AUDIO COLLAGE: You’ve heard it before — “Know the rules before you break them.” But isn’t that a rule? And once you know it, is it okay to break it?

Listen as a dizzying array of authoritative-sounding voices guides you through the rules of cinematic storytelling, then tells you to abandon those rules, then describes some alternatives, then discourages those alternatives because they’re too confusing to audiences. I guess you’re on your own! 

Dialogue excerpts derived from the Prelinger Archive and archive.org

Music: “On Matters of Consequence (Act I)” by Lloyd Rogers, performed by the Cartesian Reunion Memorial Orchestra. Creative Commons License: Public Domain Mark 1.0. freemusicarchive.org

"Bye Bye Celluloid" opening theme by Brad Glanden

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