
06-01-2018, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by tomwed
Last night I went to see the Beast. That was good. Like many movies the first minute or 2 is the most important part of the movie. That works against me. I wish the first minute or 2, I could see ahead of time or read ahead of time. When I listen to an audio book I repeat the first 2 minutes as many times as it takes until I got it, same with reading a book and then I can move on.
The writer gives you many clues and there is a couple of [sidetracks]. Hitchcock has a term for this [sidetrack] that I can't remember.
I'll see something else today.
[I have Moviepass and unfortunately I am part of a group that has to take a photo of my ticket but that never works for me at the theater. What I have to do is keep the stub and take a picture the next day, sometimes 2 or 3 times. Does anyone else have this problem?]
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How to Foreshadow Like Alfred Hitchcock
The word is probably "foreshadowing".
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