Great post! Big Hitchcock fan, but I can see what you mean about students getting hung up on the term and divorcing it from the actual meaning. Sometimes when there is a catchy word or phrase for something it's like an invitation to not think about it anymore. In the animation community people LOVE to say "story is king" but don't always act like it
Thank you for reading Matt! And for taking time to comment. I am happy to hear that the post resonated. Hitchcock gave us so much good story structure I can forgive him the MacGuffin label!
Great post! Big Hitchcock fan, but I can see what you mean about students getting hung up on the term and divorcing it from the actual meaning. Sometimes when there is a catchy word or phrase for something it's like an invitation to not think about it anymore. In the animation community people LOVE to say "story is king" but don't always act like it
Thank you for reading Matt! And for taking time to comment. I am happy to hear that the post resonated. Hitchcock gave us so much good story structure I can forgive him the MacGuffin label!