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I Was Really Bad At Story Structure... This Changed Everything - Adam Davis


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0:00 - I Knew This Idea Could Be A Movie As Soon As I Heard It
17:26 - What The Last 5 Years Of Screenwriting Has Taught Me
31:30 - I Was Really Bad At Story Structure... Here's What Changed
41:04 - Why I Don't Fear Failure Anymore (And You Don’t Have To Either)
51:34 - Filmmaking In Your 20's Vs 30's
1:01:42 - I Wasn't Sure If I Could Write A Novel... Here's Why I Did It
1:17:23 - How I Self-Published My First Book On Amazon KDP
1:26:37 - Movies Will Never Go Away
Armed with a diverse creative palette and a passion for character-centric storytelling, Writer/Director Adam Davis has created numerous short and feature film projects. Credit highlights include the feature Broken Ceiling (nominated for Best Feature at the 2016 Pasadena International Film Festival and available on streaming platforms) and No Touching—starring Zoë Bell (The Hateful Eight), Heidi Moneymaker (Captain America: Civil War), Jake Busey (From Dusk till Dawn: The Series) and Doug Jones (The Shape of Water). No Touching won the Silver Audience Award at the 2016 Fantasia Film Festival and has amassed over 1 million views on YouTube. Adam was also a finalist in the 2022 Screencraft Horror Competition.
Adam’s most recent projects are Curse of the Sin Eater, a horror feature film he co-wrote and co-produced which was released this year and Orum, a horror short film he wrote, produced and directed starring horror icons Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects), Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator) and Kristina Klebe (Halloween) which was nominated for Best Horror Short and Best Supporting Actor at the Nightmares Film Festival 2024.
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