West Side Story (AFI Top 100 Films #51) - a podcast by Ira Heinichen, Joshua McClenney

When you’re a jet, you’re a jet all the way! One of the definitive musicals of the 50s stage takes to the silver screen in the epic-ly scaled and shot masterpiece from Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. The dancing is spectacular, and the cinematography is cutting edge, standing up even to this day. The love story is the beating heart…does that stand up as well? We break it down this week! *snap* *snap* *snap*

Here are the 6 Core Questions from the story breakdown section:

1. What is the Beginning Hook, Middle Build, and Ending Payoff?

2. What is the Genre?

3. What are the Obligatory Scenes and Conventions of the Genre?

4. What is the POV?

5. What are the objects of desire?

6. What is the Controlling Idea/Theme?

And here is the article from the Story Grid website that explains each of these questions: https://storygrid.com/an-editors-six-core-questions/

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