Robert McKee - Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting

00:00 | Trailer
02:17 | Brian’s thoughts on the episode
05:04 | Brian’s introduction
05:59 | A love affair with London since the 1960s
09:55 | The need for good roles for fine actors
16:30 | New era of the long form story
20:44 | Moral conflict is a compelling fascination
22:51 | How the reader or viewer may empathise with a particular character
27:33 | Story is character and character is story
30:41 | Story is a metaphor for life and equipment for living
35:16 | Trump is a bullshitter
37:26 | Why Robert chooses to write encompassing the mediums of page, stage and screen
40:43 | The challenges for emerging authors, screen and play writers
44:51 | What Stanislavski meant by ‘The art of themselves or themselves and the art
49:51 | The misconception of Hollywood
51:32 | What people are looking for in attending Robert’s 3 day teaching marathon seminar
57:41 | Does the creative personality need nurturing or to be given realistic truths
1:00:41 | How writers can help humanity in today’s confusing world
1:04:20 | What motivates Robert’s pace of work
1:10:35 | How close was Brian Cox’ portrayal of Robin in Adaption
1:13:37 | The new TV and Web series that excite Robert and give hope for the future of writing
1:21:33 | Robert’s words of advice from his experience
1:22:47 | Brian’s summing up.