User talk:Jbludwick

December 2014
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December 2014
This is not a vandalism attempt. The article defines Beats specifically for film, and incorrectly cited Robert McKee's "Story". So the subsequent example and explanation were also incorrect. I cited the precise pages from McKee's volume to prove the discrepancy. In the former version, "beat" was described as a pause. This is only used in theatre, not film. The script example I provided is both critically and professionally recognized, and cites pauses as "Silence", "thinks for a second", "thinks about this for a minute" but never, "a beat". It's my intent to further extend the definition to story departments, who often define a beat in smaller units to mean any event including declaration and response, action, emotional reaction, and so on.

Also, the section above this one that I did not edit also has some errors, but I wanted to research it more to find exact wording and concept.

Jbludwick (talk) 04:05, 17 December 2014 (UTC)jbludwick