MBAinternetmktg 18 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@ScriptSleuth 17 күн бұрын

Wow. Thank you so much for this! You really made my day with your generosity and support. ❤️

@MBAinternetmktg 17 күн бұрын

@@ScriptSleuth your analyses of the movies are more helpful to us wannabe writers than you might know.

@daveburns3886 10 ай бұрын

I’m a big Steven king fan although ‘horror’ is not my genre literally or cinematically.. my faves of his are ‘the stand’ , pet cemetery and ‘dark side’ I’ve seen other commentary that gave screen play writer a great amount of credit for the movie, but I read the ‘ novella’ short story and it seemed to be almost verbatim..

@terrymiller111 2 жыл бұрын

The warden would have been a "perfect" politician.

@94460706 2 жыл бұрын

I love your videos I would love to see a video about planet of the apes

@ScriptSleuth 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers, Fabio!

@HistorywithHannibal Жыл бұрын

There are reversals at the scene, sequence, act and story levels in Shawshank Redemption. Are there any movies with dramatic irony at the scene, sequence, act, and story levels?

@ScriptSleuth Жыл бұрын

Perhaps The Apartment? There's dramatic irony throughout the entire movie. Maybe also films like Tootsie or Mrs. Doubtfire.

@HistorywithHannibal Жыл бұрын

@@ScriptSleuth oh yeah, Mrs. Doubtfire has non-stop dramatic irony, so does The Lives of Others

@emiliog.4432 2 ай бұрын

This story works because of the time period. I wonder what the Coen Bros would have done with this story. Great film.

@ScriptSleuth 2 ай бұрын

That would have been interesting!

@rosarosini8592 Жыл бұрын

Wundervoller Film💪✌🌎🌍🌏

@ScriptSleuth 4 жыл бұрын

What other films would you like to see me cover? Let me know in a comment below!

@bskravivarman 4 жыл бұрын

Pls watch, Bajarangi Bhaijaan Indian movie,

@ScriptSleuth 4 жыл бұрын

@@bskravivarman Thanks for the recommendation!

@ScriptSleuth 4 жыл бұрын

@@skp30998 Thanks for the suggestion! Noted.

@nathanaelyemiru3083 4 жыл бұрын

The Prestige would be a great one

@Angelfish-wr1pp 3 жыл бұрын

# 47 Grave of the Fireflies (1988) pls

@MatteoPrezioso Ай бұрын

Excellent analysis, thanks.

@ScriptSleuth Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, Matteo!

@stealthven2352 Жыл бұрын

It’s like 22 on WGAs list. On mine it’s definitely top 10 and probably 5.

@ScriptSleuth Жыл бұрын

Agreed! 🙂

@wimblyninetynine6315 Ай бұрын

“Get busy living or get busy dying.”

@Mark-jt5cs 11 ай бұрын

Morgan is a Free Man 😉

@HistorywithHannibal Жыл бұрын

Which do you prefer? The Green Mile or Shawshank Redemption

@ScriptSleuth Жыл бұрын

Shawshank, hands down. (Although The Green Mile is still really good!)

@HistorywithHannibal Жыл бұрын

@@ScriptSleuth I prefer Green Mile, but love Shawshank too

@michellegoncalves7860 Жыл бұрын

Two brilliant movies🥰🥰 .. I love❤ both but I prefer The Shawshank Redemption😍!!

@viveakg4263 3 жыл бұрын

Subtitle please for other country people who could not catch the speed of language

@ScriptSleuth 3 жыл бұрын

Viveak, there are English captions available. Were you able to see them?

@XanderShiller 2 жыл бұрын

Lol "grab the audience by the throat and never let them go". (Rated PG - Parental guidance suggested)

@ScriptSleuth 2 жыл бұрын

Heehee... The figurative throat! 🙂

@XanderShiller 2 жыл бұрын

@@ScriptSleuth "mommy ? What's my figurative throat? Why did you bring me here? This is not the zoo..! There are grown-ups in the cages..is daddy really on a long business trip?" Jk - the ratings system is definitely vague.

@bskravivarman 4 жыл бұрын

Pls add subtitle, from India

@ScriptSleuth 4 жыл бұрын

On its way

@ScriptSleuth 4 жыл бұрын

Would you like to add your own language to the captions? That would be a huge help!

@bskravivarman 4 жыл бұрын

@@ScriptSleuth Ofcourse but how can i add?

@ScriptSleuth 4 жыл бұрын

@@bskravivarman kzfaq.info_video?ref=share&v=hBLUu3mQlmI This link is in the description of every video. :)

@margalitebitton4890 Жыл бұрын

Did the movie got the Oscar?

@ScriptSleuth Жыл бұрын

Nope!

@Larkinchance 10 ай бұрын

Film is literature.

@lash570 2 жыл бұрын

how is " name in vain " applicable - "non-technically"😁

@mortalclown3812 7 ай бұрын

And yet America is getting more cruel than ever in our prisons. 13 states don't have AC in their prisons - and it's in the hottest and most religious states. Big surprise. Here's to stopping the hate that's metastasizing in America... in the world.

@eastcoastrifraf Жыл бұрын

Hate how he jumps around in the movies...

@oobrocks 2 жыл бұрын

An excellent film but it's #99 in my book

@ScriptSleuth 2 жыл бұрын

What's #98?

@practicaliching2311 Жыл бұрын

Want a screenwriting tip. Don't make a prison movie. They are all unwatchable. Nobody wants to see the inside of a prison.

@ScriptSleuth Жыл бұрын

No?

@MrSlimnigga Жыл бұрын

I have this movie on DVD with all of the subtitles and behind the scene clips as an Christmas gift from my sisters...this my most FAVORITE movie of all time!

@ScriptSleuth Жыл бұрын

It's definitely one of my favorites as well!