George Lucas Writing and Directing Tips from Star Wars

10 George Lucas Screenwriting Tips from Star Wars and Indiana Jones for Aspiring Screenwriters and Filmmakers. George Lucas is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and entrepreneur. He is best known for creating the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises and founding Lucasfilm. He sold Lucasfilm to The Walt Disney Company in 2012 in a deal worth over $4 billion.

5 EXTRA TIPS from George Lucas and many more:   / outstandingscreenplays  

0:00 - Intro

1:07 - 01 - You don’t invent technology and then figure out what to do with it. First you come up with an artistic problem and then you invent technology in order to tell the story you want and to realise your vision. 

2:22 - 02 - If you wrote a script that’s too ambitious, try first separating part of the story and produce it as an independent film. If that film is successful, you can then produce sequels and prequels and create your own universe. 

3:31 - 03 - Part of making movies is that you get attacked in very personal ways. But you have to stick to your vision. If you want to paint your house white, stick to it, even if someone else says it should be green. 

4:37 - 04 - In your career and your life pursue joy rather than pleasure. Joy might be on a lower scale, but it will last forever. 

7:30 - 05 - Leaving and selling your passion project might be hard. But once you decide to move on, you never look back and start working 100% on the new project. 

11:00 - 06 - Skip the over descriptive beginning. Start right in the middle of the action, so the audience isn’t overwhelmed with exposition right from the start. 

12:18 - 07 - When you write a scene listen to music and write to the music. Then choose a composer who will be able to transfer your vision into a thematic score.

14:10 - 08 - Always try to write your story in a way that it’ll be about both - the big important global issues as well as individual personal themes. 

15:16 - 09 - No decision is the worst decision. If you have a passion, decide and pursue it. Don't wait long enough so that others will make decisions for you.

16:30 - 10 - If it’s appropriate for your story leave the ending purposefully ambiguous so that the viewers will DEBATE about it long after they leave the theatre. 

17:03 - Outro and Extra Tips

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