Those who has taken a creative writing course were taught on the first day the five key elements to every story. They are plot, setting, characters, point of view, and conflict. If you sat through a film criticism course, then you learned that visual effects and cinematography are two additional elements, often the ones that can make or break a film. A good movie looks and feels good too.
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