OPINION: The Art of Misdirection

** SPOILER ALERT: this article reveals key plot points from THE WITCH and THE PRESTIGE ** Holed up alone and away from the world, it can be too easy for screenwriters to forget that films are made for audiences. It’s important to consider what the audience is thinking at each point in the story, about what has happened and what will happen. The screenwriter should be in control of audience expectations, not only creating them but choosing when to meet them or subvert them. The

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